Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-28
BRIGHT BITS.
'RUMITIs" is the latest Philadelphia coin
age for ia a. drunkenness. 1t means the same
as the old Boston term, ''rumdidit."-SDrin0-
6sld Union

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"RUMITIs" is the latest Philadelphia coin
age for ia a. drunkenness. ltmeans the same
as the old Boston term, 'rumdidit. '-SDrin0-
Jjsld Union.
TIE first boycott was that instituted against
the Egyptians by Grand Master Moses. The
Egyptians had to give in ~ last, but we do
not gather that business IN the city OF the
Pharoahs recovered immed ately upon the
taskmasters taking ter.-E1cbGnge.
SAID the lady visitor to the 2-year-old boy
baby; You love me, don't you johnny"
Johnny looked into her fare for moment.
and then turned away with an expression of
WEAKNESS upon hI@ feate res with the remark,
"Oh, don't be SO fresh NJ Boston 7ransc int.
WIFE-what is a chestnut my dear?
Husoand-A chestnut, love, Is a story that
has been told over and over again. Why?
Wife-Nothing Only its funny thai Won
should bring chestnut with you every time
you come home late at night.-LosoeU Cttisen.
AT THE THEATRE,-Two young women
have sat through the performance. Suddenly
one glanees at the stage and eXclams: "Why.
Belle. can 1t be posi- he:-the cnrtam's going
down How The time has hOwn. Didn't
know il was nearly so late. We've had q real
nice chat, haven't wes'-BostoAG Transcript.
A iO-YEAR-oLD BosroN Girl asked her
teacher the other day1f India was our father
country just as England was our mother
No. cIndeed,p was the answer. "whydo
You ask that" ea ra
Nothing, only 1 see ats Farther India on
the map. Boston Pee3rd a.
ONE of her friends, not very well off in a
worldly way, had brOuIht her a simple but
pretty gift on her birthday. r
Its only trife," the friend began, when
Miss Noiatlle interrupted herewith:
"oh, no apologies, l beg. shall value il
which are really worth Something .''-H drper's
Basar. lrsatl.s. b. -l
why OLD Brown KicRE6: DeBeans-so
the Jones4Brown matcRiS broken OF, is il?
D0nkev--Yes; the Browns objected 20
Jones being 30 deuced economical.
DeBeans-1ou astonishfme. Y
D'pnkey-Yes! He seat CIRCULARS to all the
minister's in town asking fortheir lowest M At
rimonn,'al, terms, and DID Brown kicked :
ANEws ITEM in az exchange ia hesded.
''EldBing with Her Fathet's Best Muie''
This is new departure in the Way Of efo e.
mentss bat no dOubtBhe wi libe happier than
if she had run away With her fathers coach
man. She can sell a Wule when she tires of
him, and. If the worst comes to the worst.
both can go on the stage and become ''stars"
in an s"Unc1e pqm4 CABIN" Company
Norrist040a Herdl6.d 81 o.. IJ
sHEEMr. Brown, VII you give me a trlhe
He-Why, certainly! Here's $40 won at
whist last night.
She (horrifed) oh, dear no! l could not
touch that!
He-Wel, here's $40 | made on the Stock
Exchange to-day.
She (p0cketing the cash)-Oh, you are too
kind. l am ever so much ged.-Rd11bler.
"IT's AwFUL-AwFUL." groaned Smith. with
despair in his voice mote due Tomorrow
S300-can't pay it. What on earth ! am to do
is more than know"
'why not let the other fellow walk" in
quired Brown
"Let the other fellow walk"
Certainly; why notF'
"Why notY" repeated Smith, striding up
and down in great nervous excitement; "he
is walking. Pm the other Ow."-Puck.
"DoEs your COW cringe and curl" asks the
New England Farmer, land appear nervous
and hdgety when you sit down to milk her?"
Well. not much, she doesn't. She isn't that
kline of COW. She isn't one Of your shy,
timld, bashful cows She just fixes her eyes
on vacancy with a glare that will raise a bis-
ter on an oak knot, sticks her tail straight up
in the air, stif as poker, plants three feet
firmly on the ground and then feels around
with the other for the milk pail, milk stool.
milk maid; fnds Them; fires them up some
where into the blue empvrean, and remark
ing "Ha, ha," amid the shouting, jumps over
a trail fence and tranpes down an acre OF
young garden. Don't talk about cringrg
and curling 10 a COW that has to be MIXED
with pipe line and pumping station
Rttrdekts.