Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-12
BRIGHT BITS.

he DIDN'T WANT WORK.-Tramp-Loo
mere, these yere potatoes amt peeled!
GOOD Woman-Well, goodness, can't you do
Tramp with injured air)--I didn't AK fur
any WORK. When get that low will run for
Alderman.-zeoQS Strings.
AMY to Mamie ton street car)-Did you see
mat great, horrid. mean woman next me re-
iuse TO move up TO lei me sit DOWN. lust
TOOK to standing on her toes and she managed
10 ma pl-O, Mamie spread your skirts
out quick OF that ugly man will sit down
Ihere and crowd US TO death.-JUd0e.
Treat him considerately-
Poor, abused Lo.
Harm not deliberately
Geronimo.
He our nations pet
Isn't he sweetY
Rarest of rations set
For him to eat.
columbus DispdtcA.
FoGG-Gladto see you back. parson; indeed
| am. don't believe there's one of your flock
who has missed you NOR n have.
Mlnister-It does break in on a congrega-
ton, doesn t 1t, Brother Fogg, to have the
shepherd absent2
Fogg-Yes, indeed, parson. AS was say
ing to wife yesterday, people can't stand it
always TO have their regular sleep lnterfered
WITH Id-Btts.
ANGRY MANAGER-Here, Miss Daffodil.
something must be done to fill the houses.
Your hueDandp
Actress-Alas! You know he is in prison
for threatening to attend the performance.
Manager-And the Marquis?
Actress-Under bonds 10 keep the peace.
Manager-Heavens! this is awful. Pack
your trunk, and / will tell the company to
meet us in the West. We must elope.-
AFTER the marriage: A friend OF the fami-
ly takes the father OF the bride aside and says,
confdentially: do you know that your SOP
ln-law is terribly bad case and Is literally
overwhelmed with debts ~
1.-The deuce-you don't mean it Y'
II am certain of it. Why, he has only taken
your daughter to pay his creditors with her
dowry."
"And you didn't warn me beforeP
"YOa don't take me for a fool, do YOU ? He
owes me more than 10000 francs."-frencA
Wit. We
ADANGERoUs BoARDER.-The widow Flap
Jack got q new boarder the other day. AT the
,irst meal he took he choked and bad a terri
what's the matter stranger?'' she
asked kindly
Nothing, except that coffee went down the
wrong way.o
Good heavens! 1t isn't possible that 1 have
secured boarder with two throats," ex-
claimed Mrs. Elapiack, who has been COM
planning very bitterly of the amount of food
man with only one throat can destroy -
1ecds SJstn0s.
BEFORE Bismarck reconstructed the map of
Europe and made q United Germany a dozen
little principalities used to annoy travellers
by stopping them at their frontiers until they
had satisfied the custom house demands, A
ankee once had his carriage stopped at the
frontier OF petty Princes country. The
berr ODER, CQntroleur at the custom house.
came forward, and, much to his Indignation,
was received in a nonchalant way. The
Yankee was ungentlemanly enough not to get
| ont of the carriage or even to take off his hat
| The Herr Ober sharply demanded the keys of
| The tourists trunks, which his subordinate
| began handling roughly. Here, hands OFF,
| shouted the Yankee. II didn't come from the
| United States of America to be controlled bv
| YOU. Put those trunks back. I'll not go
| through You at all. I'll turn back. Pm in no
hurry. ana don't care for losing a day.
You're no country, you're only spot. I'll go
| OsndUt.