St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-19
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WIT AND WISDOM.


Miss Minerva Mayflower (up on art)-
Do you have Vandyck in fine arts 4, Mr..
GOeaSy?
Jack Goeasy, ssh no; we have Prof.
NOrtOn.-LampOOn.
Doctor surveying his newly papered
0ffice)-This is very poor job OF paper
hanging-a very poor job, sir.
doctor, that the job isn't first class.
Unfortunately, we paper hangers have
no way of burying our poor jObS-Drift.
"HOw old is your intended, Clara?"
about forty, believe"
And you are only twenty! Dear me,
Clara. when you are forty he will be
SiXtyr' 4
"Oh, well, perhaps he won't live that
long, you know. Epoch. ie
First New Yorker-There's nothing
human about the Central park CHM
panZee, Crowley. %
Second New YOrker-NO? y
First New Yorker should say not.
He refuses to take whiSky.-PittSburg
Chronicle 4
Little sister Ito Bobby)-Whars
"twins," Bobby? =.
Bobby (whO knows q thing or twO)-
Twins, Sadie, are little children what
the MOrmOnS haS.-EpOch.
City Cousin-Is coasting good up your
way, Hattie?
Country Cousin-Oh, elegant! The
hills are so steep that the boys have to
hold their partners ON the Sleds.-New
Haven News.
I'll put new soles on these worn out shoes
That never will crack or break"
And the cobbler laughed as he carved the
soles
From a restaurant buckwheat cake
Lincoln Journal.
WE'LL WORTH THE PAIN.
New York Sun.
Gus-What is that red mark around
your neck, Jack; Somebody been trying
to choke you?
Jack-No; I was tobogganing last
night with Vassar college girl.
SCOOPING IN THE DOLLARS.
Epoch.
Stranger Ito Kansas City citizen)- DO
you know if the two Sans have been
successful in their evangelical laborS
here?
Citizen-Yes, sir. They have met
with glorious success. hear both have
been looking at corner lots.
A SUFFICIENT EQUIPMENT.
Town Topics.
81 hear Bella Rant is going on the
stage.''
''Indeed! what line of parts?'
Emotional. | believe"
HAS she any talent in that direc-
tion?'
Il should say she had! She has
$4,000 worth of Paris clothes, and
most narrowing, heart-breaking sigh"
CULTURE IN THE WEST.
Drift.
1t was in a Dakota court room, and
the judge wound up his address to the
jury as follows: Il don't deny that
the pris'ner done the shootin', gentle
men, but think of the prOvOcation. The
ton firm that said: DO You Wear
Pants?' And, begosh, the pris'ner just
riz up and he seq. seq he, No, sir! l
wear breeches!p And then he Shot"
Verdict, mot guilty.
SHE HAD HIM THERE. 20
From Burdette.
"Pshaw!" exclaimed Grimshaw, II
have no patience with a woman. You
look under the bed to see a man and
you'd scream blue murder if you saw
One." ''What of that?' retorted his
patient wife. II saw you put your
hand on the radiator to see if it
was hot, and you jumped up and down
and sware like trooper when YOU
found that it was.' Grimshaw has now
less patience with 'em than ever. ~
TOO OLD A BIRD.
From the Epoch -
Old Gentleman listening to the shOutk
of laughter that come from an adjoining
ROOM. to hostess)-The young people
seem to be enjoying themselves this
evening, Mrs. Hobson.
Hostess they are playing whist.
Would you like to take a hand, MI,
Grizzly? q Il
Old Gentleman (who has written
treatises on whist for the Edinburgh
Review)-ThankS, my dear madam;
but l don't know one card from an
other.
A NAUGHTY MAN.
Texas siftings.
He (holding a skein of worsted while
she wind)-Do you notice how my hand
trembles, Miss Julia?
She (shyly)-Yes, Mr.. Sampson.
He-And can not you divine the
cause?
She (shyness increasing)-N-no, Mr..
Sampson.
He-Miss Julia, have confession to
make. Will you hear it?
She (ShyneSS becomes painful as she
anticipates prOpOsaD-If you like, Mr..
Sampson.
Hell was out with some of the boys
last night and it was 2 o'clock when l
reached home.