Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

q slcKly young lauy-MlsS-IIe.
A German ferment-Sauerkrau
Long Blacksmiths' bellows.
A taking fellow-The photographer.
A towering rage-The theatrical high
hat.
A waterfall knows how to do the cat
aract.
Coming through the Rye-Brewers'
wealth.
The stockbroker does most of his
work on shares.
The strongest tied in the affairs of
men is marriage.
The lay of the land is what darkness
broods Over.-Itnle.
Pardoxical A man always feels put
out when he is taken in.
People think it funny that the gas
collector is never suffocated.
Many a man has been burned in the
last heat at the races.-LJe.
Bills that did not pass Congress are
not necessarily feit.-L0UeU
COnrier.
The way for doctor to become we'll
known is to make his -patients WE'LL
PicGyune.
Fathers whose only resources are
daughters should husband their re-
sources.-Ilme.
Another good cure for insomnia is to
have the nurse sleep up in the attic with
the baby.-BostOn GLOBE.
The American hen is a very observing
bird, but she doesn't always know when
she is on an ancient lay.-Rochester POST
Express.
"Well, Mary Ann, I've got ther
nomenashun." ''Bad cess to ye, an
where did yez catch it, Dennis r-MaU
and Ea1TIss.
Western Man-"Did you come out to
our country to settle" Eastern Visitor
for. u Washington Post.
The reason an holder Is called
an incumbent is because he is generally
bent on making as big an income as pos
sible.-MaW and Express.
Consider the chickens, my son; study
their ways and be wise. Whenever they
take to drinking, their bills go up; and,
by keeping their bills down, they find
enough to eat.
An Italian chemist has discovered that
the blood OF eels injected under the skin
is deadly poison. People who are ad-
dicted to the baneful habit of taking eel
blood hypodermically should be warned
of their danger. - World.
Enraged Employer-"As you don't
seem to be coming down day, Bridget,
I've built the fire myself and prepared
some chocolate for you. Here are the
morning papers; and if you want any
thing more, just touch the annunci-
atorr'
my dear, your mouth is a perfect
poem" ooh, how can you say such
thing as thatp' "Well, it is like a
popular poem at least. 1t is so widely
red" And the matrimonial mercury
fell forty degrees at once.-Ierre Ha2t1
Express.
A passenger on a train from New
York the other day stepped from the
overheated car to the platform and filled
his lungs with the fresh. pure air. "Ah,'
he exclaimed, ''isn't this exhilarating"
''No," returned the laconic brakeman,
this is Berlin !''-Harttord Courant.
Eyes, madam" said the tramp, Il
day be shabby and trayel-stained now,
but Pve been presented at court in my
may" ''Presented at Court? You don't
say so. Through Minister Phelps"
'tNo, madam, think OBrien was the
policeman's name. Mail and EIpress.
Citizen (to old engineerJ-'I s'pose in
your long life on the road you have met
with moro or less mishapsI' Old Engi-
reer-''Oh, yes; lots of EN-" Citizen
"Probably run over dozens of peoples"
Old Engineer with pride)-"DOlens!
Pve run over hundreds !"-New York
Sun.
Small Boy-"Ma, ma! we've got to
get away from here, it's dangerous.
They're cannlbals. l was just helping
Billy tie the cat to the dogs tail at the
gutter, when Mr.. Hawkins came to the
Kitchen door, and he called out: "Wife,
get everything ready as quick as you
can-we'Il have that Fat Mr.. John
son for dinner and his wife and baby for
supper" Life.