The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-10
WIT AND HUMOR.


world are cash, confidence. cheerful
ness, and Baltimore Anlcri-
can.
last night Mr.. Bjones said Ihad the
sweetest face he ever saw" "lndeed!
Do you put sugar in your cOsmetics?"
---NetC York Sun.
Quills are things that are sometimes
taken from the pini0ns of one goose to
spread the opinions of another.-htf1-
derhood Rough Notes.
When Boston girl has occasion to
make use of well known provcrb she
says sheol is macdamized with excel
lent purposes. boston Courier.
Customer Ito waiter) r)-Some cheese,
please. Waiter-Beg pardon, sir.
Sorry, sir. Cheese out, sir. Customer
That so? When do you expect it
backP-LJe.
Mrs. H.-Norah, did Mrs. Richly
feave any message when you told her
/ was not mt home? Norah-No,
ma'am, she didn't; but she looked much
pleased.-LUc.
Husband (a bow-legged man, at
Saratoga) -''Shall we ride or walk,
my dear?" Wifc-"Wc will ride,
john. love. you look better in car
riage. Epoch.
Miss Belfair-You did not catch my
name, Mr.. Blunt. / am Miss Belfair.
Mr.. Blunt-What, not the beautiful
Miss Belfair I've heard so much Off
PHILADELPHIA Cal.
Mamie-What are you writing,
Minnie; your will? Minnie-No; I'm
writing my won't George proposed
last night, and told him I'd answer
to-day.-Terrc HdUtc Express.
The circus tumbler makes his sum-
mer salt from spring board. landing
on mattress that breaks his fall. He
will do this all winter if inducements
are held out.-NeIC Orleans Picdyunc.
"Quimby, hear. is going to branch
out rs prize-iighter.n Holy Grail!
He'll never make n success of it. He
can't run little Bit mo, but hes
an excellent elocutionist. ."-LiHcoll
Journal
Skidmore-There goes one of the
most remarkable men of the present
day. Hawkins-Indecd, Who has he
doneP Skidmore-Began keeping a
diary Jan. l and didn't stop until last
week.-Ihe Cartoon.
Col. Bourbon-Parson B. is getting
lots of free advertising. Mrs. Bourbon
What's he been doing? Mixed up in
some scandal! Col. Bourbcn-No; he
has invented new automatic cork
scrcw.-IeIas Sytngs.
Broker-Im sorry, Unclo Rastus,
that | can't do anything for you this
morning, but charity, you know be-
gins at home. Uncle Rastrs-all right,
sab I'll call around ut yo' house this
ebening' bout I, sah.-Iin'c.
Child-The minister said to-day that
in Heaven there was no marrying or
giving in marriage. Mamma (who
had just had little domestic tiff with
papa)-No, my dear, all is peace and
quiet there. Philadelphia Record.
There are n million men in this
country who daily enter cigar store
and ask: Have you a good cigarP"
tobacconist honest enough to reply in
the negatiye,-Detroit Free Press.
"You have plenty of reading there"
said visitor to the literary editor,
pointing to pile of books on the
editorial desk They are not for read
ing" answered the literary editor "they
are for reviewing. ."-B0ston Courier.
"Is there any way to make new
furniture look as though it had been
made century ago?" asks q corre-
spondent. There is. A houseful of
children will do it ninety-nine times
out of a hundred. d.-Burlingto Free
Press.
Old gentleman (watching little boy
fishing)-Do you go to Sunday-schooi,
little boy? Little boy-Yes, sir. Old
gentleman-Then. of course you don't
I'm fishin'. / wouldn't ketch nothin'.
--Nsw York San.
American-How is business in En-
gland now, Mr.. Jockey. Mr.. Jokely-
Depressed indeed. Ny business is
particularly dull. American-Indced!
BY the way, what line are you in? Mr..
Jokely-I am an editor of London
Panch. .-LoroeH Courier.
In race between q zebra and an
ostrich held in Zanzibar recently the
prize was given the rider of the zebra,
although the ostrich came in 100 yards
ahead. The zebra's jockey claimed
that his rival won on fowl, and the
judge sustained him.-Harper'S Bdzar.
First bon vivant-Do you know,
Nervely, that glass bottles iniurc the
quality of wine? Second bon vIvant
(seizing bottle and au empty glass)
Good heavens! Mr.. Knobb, is that sol?
Then we won't let this wine stay in the
bottle another minute.-le1as !Slt-
ings.
Boglar-I see that Johnson has gone
into the frog business again. It's one
of the curiositics of human nature that
people will not take warning by
disaster" Mrs. Boglar-"On the same
principle, | suppose, that so many
widows get married. "-Terre Haute En-
press.
Chumley-Yes, Clara is certainly a
lovely girl. used to be very soft on
her, Dumley. In fact, think Iwoul6
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