Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-02-10
FULL OF FUN.


What shall it profit man il he
eat seventy five cent diuner and
then get sea-sick. -Burdette.
Young Blifkins went out cunning
yesterday and shot six times at an owl
before he discovered that IL was q
piece of mud on his eyeglasses. De
troH Free Press.
One of those very smart fellows
has turned out miniat,rc rule in sill
YER TO be Worn rs n charm on chain.
and having on one side the words
'Lets measure that yarn. "-FurHish-
ing Goods Trade ReUieW.
-"Mcn with considerable push to
them can hear of permanent employ
ment," was the way the advertisement
was worded and some of the fastidi-
Gus applicants for Il position nearly
had a fit of apoplexy when told that
the advertiser desired mon TO wheel
coal
There is a good deal of interest
manifested now in the subject of whal-
ing in the polar sea. The difference
between that and the Old-fashioned
back-shcd variety is that in one in
stance the victim gets col and in the
other he gets warmed. -Ncrchant
7raUelor ..;
The tombstone of man who was
shot while cunning near Somers,
Conn, in 1889 bear; these lines:
All you that hunt in verdant wood
With 1rearm your gone to kill.
Be careful when you fire your piece
Lest your partners blood do spill.
M y Sun.
The small girl had q request to
prefer TO her mother She wanted to
be permitted TO go 10 the grocery for
something that was needed. She was
only seven. she said. swell. you can
CO. But mind, you must not stop on
the street and talk to the boys. "
"MammE, she said. drawing herself
up TO her full height. "mamma, you
insult mer'- San Francisco Chronicle.
The Printers Weapon of d.
Tense =
.T am going to whip you, sir" he wrote,
.'ror printing that piece on ms;
But whasnK.2a .au 70 rail at a man of note M
To seek the EDITORS 6feje. .he,
The willy editor caught him foul, BOWL
And stabbed him through with the office towel,
And ho fell with heavy thud.
-OI CitV Blizzard.
-titz Wiggins Crying to feel his way
delicately) )-"If you were fellah and
/ were n girl. Miss Mollic, you know.
do you think you could fall in love
with me, you knowP' Miss Mollie
acknowledgement, you'd bo SC
different and I'd be so different, may
; be l might" Fitz Virgins is nov
trying to find out from his friends
whether or not they think that very
discouraging. Judge.
: Mr.. Benchwarmcr-"Well, th'
base ball season is nearly over" Mrs
well. what of itP'
I "a great deal Where am going t.
a get my excrciseP You know cant
skate or row. and hate the toboggar
n slide" "Yes. know, but what's the
. matter with putting down carpets
chopping wood, carrying The coal'-
woman. do you take me for n slavc?'
I philadelphia call.
t Tho noto which follows is yer
IL batim, names only being suppressed
( What is the negative sidep "Dea
Sir: At n meeting of - Lyceum las
Y Saturday night Tho following qucs-
q ton was proposed for debate manly
d From which dose the Mind gain The
c more Knowledge Reading or Observa
ton. Dear Sir: | am going to SpcakC
n OIL the side of tho. negative. Will yor
d please g.vo me few points to sup
port my side and oblige one of YOU
@ readers - Providence Journal
a "A negro who was dealer in
d small way and kept n littlo donkey
p and cart came on one occasion to |
r bridge whore n toll was levied, but tC
II his disappointment found ho had no
enough money 10 pay it. A brigh
y thought struck him. He unharnesse'
}. the donkey and put it into the cart
Then, getting between the shafts him
self, he pulled the cart with the don
e key standing in it. OH to the bridge
II In duo course he was hailed by tn
d toll-collector, "Hey. my man" erie
k tho latter. "wherc's your tollP" "Dun
no, massa," said tho negro; 'just n
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