Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-28
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

In q nutShelI-SWeet meats.
Born to rule-A book keeper.
Notes of the day-Sight drafts.
Worth its weight in gold-Gold.
He ''whoops EN- up''-The cooper.
Awaiting its turn-A buCkwheat cake
The bent Of many a mans inclination
is crooked.
Lame men have running expenses the
same as other folks.
Keep your conscience but not your
farm void of fence.
Strange to say, elastic has its greatest
snap when it's broke
The bottom of a gun barrel is always
good base for a charge.
The chief disease of miser is attacks
of tightness of the chest.
Paste diamonds are so called because
people get stuck on them so often.
When a physician loses his skill it
naturally follows thot he is out of prac-
tiCe.
An imposing sight-A street fakir
selling brass watch cases as solid gold
watches.
Shakespeare advised his readers to
throw physic to the dogs. He Is silent
about cats.
A little uptown boy is so fond of
whipped cream that he ticks the DISH
Drakes Magazine.
Big Head is the name of prominent
Sioux Chief His Sioux de-nym as 1t
ere.-PhiiadelphiD Press.
Some men are born witty. Others
have a good memory and some witty
friends. -S0meroiLle Journal.
Determining the weight of an eel is all
guess work. You can't weigh fish
without scales. Ottd1oG Bee.
Signor Casus Belli, the celebrated
italian, is still trying to foment trouble
in Europe. Detroit Free Press.
The sweet girl graduate about this
time is getting sour over the kitchen
range, learning how to cook.-Somer01|!e
Journal.
"Poor childless wishn' exclaimed
Fogg, when Henderson spoke of his wish
being father to his thought.-Boston
transcript.
Blobson-"Don't you think that
Dempsey rather plays the fool|' PoPin-
iay-"No, sir; think he works at the
Job. "-Burlington free Press.
81 am SO glad your sister enjoyed her
visit to us, Mr.. Smith" "Oh, well, you
know, she is the sort of girl who can en-
10y herself anywhere, you know. "-Lye-
81 love you, dear" the young man said.
''Oh, will you be my wife,
The maiden dropped her modest head
And whispered, Bet your life
-SOmerr iUe Journal
Probably there is nothing in the
world that man resents 50 quickly and
so deeply as to find you awfully busy
when he is perfectly at leisure.-!SAoe and
Leather Reporter.
Do not let your overweening modesty
prevent you from recording your own
good deeds. A real estate man lost a
fortune once through an unrecorded
deed.-Harper's Bdsar.
Hopeful Youth Miss De Cash
in?" Servant-"Yis, sor." Hopeful
youth-''Is she engaged" Servant
! IsYis, sor; but he isn't here this avenin'.
! Come in."-IHe Cartoon.
sDo YOU understand much about arbor
culture. !" asked Labatt of friend. Eyes,
! | think lido" "Well, | want to ask
YOU a question: Are all forest trees
seeders?" 1eras !Syttngs.
Saws a novelist of to day, describing an
interview between lovers: between
them there passed an ecstatic kiss" And
neither of them got it. Aw, what muHs
| thew must have been.-Burdette.
! Nor sugar cure hams with a hammer,
Do sums with summer,
Stew plums with a plumber,
/ Nor shear an old ram with a ranmer.
Springfield Union.
Dentist We'll, how do the new teeth
work2" Patient-''No very well. They
seem to cut the Others" Dentist-"That
is perfectly natural They belong to an
entirely different set, you know. "-1Sa''
Francisco Examiner.
At sea on his yacht, with fair lady by him;
He asked for a kiss, but she chose TO deny
Not here cried the lady, in tones full OF
Though I have not the slightest objection
on earth"
Visitor at Cannon Foundry-'Thlsi ID
all grand, stupendous, astounding. But
where will your occupation be when
universal peace prevails.' Proprietor OF
Works ''Casting cannon to celebrate 1t
with, Sir. - Hicago Tribune.
IF you think my legs eccentric;
Said the grasshopper % the bee;
- And my forehead queerIy polnted
Where the brain box ought 10 Dc;
That nv mouth mas feeble moHons