The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-20
PITlI AND POINT.
Irony-Thc wit Of the laundry.
Letters of acceptance-I. o. U.

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The home stretch The clothes lin,
Prophets of Evil-The wages of 81,
To make long story shortcut avn
all but the wisdom.
The French eaters of horsenesh pre-, ]
the animals curried.
The Quick and the Dead-The ,,l
graph and the messenger boy.
In going up the ladder OF fame, a
meet many coming wn.-LVe.
The sweetest of sweet girls who VI
wait for you is worth her wait in gol'
1t often happens in politics that a M |
that has ''leaked out" had never leak.
in.
PAY heed to tie idle rumor. Some h
the idle roomcr may fail to pay his ia
rent.
An early settler-Tho Bowery lodr{
who has 10 pay for his lodging be,
going to bed.
A physician usually treat his pati,,,
but he does not treat them well. B
hamton Rcgu'liuh.
"sarah," said the small boy q,
lawn-mower to his nurse, ''come ou;
help me peel the grass"
The young man who is too fresh "a
orally finds himself in u pickle sooaa
later. oil city b i<,drd.
1t is confidently asserted, that not
the men killed by falling beans are
tins Of sunstroke. IiBie.
Judges are the ones who lay down
law, aud when it is nicely laid doga
lawyers jump on it.-Epoch.
The first assisted Italian immis7
to this country was person la
| Christopher Columbus. .-lUck.
The sacred cow OF India is the
representative of the bovine tribe vi
can be classed as beast of pray.-h
jurg Chronicle.
The artist who put up gilt signs
not pe much of correspondent, bg
turns out some brilliant let,ers.-l
chant 7raUeler.
Ships are about the only thing
know of that can travel mile after
on tacks aud show no signs of paa
Ddnsoilie Breeze.
GLOW fond Charley Roberts is q
father! He fairly worships him." Z"
he takes after his father in that resp
-Hdrper'S BdEar.
He-"I wonder what makes the
so sticky to.dayi" Shell suppl
must be that new fly paper you bOu:
-Bpriington Free Press.
| Mrs. Maginnis-'Luk at the sthE
the youngstcr, Moiken Mr.. Magil.
"Begobs, ef he kapls on loike tha.
make park policeman of 'em.-h
"Baseball is game requirin.
skill and courage, is it not:' "la
is; the scorer needs the skill asi
umpire the courage. "-N0 Yor.
Stranger in haste asks native
place where he arrived the night
after dark: What's the quickes
to get to the depot" "Run, you
-hO ton Times.
"Grctchen! P'ca'C
the cat out OF the room. CauuJ "
it making such noise while
work. Where is IL" Gretchen
Professor You are sitting on il
-Fiicgeade Bioetter.
How sweet is the voice of the festive
mower,
As il sings and converses at morn
How blitnely IL shutters, now las's
slower,
Whls shaving the beard off the lasi
-J
Lady-"This lobster, see, ISM
two francs higher than the otheH
is thatl" "Well, you see, ma
happens to be fresh - replied the 80
smiling, as if he had said th
natural thing in the world. --hH
Guest indignantly)-"WaiteE
are feathers in this soup" Waii
specting it-"Why, so there
thought was giving you beai
It's chicken broth, sir; costs ten
more" Changes figures on the q
Chicago Tribune.
lie was telling the boys that b
never been troubled with corns, o
was an oh ect of envy aud admins n
but this did not last long, for as bel III
away the peculiar joint motion |I
knees betrayed the fact that D
patent wooden legs. Acorns
grow on Eastwood. d.-Atldnta L
tiOa.
"I'll take your caramels ID e
drops, Mr.. Peduncle," said WiID
didly, as he pocketed the COME
, given to him by the young mai
I'll tell you right now that lTen,
! home and isn't going to be, eNl
, less Mr.. Hankinson comes. She
! girl so herself five minutes ago
, /, her ~ CHicdOO Tribune.