Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
PlTlI AND POINT.
'In tho soup"--Tho ladlc.
Born to rulo-A bookkocpor.

Born to rulo-A bookkocpor.
Always cutting up'-Tho carver.
A real cstato transfer-A landslide.
A novel Misunderstanding romancos.
For hard seopors-The iron bcdstcad.
We suspect that tho Kcoly motor is
wind.
Hush monoy-Tho wages Of tho baby's
nurse.
A timo tablo--Twcnty minutes for
dinner
A aottlcr on tho grounds-Tho cgg in
tho colrco.
Tho ri1o is not sociablc, yet 1t seldom
goes of by itself.
No wonder tho minutes fly 30 fast.
They aro making up timc.
A horse knows moro thnn some mon,
for it knows when to shy neigh.
Can watches DO said to DO steady
whom thoy always 60 with springl
Tho olectric-light plant bears abund--
nntly. It's currents ar1 continuous.
Tho lantern. nwod man need not ncc-
cssarily DO wicked or light headod.
Tho prevailing stylo of trousers is to
have thom all wool and yard wido.
First impressions nro everything, par
ticulurly whom one is collecting engrav-
ings.
Patlcnt-"What Is tho best position
In which to sloop" Doctor-"l usually
lilo down"
When corn pops it gcts ghastly wh,tc.
1t is much tho Sumo way with bashful
young men.
A milkman and an onk-trc both flour
ish according TO the size and condition
of their route.
"Ilarry Smith marricd1 Why. hos MS
poor us church mouse. What has ho
to 1.-Two ONT" "Wifo's father"
a Boston man is,so proud ho mover
recognizes himaolf In mirror that cost
less than 5000. Detroit breo Press.
Tho follow who boats tho weighing
machine Is like tho Arnbu 'silently
steals weigh. "-Boston Commercial.
Tcnchcr--" Johnny, what is tho high
cat form OF organic lifo." Iohnny-
"Tho man in tho moon. n-Burlington
Urea Press.
Tho sun mover sets except In tho west,
but hon will set anywhere. This ahows
how far moro liboral. minded than the
sun hon is.-BaMr.
wild" ooh yes, know. I've heard
all about it. You call it self-raising
flour, don't you2"--Ba,ar.
1t is all very well to pay as you go,
but If you have no baggage the hotel
proprietor would rather you would pay
when you arrive. -I'ittsbury Chronicle.
Little Boston girl (as the hair-brush is
reached for)-" Mamma, tho consecutive
moss and tho prevaloncy of these cnstiga-
tons are slowly eapping my very lifo."
Time.
Young Lady-"If you don't stop pay
ing mo compliments I'll put my hands
over my cara" Tho Herr Professor
Zach, Noes Choncs, zey are too small p'--
Harper's Baedr.
Tommy, how old nro youS"
Tommy" eight. How old arc YOU'D"
Agnes" Seven" Tommy" Como,
nowl You're older. You women never
tell your real ages. ~ Time.
Comportment.--F Tnilor-"Do
you bow to your customers when you
meet them in tho strootsln Second
Ditto-"Well, 40 as rulo do, but al
ways cut my misiits. "--London Panch.
This handsome young man looks quito paol,
They are dragging him Off TO gaol,
You ask what he didi
Was he Captain Kiddf
No, he was merely caught rifIng the maoL
--Ainnenpolts Tribune.
Big sister-"Dick, think IL is time
little folks were in bed" Little Dick
ION Nr. Nioefellows kneo)--"Oh, it's
all right, Mamma said should stay here
until she came down stairs. "--Neu York
Weekly.
High-minded -"Bfy sou, choose
profession that. will bring you fame,
and after that wealth will GOMEZ Duty
full Son-"Very we'll, father, I'll become
professional baseball player. "-Nsss
York Weekly.
Now the skater premature,
Whom the frost-bound ponds
allure,
Dons tho stool again.
See how swift no glides and slichi
What!-a crashi A plank there,
quickl
Saved-but stiff as any stick
Trot him up the lane.