Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
PITH AND POINT.

PITH AND POINT.
A future State-Dakota.
An awful bore--Thc gimlct
"Let us prey" said tho hawk.
Arunning account Report of horse
waco.
( A snow bawl-Shovel Off yer side.
walk.
A grand trunk linc-A herd of elc-
plants
A comic paper says that the tom cat
is yawl-rigged.
A host in himsclf-The cannibal that
devourcd his entertainer.
Naught the lovers ardor ,lamps
When his girl has got the stamps
'-Ne,O fOri; Sun.
The bank note has larger cirulation
than any other paper in the United
States.
Slavery still exists in Morocco. In
: fact, there are great many people bound
in Morocco.
The ancient Peruvians had whistling
4 jugs. The modern jugs simply gurgle.
- Toledo BM,io.
There is usually good deal of back
talk when women get together to dis
cuss the hustle.
The rich always dress well, but they
nrc frequently overcome with the number
of their law suits.
Ye student brcakethe We mnydenes harte,
HA laugheth unaware;
But eek shs breakethe hys pocket- booke-
Which makethe matters square.
& -RenmsYiuaninn.
: Do not treat a man coldly because he
happens to be down in the world.
Always keep kettle of hot water ready
for tramps. -Neio York Sun.
When man who greatly admircs q
beautiful woman makes her profound
bow is he, rs one might say, counting
her on the stoop. Boston Courier.
Is marriage n faIurel the bachelor cried,
And the youth who is counting girl replied
i've net er boon married and cannot guess,
But courtship know IS a big success"
"Court the fresh mir day and night, -
gays n medical exchange That's good
ndvice for the girls, but if you are n
young man you had better court the fresh
heiress. --DdnsciLie Breeze.
The man who wants the earth bad
enough to put up with soilel specimen
while his desires IRE modest. Next
thing we know he'll be asking for q new
0ne.-Lie.
''l'll be a second sister, dear,
And you my noble brother;
feel that can never DO
That |, to you, am other.n
''Yon much mistake our kinship, love-"
And he grnned-a wicked whopper;
81 cannot be your brother, now,
For You know I'm your first popper."
A violinist was playing over piece of
music with his man-servant, who had
Abeen the public fiddler in his native viii
Mage, and when they had finished he
said to him: ''You handle your bow
very fairly, but you are always q beat
behind; how's that2" Monsieur, it Is
ont of respect
;. Mt. Broadbrush Ga promising paintcr)
Good morning. Mrs. Budrose; good
morning, Miss Violet You must ex-
cuse me, ladies, but I've been Watching
yon admire my picture" Both Ladies
Suddenly and without thought ooh.
Mr.. Broadbrush, hope you didn't hear
what we said. "-LVe.
+ Husband-nThis cufeo is exaspcrat-
ingly weak Wife ~ know it is. No
matter how much I talk, that new girl
will persist in filling the coffce-pot with
water clear to the top. What shall doa
Discharge her?' Certainly not. Dis
charge the coffee-pot and get smaller
one that won't hold so much water. -
{ Philadelphia Record.
Soc ally ostracised. Mrs. Godfrey dc
yetter Ito lady acquaintance)-'sD you
ever visit the llausbys now2" Lady
Acquaintance-"We used to, but since
they have resided on the fifth floor of the
Broad View Flats, on West 29tth street,
4 they no longer belong to our set. We
always draw the line at the third floor,
you know. "-Neio York Ne,os.
Applicant for Place-"Woll, 1 don't
know, mum. You have q very large
faraily, and I'm afraid couldn't do the
work. Isuppose you have great trouble
keeping girls, don't you2" Sharp
Housekecper-"Yes indeed. There is
big factory full of handsome young
men near here, and every one of my
servant girls goes off and gets married. d
At0hl Well, 1 gucss I'll try it."
nAllow me to congratulate you on
sour engagement. Tell me how it came
about. ! thought you intended remain
ing single" eyes, certainly, but met
the other day at u ball a young and
pretty girl, with whom + got into CONVEX
cation, and, only think, sffe confessed
that she, too, had decided TO remain
s single. Impossible to imagine greater
harmony of disposition and SO We got
engaged. " Dsutsehe Rfspen. : =