Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-12-27
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run AND POINT
a PATIENT waiter-Hospital nnr,o
FAvoR1TE tipple of the se., a
"A Beer-in Straight. '' 'a'chers
WHEN the Shah Of Persia ret,,.
Taheran, all the girls said ~te.b bsiae0 to
SWING cradles are used IN a.
OF Arkansas, so there svery Little Pas,l
there. -1As''e hock
JAMES (piously)-what is the o,to =.
Heaven? James father-well. I ;t's 20
the gait you've been going at recent no'
LITTLE Fla1en Hair-papa. IT, ~.
ing. Papa (somewhat ANNOYED Nv ram ram
in hand)-Well, let it rain 1 4ulk
Fla1en Hair (timidly)-I was poina W
Il WISH that I was a ministern s. ~
Bobby, one Sunday afternoon. WIN
dear?" Because he is the only one wbo
can speak out loud in church With.
going to the bad place for it."
JUDGE Witness, you are 40 Years =.
age? Female witness-Yes, alas, Nv
gets older every day. And yet I vas
young once, (heaving sigh. All. vonr
worship would hardly believe hou
young was!
MRS. PoP1NJAY-I see by the paper
that newly married couple in Mich
igan are taking their bridal trip in a
row boat. Mr.. Popinjay-Huh! IN bet
before the trip is ended it will be all
oar between them.
TALK about observation-disclosures j,
said a citizen to-day, why" when T
was boy I worked for man who was
so absent-minded that he discharged
me three times in one week, and maid
me weeks wages each time"
FRAYED Please, sor, can va
give me q nickel to get a nights
lodgin'? Rowne de Bout-But Won
can't get lodging for nickel. sO'
course not, sor; but Oh can repeat this
act two or three times, can't I?n
"SEE here, Georgia" said a fond
mamma to her small son, as they walked
on the beach, "what lot of nice. small.
round stones" EYES," grumbled
George, as he cast searching glance
around, "and not single thing to
throw 'em at"
A SAFE Affiliation-The clock struck
-. Darling, will you love me when
I'm gomez" II can safely say yes, Mr..
Smithers, because it doesn't look now
as if you would ever co." replied the
lady. And then Smithers knew his
case was hopeless.
AT Midnight - Stounder - Excuse
me, sir, but that is not letter-box you
are trying to put that letter in. It's
fire alarm box. Rounder-Who said it
was letter box hic)? If I want to
send note to re firemen sayin' there
amt q fire (hic) whose business is it
(hic)? Where's your letter box?
UNCLE 81 Low (watching pile-drivers
ct work on West Street foundation)-
Waal, SNOW! I'veI heard about your
buryin' the wires, but this do beat all.
Idler-What's this got to do with it?
Uncle ST Low-Why, when you git
them telegraph poles druv into the
ground, how do the men get down to
string the wires?
In a small town in Baden minister
closed his sermon the other day with
these words: "We would be pleased,
moreover, to have the young man who
is now standing outside the door come
in and make sure whether she is here
or not. That would be great deal
better than opening the door half an
inch and exposing the people in the last
row of seats to draught."
OLDBoY-How fine thought it is
that the smallest creature that lives
was created for some purpose and could
not be dispensed with. Newwed-I
GAIT agree with you there. I think
there are some animals that have been
the cause of great deal of envy, ex-
travagance, and strife. Oldboy-What
animal, for instance? Newwed with
mind on $500 dolman) The seal.