Frostburg mining journal., 1889-05-04
LOTS OF LITTLE LAUGHS.

On the safe side The cashier.
A HEAD gard dener-the barber.
A FILLY buster "A colt that breaks
record.
SOME men kick against bill, and
others foot it.
DROP dollar in the charity slot and
pull out blessing.
IT is the noble kentuckian who never
misses the water when the well runs
dry.
How GLAD both rich and poor would bA
When frigd the days.
II men who deal in coal could see
The error of their weighs!
The man who "shot at ranhom," ," not
hitting it, has since lent his rifle to the
youth who aimed at Immortality
"LARGE checks" for ladies' dresses is
an old, old fashion. Ask any man
blessed with wife and daughters.
A PHILADELPHIAN has constructed a
house which he calls "A poem i'll brick. :"
Should it ignite from defective fue,
would he call it a Nersitier
WHITE lies may not be so black as
the other kind; but ther are most as
wicked. The color line cannot be
drawn successfully in the lying line.
THE inventor of a new waist attach
ment" saws the contrivance is not harm
full. The old waist attachment ac-
cOrding to our recollection, is armful.
IT has gotten so that when two soci-
ETY. women vie with one another for the
palm in personal beauty the race for
supremacy must be termed neck and
neck" race.
SISTER We're you at the reception
last night, Harry? Brother-les; for
about an hour. Sister-How were the
usual. Dresses cut Y in the back aud
G in front.
BROwN Qroducing his scrapbook and
pointing with pIide to one of his early
effusionS) There. read that FogS
(after rcading) Can it he possible,
Brown, that Won were so old as II when
you wrote this?
Mrs. GNBE hat sort o folks are
those new neighbors of yours? Mrs.
Gadd Well, I've been Watching their
back ward for two weeks, but as they
send their washing to n laundry | can't
tell anything about them.
The man who first suggested the uso
of an Y as the signature of person
who could not write was no philoso-
pher The fitness of things should have
led him to select the cipher, which as n
nautograph is eminentlv significant in
most cases.
BRIDE of a day Ito her husband, W no
is doing his best to entertain her on the
train DO stop talking a little while,
John. John CtenderlyD-W What is the
matter dear? are you nervous? Bride
No, but | want to hear what the
women are saving in the seat behind
us.
AFRAID he had 'em again: Mr.. Ram
bo (at dime museum, III great alarm
Nancy, do You see anything in that
cage next to the monkeys? Mrs. Ram
bo-Yes. there's a lot of snakes Mr..
Rambo with recovered sclf-po SESSION.
So they are. Fine specimens, too,
aren't they?
WIBBLE-Did YOU attend the anna
teur operatic performance last night? :?
Wabble-Ies, | had the best seat in
the house, No. SO Il Balcony. Wibble
Why, it's almost impossible to hear
at all in that part of house. Wabble-
just So That's what made that seat
particularly desirable.
"EXcrsE me, said the parcel man,
"but left package here about an hour
ago which should have been delivered
next door" "Yes. sir" replied the
girl, "but you can't get it just yet."
"Why?" Because the lady hasn't had
time to undo it and examine the con-
tents. Please call in about half an
hour
AT DAYBREAK.
Chanticeer i'll accents shrill.