Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-09
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The country is still going wet.-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
A cold in the head is worse than two in the
feet.-New York Journal.
The influenza is like an umbrella-every-
body takes it.-Columbus Dispatch.
The golden stair appears to be the only re.
liable fre-escape. pe.-Binghamton Leader.
It hurts less to hit the nail on the head
than 1t does to hit it on the fnger.-Puck.
The signal service man who shaped this
winter drew it mild.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The prize fighter is not only the leader of
q ring, but grand lamer to boot.-Boston
Transcript.
The king of Siam has just married twenty
new wives-and yet people talk about Siam
ease, se,-Hntchinson News.
The price of Goldfish has become so high
that restaurant cooks are thinking of making
devilled crabs, hereafter, out of rabbit
Chicago News.
Briggs-"Wonder what possessed him to
jump into the rivers" Braggs-"T There was a
woman at the bottom of it, I believe. ."-Terre
Haute Express.
Electrical execution has been adiudged
constitutional, but 1t will take very strong
constitution to stand it.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Little Phineas did not care very much for
his name, go 1t was quite natural when his
little sister came, that he should attempt to
solve q psrplexing problem by saying:
"Let's call her Phineas, mamma. I'll be
Willie after this, is,"-Harper's Young People.
Conductor Crowded car)-"Plenty O. room
inside" Passenger Zone of the 40 hanging
to straps)-"Plenty of room, chs Where Is
iti' Conductor (wrathfully)-"Along O.
Oh hrrn l. ~ fkvv
ter keep that strap all to yerself, don't yer."
New York Weekly.
'sSee here, Lyons, you've ruined me. In
this account of the ball I said that Mrs.
Bunkerton, the famous lecturer on dress
wore nothing that was remarkable You've
put II Mrs. B. wore nothing. That was re-
markablep You can 60 to the cashier and
get your money. We can't stand q man like
you around here. Life.
s'No use talkin' to me bout layin' up mon-
ey for rainy day." said Uncle Ebo, address
way to man wild sich luck as always hab.
Why, Great Scottl If was to lay up mon
ey for rainy day. we'd hab q drought for
forty 'ears. No, sab; you don't ketch dis
Niger in dat sort O. trap. PUCK.
Toto's uncle was very sick, and the physi-
clan was unable to say positively that he
would recover. Toto was told by his mother
that he must pray nightly to God, and ask
him to spare his unole, and this 10 what he
said in his prayer that night: "Good Lord,
beseech thee to spare my uncle-until after
tho holidays, at least. From the French.
At Sunday school Christmas entertain
msnt few days ago one of the speakers de-
picted the beauties Of heaven in language
suitable to be digested by the infantils
heads around him. He told them how the
operations of factory inspectors law made
1t impossible for children to perform any
greater labor than that required in eating
candy; s'and now" he asked, chow many
little boys and girls in the infant class want
to 30 to heavsnp
All hands went skyward but one.
"Yeth, thir, )" he said, a. he glanced at tho
pile of candy yet undistributed, ssyeth, thir,
but not for few minutes yet."-Philadel-
phia Record