The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-11-05
PITH AND POINT.

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lyon talk good deal in your sleep,
John" said Mrs. Ilcnpeck. "Its the
only chance get" said John, meekly.
"A woman never hits hen when
she throws missile at it; but, alas!
O man is not a hen.-Ionkers States
man.
The ownership of the modern house
is usually shared between the baby,
the nurse and the hired girl.-Inter-
Ocean.
If the world, as it is said, owes
every body living, the world ought to
get a mortgage on itself &c pay its
debts.-TeXas Siftings.
-Hardfeature - "My wife IS near
sighted" Jimpson gazing long at
IIardfcature)- "Onc would think she
was blind."-N. Y. Herald.
Heaven helps those that help them
selves, but praying for your daily bread
does not entitle you to the entire bak-
ery.-Indianapolis Journal.
A man never fully realizes how
much of sponge he is until he slips
down in a puddle of water and mops it
all Richmond Recorder.
The man of one idea may be bore,
while the man with none is that de-
lightful acquaintance who allows you
to do all the talking yourself.-Puck.
Nothing makes one girl so happy
as to read another girls letters. A girl
couldn't be "a girl and not read all her
letters to some other girl.-Texas Sift-
ings.
When a young man and his best
girl get into a swing by themselves it is
remarkable how they will mix up os-
citation with Osculation.-B Buffalo En-
press.
The man who prefers to be right
rather than hold office can always have
his way: but it is more difficult for the
man who had rather hold Office than be
right-N. o. Picayune.'
Always Desirable.-Mrs. Closefit-
81 hear checks are to be in great de-
mand by the modistcs this fall" Mr.
Closcfit-"I never knew the time when
they weren't. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
No Possibility of It.-Jennie-"I
don't think there's any love lost be-
tween Milly Pond and Hudson Parlc.
Peal don't see how any could get
lost III that way; they sit so close to-
Cether. "-Broolllyn Eagle.
II tell YOU" said the head of the
family who had returned from the sea-
shore, you can never appreciate that
poem about the breaking waves until
you have gone out and been broken by
them yourself. Washington Star.
The Soul of an Artist.-"Aw. me
man" said Chnppie, these clothes
don't fit Inc fguah ut all" Il know
they don't, said the tailor, sadly. But
actually couldn't bring myself to
butcher up good cloth into the shape
necessary to fit you."-Indianapolis
News.
Way Up.-Dick Swiveller-"Say,
are you going to leave that lawn now
err of yours out in the yard all winter?'
Plato-"Such was my intention" Dick
Swiveller-"Why, the thing will rust
all to pieces, you old nincompoop.
Plato-"You are entirely wrong, sir.
My son says it won't rust, and he
knows. Ny son, sir, is eighteen years
and ten months old, and expects to
graduate from college next year"
Theodore Iiallam once defended a
burglar. The burglars wife was on
the witness-stand and the prosecuting
attorney was conducting vigorous
cross-examination, Madam, you are
the wife of this mani" eyes" "You
knew he was a burglar when you mar
ried him?" Yes" "IIow did ou come
to contract matrimonial alliance with
such man?" Well" the witness said
sarcaGtically, 81 was getting old and |
had to choose between lawyer and
burglar" The cross-eXamination end
ed there.