The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-10-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

You now and then meet folks wht
, know all kinds of sense except common
! sense.-Ram's Horn.
| The German name for sausage is
wurst. Hence when dog is killed, il
I, is said that he is worsted. Bits.
Then the guests went home and
the neighbors went to Sleep" is the way
local weekly winds up its account OF
n lively party given down town. Phil
adelphia Record.
-Bcllows-"Now, if you were in my
shoes what do you think you would
do?" Breeze examining them)-"Wcll,
l certainly think I should get another
pair.-"Boston Courier.
Miss Builds heart is like volume
in circulating library" 'Iow is
that Not to be kept longer than two
weeks. "-Harper's Bazaar.
1T must be dreadful when a profes.
sional singer knows that she has lost
her voicer' "But it is still more dread
full when she is not aware of the factr'
-Humoristiche Batter.
An editor at dinner-table, being
asked if he would take some pudding,
replied in fit of misunderstanding
to a crowd of other matter, we are
unable to find room for it"
-Mudge-''Were you at the races
ycsterday?" Yabslcy-'No." Nudge
Then guess you've got it." sc 1T
what?" Five dollars. I need it,
indianapolis Journal
A -Ethe1-''George, you re-
mind me of an hour-glass." George
''In what respect?' Ethel-''The more
time given you, the less sand you seem
to have. Truth.
Their fathers were opp osition can
didates. 81 believe" she said trifc
haughtily. that yo1r father is in poll
tics" ''Yes. Yours is, too, isn't hep"
Eyes" "Well, he won't be after the
election. "-Washington Star.
"A Feminine Trait.-'You ortn't to
put them pieces o money in yer
mouth, Swipsey," said the ncwsboy.
'Why not?' dcman1e1 the bootblack
"'Coz it amt manly. 1t makes yer look
like woman ridin' on street ear
Chicago Tribune.
Church Worker-"And how did you
like the singing of our choir?" Visiting
Stranger anxious to be polite)-"Well,
the members didn't allow their efforts
to be diverted by the mere mechanical
accuracy of the organ Y. Tribune.
They Are Rivals, You See.-Miss
Kostick-"Tom, Jack paid you a high
compliment to-day" Miss Pretti-"In-
deed. What was ito" Miss Kostick-
'He said you possessed most remark
able memory-you can remember things
that happened thirty years ago."-Yan-
kee Blade.
Familiar. Mrs. Hic!xs-''My hus-
band is not at home, but you may leave
your name" Stranger-."It'sn no matter;
Just say man called to see him." Mrs.
Hicks--''I remember the name: he often
speaks of seeing you at the theater."-
N. Y. Herald.
-Tapper--''So you don't altogether
like the new pastors sermons, eh?'
Dappcr-"No, they are too profound
they necessitate too much headwork"
Tapper-"Quite true; noticed that
you were noddfng thro' his entire dis
course yesterday Boston Courier.
Though fathers love their boys, a
boy seldom thinks with any tenderness
of his father. When things 60 wrong
at school or he gets punished for bad
conduct he win grnmble around that he
would leave home home il it wasn't for
his mother and his new pup. He never
wastes a thought on his father.-At,hi-
son Globe.
A young man, his eye blackened,
his collar and necltie disordered, his
coat torn, his hair tossing wildly, and
wearing no hat, was rushing along one
of the streets of the Back Bay when he
encountered his best girl. ''Oh! Hen
ry!" she exclaimed, in an agony of dis
tress, 81 know it all! You have seen
father. Boston Post.