Blue-grass blade., 1892-09-03
PlTH AND POINT.

While vacation always begins with
n V, it always ends with a great scarcity
of fthem.-Baltimore American
-IIicks-"Do Littlejohn and his wife
get along well togcther?" Wicks-''Yes,
when they are apart. t."-Boston Tran
script
A pr,mising Artist.-She-"Do you
paint in water colcrs?" He with dig
nity)-'I am from Kentucky, miss. -
Detroit Free Press.
She is a wise woman who knows
enough TO know little less about every
thing than the man she wants to cap
ture.-Eimira Gazette.
-IIc-''I am in love. Will You be my
confidante?" She-"Certainly; am at
your service" IIe-"Well, would you
advise me to propose to you?"
"A Successful Poem.-"My last poem
made great hit. The editor was struck
with it," Good! Knocked him down,
did you?"-Atlanta Constitution.
No, Beatrice, you are wrong; the
through of the sea" is not put there for
the purpose of watering the ocean
grcyhounds. Statesman
For a week he idly wandered:
Now through dreary months he saves.
To catch up with what he squandered
By the sad sea waves.
Washington Star.
There is fine rose" said the
florist. 1.-TWO dollars is what I ask. 1t
hasn't a thorn" NO" replied Penni-
less, sadly. But it has price. ."-IIar-
per's Bazaar.
Little Willie-''Why, papa, I just
fired my pop-gun at lly." Mr.. Brown
Then how did you make such a
wreclS?'' Little Willie-"The fly was
on the pier glass"
The Time Was Not Auspicious.-
Marie-''If you don't love Algernon,
why do you not break the eengagement?'
Elsie-''lIc hasn't given me the ring
| yet."-Jcwelcr's Weekly.
| When YOU are boarding in the coun-
| try and complain about the mosquitoes
you are always told that it is the first
| time in the history of the place that
they ever put in an appearance.-N. Y
| Sun.
| Penelope -" "Do you notice any.
thing striking in this room?" Staylate
Mo-; did / look as though / dido
Penclopc-'I didn't know but that you
might have heard the clock. Y,
| Herald.
She Ton the piazza)-"Thanks.
don't care for the steamer rug, but I
should like something to put around
my neck" Ie-''What shall fetch, a
s,lawl?" She - 'No: anything with
arms to it--Cloak Review.
| 81 don't see what attraction the
girls can find about young Sapley
Why. his mind is positively feeble. :
"Ycs; but as he hasn't any occasion tC
use it they probably have never found
it out. t."-Indianapolis Journal
The Veteran-''Speaking of brav-
erv; why, durin' the Wilderness cam
paign. single-handed, made forty con
fcdcrates rum" His Hearers - ''TIov
was that?" The Veteran-'Well, they
chased me."-Harper's Weekly.
| Always pass the fruit to everybody
else before helping yourself. Common
politencss will induce your company t.
| leave the choicest specimens upon the
plate, and when it comes to your turn
You can eat them without exciting re
mark.-Boston Transcript.
Friends may fall away from man
his wife may go to her mothers and hi:
political acquaintances may cross him
from their list, but as long as he cal
keep his bald head above the waters o
oblivion. the friendly house fly viii
never desert thim.-Philadelphia Times
How old are you, sonny?" 'Twelv
years old, sir" You are very small
for your age. What is your nance
Sammy Smith. My father is bake
on Manhattan avenue" $50 your ia
ther is baker. | might have know
it from your size. You remind me o
one of his loaves."