The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-01-27

lold- fashioned plum pudding ny mothel
used 10 make. Newby-Hm! Ism
there song about "the old oaken pud
ding" Or something Of The sortg
One Essential Lacking: sHe vii
never make o temperance lecturer.
Think not?" Never" "Why noty
~He takes no pride in telling what Q
low-down drunkard he used to be-
Cape Cod Item.
Watkins-So Jobson has been pre-
sented with-twins, eh ? De Joke
Must have been surprised, wasn't he
Watkins--Awfully so. lie looked oil
them q moment and exclaimed: Il
can hardly believe my own census ~
Oakland Echoes.
Penelope-Jack stole kiss from me
last night. IL made me awfulIy angry.
Her Uncle-I should think II would.
The courts have decided that such O
thing 10 equivalent 10 blow. Penelope
II know it--so | turned the other
cheek. Puck.
Waiter IF you don't like the soup
will get you something else. Feeder
All right. ] can't eat j. BY Jove. |
never tasted worse al home.-Smith,
Gray L Co.'S Monthly.
Mamma-Did you and Ethel play
church with your dolls? Little Dora
We tried 10, but we hadn't any boy
doll for n preacher. We dressed up
Johnny's jumpin' jack an tried him, but
he was too lively for a reg'Iar church,
80 We turned it into O revival.-Good
News.
A certain lady was once described BY
a rival as having 'organs of hearing
which we're unfortunately too large for
ears and not large enough for wings"
-Tid-Bits.
ard like to be 1ch," said Tommy.
How rich p asked his sister "0h,"
replied the young man after some
thought, "rich enough 10 wear my Sum
day clothes every day."-Life.
The Main Point "You shouldn't
argue with mamma" said Mrs. With
erup. "You got her all wound up this
morning" "Really% SAID Witherup
eagerly, "Did she go?"-Truth.
An old Pennsylvania lady who was
q famous raiser of turkeys, sold one OF
the fowls 10 q customer named Brown.
Ii was found to be 80 tough as TO be
quite uneatable. Meeting the old wo-
man a short time afterward, Mr Brown
said 10 her: "What did ye mean by
sci ing your turkey to me ?" "What
was wrong about IL ~ ut wasn't good
at ALL" sand the gentleman. Not
good! It was bound to be good. Il
won the first prize for eleven years at
cattle shows. Boston Globe.
An Ohio Democrat, returning thanks
to a convention that had Just nominated
him for congressman. asked earnestly
"What have | done that / should have
received this honor at your hands 2"
And one of the crowd answered
Nothing p which would have discon-
certed most persons exceedingly.
Author-Mr. Director, may I ask as
TO what the committee thinks of my
drama? Il is. perhaps, accepted Dl-
rector The three members Of the read
Ing-committee we're of the opinion that
one Of the three acts ought to be struck |
out. but each wanted 10 cut out @ differ
ent one.
"What have they wound up on that
cart ?" asked the old lady who was vis-
ting the hre-engine house. "FIremen's |
hose,' was the answer. go awayw
she replied indignantly. "You can't |
make me think that any fireman or
else ever had legs to ft those
-Ex.
Catkin What did JOG marry her for
+ you intended to apply for . divorce
10 soon Rarlow--She threatened to
sue me for $4,000 damages Tor breach |
If promise, and knew | could ret
livorce q good deal cheaper than that.
Truth.
A Bright Outlook: @How IL lt With
Fou?v asked the editor OF the subscrib-
n who was dying in arrears. ~All