The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-11-13
IN a HUMOROUS VEIN.

men should kiss their wives "a IN,
ana When they were year or tw
married.. '"
when the lecture was over an Of
man went home, put his arm aroun
his wlfe's neck and kissed her. Nee
ing the lecturer noxt day, ho said:
"lts no go."
w hat isn't ?" said tho lecturer.
:" Nccl," said tho man, "when
Kissed my wife, she said, 'What's gon
"r'hS wiyc, yo anld fool yc ?"
" Papa, may ask you qucstion?'
es, my son. Pm always glad t,
lmparI information"
:" Wen, papa, when snake wrio
Slcs It's tail where does the wigeIt
"ell--um--er. Look horc, youpo
man, DON'T you let me hear another
WORD out OF you till bed time"
Ihcrc, thank the stars, that's the
,'S1 load! by jovc, hope we DONE
nave 10 move again for twenty ycarsI,,
LOOK, George, there's man with y
Guhcra! , See, he IS getting it m.
W nat 90 you suppose no wants p,
"ucss hc'S after moving picture.
my dear" r'''"'''
ran INTO town today to do some
shopping, DEAR" said Mrs. Subbuhs
entering her husbands ot!ico, "and
L" "''''
Il see" he Interrupted, and Won
Just ran in hclc because YOU ran ont y
Ran ort?" ''
Yes, of money"
"I shall never marry,n said M;ss
Ann Tcck, with an air of dotcrminn-
ton.
:" Perhaps not" replied Miss Pert
" out everybody will admit you have
made a brave fight against the newt
able" "o'''-
"ilow about that new cook of yours.
Is she good 2"
81 hope So"
DON'T you know 2"
can only y trust so. She tried to
"Sh' the lire with bcnzlnc Yesterday
Tcachor-And the twcnty.irst of
december is the shortest dny of the
yoar, is 1t not ?
Tomny-SOmctimc
IohChcr-bnly sometimes?
Tommy lcs'm. When IT'S holi-
day. '''''
" How little we really know about
our hclghbors, after ALL" said the
young wife, musingly.
es,' replied the husband. " and
how much thcy seem To know about
u.s." ''
school teacher, examining the class,
lights ON the youngest, and is 80 struck
with hls intelligent aspect that he
questions him forthwith:
Now, my little man, what do five
hnd two make %
The litile one remained silent.
We'll, suppose now | were io yivc
yo" hVc rabbits to-day and two more
Tomorrow, how many rabbits would
you have lhcn?"
E!Eh!,' promptly answered the
Juvenile.
" E'ght?' Why, how do You make
that ont %
Cause pvc got one to home al
ready"
Srn"t'i 0nay went to the Adiron
| hacks IL few weeks ago to prepare 70
The r@tuin home of his family. IT
rodc up the mountain in n coach thu
was dlslrcssin8ly tardy and which wa
following after another that, if possible
! was even slower. He charGd for
time at the pace, and then hit upon
| plan he thought would serve to spec,
both teams. He leaned over to th
driver and offered q dollar if the latte
would get ahead of the team in front
The driver smlingly agreed, and tho,
raised MS voice to say: Hey | say
blli! Bill, turn yer rig to the side O.
tho rond--will yor2 There's q gu,
here says hc'll give me dollar if
pass ye; and I'll divide if you make
rOOm!"
While the recently organized choil
OF the Sunday school of the Contra
Prcsby terian church Of brooklyn were
rchcarsing last Sunday night DR.. Car
son asked them if they could suggest {
good hymn which thoy could sing
For few minutes the singers looked
through thcil books in search of an an
propriatc one, but were unsuccessful
Finally the silence was broken hy som,
wag saying:
| "For goodness sake, Doctor, dom
sing 'From Greenland's Icy Noun
tains,' with coal at 800 a ton.''
A Missouri farmer has made a scri
Gus mistake in exposing himself to tn,
gibcs of heartless world. He say
an advertisement of a "two-dollar fir,
escape" and the moro he looked q
tho advertisement the more he wante,
the fire escape.
e" can't let a again like that a-on
glt away" he murmured through hi
tangly whiskers. And then he so
down and mailed the two.dollar bill.
In due time the fire escane arrived
1t was an inexpensive copy of tn
Bible.
Tom Ochiltrec relates that while h
was Representative from Texas. an
returning TO his home from Washin
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