The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-17
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They are telling a good story on
who tried to repeat a joke to his wife
and found the joke was on himself. 1t
seems that the citizen was ina down.
town hat store n evening, aftercIos-
Ing hours, and the proprietor from
some incentive said: Il will give to
any man here a new silk hat IL he will
swear on his word Of honor that never
since his marriage has he cast q Lam
gushing glance. or the eye os love. on
any woman other han his wife,
a young ma stepped forward and
said. Give me 1.-The hat
Are you ready to SO swear?" asked
the shopkeeper.
{ am" replied the young mar
firmly.
{ lake the hat" said the halter, who
then added: When were you married,
by the Way?"
Last night" replied the young man.
This was the joke-the joke OF the
hatter-whtch the prominent citizen
ran home and repeated to his wife with
much gusto.
After he had finished the wife did
not seem to appreciate the Ahu1nor as
keenly as had been anticipated by the
husband.
Why don't you laugh? =" asked the
latter. Don't you see 1T is funny? ~
i was thinking" replied the wife.
why didn't you bring home the hat,
dear?"
well. darn it! A silk hat never did
Jock well on me" demonstrated the
prominent citizen.
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Strangers in New York always notice
hnd comment on the childlike curiosity
Of the crowds on Broadway. New
Mprxaro will cton q nj Joolya a y * "a = Ii, ,, y r -
from the hosting of a safe to the up
lifting Of a fallen horse, and they chase
fire engines like boys.
An incident Of this sort is related by
one Of the older bankers. When Rufus
Hatch was in his prime there was a
little restaurant down town where the
men Of finance took luncheon. latch
went in one day I'M found every table
occupied. He was In a hurry. There
seemed to be no chance. So he said
to the man in charge, oud enough to
be heard all over the small room: Ter
rible accident down at the Battery"
"What?" asked the manager
"Full-rigged ship has just gone down
in the channel. with a lot of people on
board,
There was an immediate rush for the
door. Tables were deserted, and the
men who We're eating ran pell-mell
down Broadway. Hatch sat down and
dlC QuiSt luiClSOl. linen ne PAID
his check and went out. The street
was full of people running toward the
Battery.
! Whats the matter" asked Hatch.
Ship gone down with a lot of people
on board!!" gasped the runner.
"Gracious!" shouted Hatch. rs that
SO? I must see that" and he, too, ran
the street, hoaSed by his own
hoax.
One Of those fedgltng orators that
frequently are let loose during these
political campaigns was d~iscoursing
Eervidly a few nights ago on a street
corner in New York. He was new at
the business and was more tina slight
~ attacked by stage fright. Mcclellan
WAS his thence. s&
"He was nursed in the cradle OF de-
bnocracy!" shouted the young man Of
the candidate. Then he worked off the
line for half a minute. when again
came the phrase:
He was nursed at the cradle Of de-
n1ocracy!"
Once more he started on a new tack.
but it lasted less than half a minute.
when the old phrase was repeated.
Say, for heavens sake, get the can
dfdate away from that bottle!" yelled
4 man in the crowd.