Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-27
The Central Interest.

[ary, l suppose you dOctor HIS lettHe'
Tor it, eh ?"-Boston Transcript.
The Central Interest.
Come quick, doctor, there is man
upstairs who has swallowed a
twenty-franc piece"
Are you his wife,"
NO. his landlady"-Pele Mele.
The Better Way.
First Boston Child-"Do you be-
ieve in corporal punishment
Second Boston Child-"No; / can
usually make my parents do what |
wish by moral suasion. boston
Transcript.
Had an Answer.
"Why do you repeat SO many
okes?"
Some of these jokes" replied the
press humorist with dignity, ARE
worth impressing on people. "-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
Easily Located.
Queer styles the girls affect. Hard
10 find the waistline these days"
"Oh, no."
think nOt?"
Not at all. The waistline is where
The pins are. "-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Touch of Fortune.
What do you think, my dear?
Such luck! We leave for Paris in an
hour"
"Really?"
Yes, were going to Pasteur's. NY
husband has just been bitten by
mad g."-Bon Vivant
The Party Of the First Part.
General-"Send my orderly to me at
once"
Aide de -Camp-"Sorry, sir, he has
Just been cut in two by bullet
General-"Then order that part Of
him to be found which contains my
tobacco pouch. "-Sourir.
New Use For the Auto.
She Gin motor car)-"What was
the matter?''
He-"Oh, nothing"
She-"Then why did you stop the
machine and crawl under it?'
He-"I saw one of my creditors
coming. Boston, Transcript.
An Embryo Carolyn Wells.
Mother-"There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe. She had so many
Mabel pting)-"Mamma, /
know what kind of a shoe that was
a kid shoe. Boston Transcript.
Quot Useful.
Young Wife-"And you would like
my doughnuts if they were larger?
That is very. complimentary
Easeoff Laybor-"Yes; then me an
me pals could ave a game o. quoits
down by the waterin' tanks Ideas
Smooth Waters.
The Boy-"Have yer caught any
thing, zur?"
The Angler-"No, not yet. my boy"
The Boy-"Ah, I thought not.
There weren't no water in that pond
till it rained last night"-The Sketch
How is This?
Are none of the hipless girls going
10 the SeaShOre?
why do you ask such question
as that?"
Il haven't seen any news item
about lady slipping through a crack
in the boardwalk louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
Modern Methods.
Isl Whiffietree believes in scientific
farming"
Whats he done?"
Hired quartet to sing and two
actors from rural play to talk dia-
lect. He's simply turning away the
summer boarders. '-Louisville Cour-
ier- Journal
Works in New York.
and what do you do when a pal
gets pinched with a stolen watch on
his persona"
Il pose as a solid citizen protesting
against arrest" explained the pick
pocket. Then, while the cop is busy
me, me pal makes a get
away. Courier-Journal.
Hard to Place Himself.
IHu6dSCu " tlidl DtduIllul SIl, anu
vet not happy?"
We'll, she's gone in by turns for
rowing and tennis and horses and golf
and dogs"
Say on"
Sometimes I wonder il am a
sweetheart or merely a fad."-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
Significances.
Father" said little Rollo, what
does politician mean when he says he
is going to retire from public life?"
He may mean one Of two things.
my son; either that his pull has been
entirely exhausted or that it has be-
come too good to be wasted on
government salary" Washington
Star.
No Panic.
1--WE had bad fire scare in church
today
Good gracious! Was there a
panic?"
mot to notice The minister
on the internal regions."-
Some of the matrons in our set
ynapr at those ubo bayo ohi1drop