Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-28
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asked. 80. feel blue," she replied. mo
body loves me and my hands are cold"
'You should not say that" was his word
of consolation, ''for God loves you. and
your mother loves you and you can sit
on your hands.
An Ir1shman desired to become nat
uralized, and after the papers were sign
ed the Judge turned to him. "NoW, Den
MIS-" he said, "you can VOTE"
"Will this ceremony" inquired the
new citizen, "hilp me t do ut amy
betther than Oh have been votin' for tn
lasht tin years."
Papa, what is the silent majority?'
1.-TWO men where there is a woman
present, my son."
Rev. DR.. r. s. Macarthur Of Cavalry
Baptist Church, said at dinner in New
York, apropos Of international marriages;
"Some of these marriages are from ev-
again, are-but dialogue will illustrate
my meaning.
"'Oh Helen, cried a girl worth $lO,-
0O0 coo, do you think the duke is sin
cere?"
"'Sincere? was the reply. why, OF
course he's sincere. He hasn't got dol
lar to his name"
DR.. Macarthur paused.
"Or this" he added.
"a young marquis rushed upon his
American fiancee and shouted bitterly:
"'Cruel, heartless girl. You swOre you
loved me, and now | discover that your
father is a bankrupt"
The Irish Waterman was putting the
usual red lanterns at each OF the holes
made for the new electric conduit. He
had about dozen strong on his arm and
at each hole he set them all down, pulled
out matchbox. lit one Of the lanterns
and left it, proceeding to the next hole,
where the process was repeated, the task
Of taking all the lanterns off his arm
and putting them back again occupying
some minutes.
"Why don't you light 'em all to Oncet,
Pat?" demanded the cop on the corner,
land just drop one every time you came
to hOle?"
"Sure they're heavy enough now with
out lighting them," was the response. =
81 crossed the Atlantic last month with
that young singer Miss Geraldine Far
rar," relates a Savannah banker.
cat dinner one night the captain of the
ship gave loud laugh, and, looking at
the rows of pretty female faces in the
saloon, he said:
"'Why do men never kiss one another,
while women continually do SOP"
miss Farrar answered:
"'Men have something better to kiss,
but women haven't"
DR.. Thomas A. HOyt, the Philadelphia
pastor, entertained President Patton of
Princeton and other eminent men at
dinner The guests were speaking in
praise of a sermon the minister had
preached.
DR.. HOyt's young son was at the table
and President Patton said: "My boy,
what did you think of your fathers ser
mon?"
Il guess it was very good" said the lad,
"but there were three mighty fine places
where he could have stopped"
The three-year-old son of Methodist
minister was with his mother at gath
ering of ladies. At the proper time he
was given cooky. He ate it in short
order, and asked for another. The hos
tess said "I'll give you another if you
will sing for u.s.
Cant sing" was his reply, "but /
know something | can say"
THAT will do all right" the lady an
swered, expecting to hear Twinkle,
twinkle, little star" or some other nnrsry
classic.
But the little fellow drew himself up
in real Sunday school fashion and said
his piece:
God lOyeth cheerful giyer."
The lady gave him the cooky and the
whole company seemed to be very cheer
full about it.
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