French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-08-31
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An Easy Problem.
Teaeher-If a farmer sold 500 bush
eds of wheat for SLIT a bushel. what
would he get?
Boy-An ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Bulletin.
The Vital Question.
In 1915-"How many miles will II go
In 1s16-How many miles will it go
on a gallon OF gasoline?-Exchange.
Scientific Stuff.
A jolly young chemistry tough,
While mixing a CARLOAD of stun,
Dropped a match in a vial
And after awhile
They found his front tooth and one
cuff. Exchange.
As His Father Saw Ii.
Said the teacher to the little Hebrew
Sikey. is the world fiat or round?"
"It amt needer vun, teacher" said
key.
"But what is it, key" asked the
teacher in surprise, .if it is neither
round nor fat?"
"VeII," said Ikey with conviction,
mine ladder he says it yos crooked"
Exchange.
First Landlady-"I manage to keep
my boarders longer than you do"
Second Landlady-"Oh, 1 don't know.
You keep them so thin that they look
longer than they really are."-The
Pathfinder.
A minister meeting a parishiencr
of his who had been quite recently
married. and about whose domestic
happiness terrible stories were rife,
saluted him and said:
"Well, John, and how is all goin'
on?"
ooh, happy enough" returned John.
"I'm glad to hear it. You know
there were rumors of rows Or
"RoYs?" said John. ooh, yes, there
are plenty of rows; whenever she sees
me she catches the first thing at hand,
a dish or anything, and fires it at me.
If she hits me, she's happy; if she
doesn't. / am. Oh. we're getting On
fine"
The Mystery Explained.
"Why is it." querried the stranger
within the gates, chat so many of the
men in this village seem to have an
ingrown grudge against the min
ister?" $50
"Well, it's like this, stranger" an
swered the postmaster. "he's been
here for nearly fifty years and has
performed the marriage ceremony of
most of them"
Struck the Wrong Place.
"Say," queried the tough-looking
hobo at the kitchen door, where's dc
guy wot lives here?"
"Oh," answered the farmers wife,
who was evidently wiser than her
homegrown complexion would e
burying a tramp the dog chewed up
this morning. Wait a second and /
will call him."
But by the time she reached the
door the unwashed hobo was headed
down the pike, beating 1t at an aero
plane gait.
Deserves 1t.
There goes a pious man"
Everyone says so"
"a mansion is reserved for him in
the SKIES"
"I truly hope so. I overheard him
just now in a real estate Office plead
ing with his landlord to patch his
roof"
Facts in the Case.
Said He-Were they divorced be-
cause of a misunderstanding
Said She-No; because they under
stood each other too we'll, I believe.
BE-
Good Singing.
""This quartet is splendid"
"Yes," answered the low-browed
person. "It's great, 1 thought once Or
twice the bass was going to be a few
seconds late with that comedy stuff,
but he was right on time"
Ambitious Plans.
fare you prepared to do anything
for the heathen?" asked the mission
worker.
ct should say we are!" answered the
capitalist, proudly. We've sent some
of our best statesmen to China. and I.
predict that in a short while hundreds
of well-to-do Chinese will be enjoying
rides in the best motor car made in
America"