Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-27
8 OUR
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NEXT PERFORMANCE


A small town carnival adj
vertised that the big attraction
at the local lot would be man
jumping from a 100-foot lad
der into a barrel of wet saw
dust. The entire seating area
was sold out days before the
big event and as the big show
went on the crowd viewed the
tall ladder which stuck clear
out of the tent through hole
in the top. Shortly little old
man appeared and said in an
almost inaudible voice. Ladies
and gentlemen you have come
here to see me a poor little old
man almost 100 yrs. old jump
from the top of that there lad
der into this barrel of sawdust
here. intend doing 1t right
away but l want to tell you
that I'll probably break my
back and no doubt there will
be blood spilled all over this
tent. The only reason / am do
ing this stunt is for my aged
brother who is in the insane
asylum and / need the
money!!
To all this, shouts of mo,
no" and Don't do it, we're
heard and the little old man
bowed to the crowd and said,
Thank you very much, ladies
and gentlemen, for your kind
words - the NEXT perform
ance of this here act will be
at 10 o'clock!" And he slowly
walked out of the tent.
LIVING
Anyone can live on a small
salary but it's lot harder
when you spend all your
money trying to hide the fact.
JOKE
Man approached three gray
haired men sitting on a park
bench. 1t was obvious that all
three were very old. Man told
them that he was taking a sur
vey and asked the first old fell
low to what he attributed his
old age. Old fellow said, Red
meat, my lad, and plenty of 1t.
/ am 102 and have eaten
nothing but red meat all my
life"
Addressing the same aues-
ton to the second old man, he
4 got this answer Why, to-
bacco! Yep, I've chewed tobac-
CO ever since was seven years
old and I am now 107!"
The third old fellow came
I'D with Women, young
man! Yes. it's women that
make a man live!"
"And how old are your"
asked the survey man.
Twenty seven" he said.
HuMMl
Maintaining the peace costs
almost as much as war. Per-
haps the answer to world prob
lens will come when we can
afford neither.
WELL?
The moon has a pronounced
affect upon the tide-and also
the united!
WAR
And there's an old saying
in the u. S. Cavalry annals
that explains that an infan-
tryman is just cavalryman
whose horse died.
7777
A husband is a guy who
takes off his apron before he
answers the doorbell,
TAXES
There's only one thing we
can think of that would be
worse than paying income tax
es and that is not to have to
pay any!
FACT
An impractical dreamer Is
fellow who hasn't lived long
enough to be called a man of
vision.
COMPARISON
A Detroit paper says that
a small town Is place where
everyone worries about what
the Joneses will name the new
baby and city is a place
where everyone worries about
what the city zoo will name
the new elephant.
LOVE
The young man approached
his would-bte father-in-law and
said, "Sir, I have come to tell
you that your daughter is GO
ing to become my wife
Papa scratched his head and
replied. We'll, son. I could
have told you something like
this would happen when you
started hanging around here
five nights a. week"
KID STUFF
He: How about kiss ?"
She: mo, II have scruples."
He: "Aw. that's okay, I been
vaccinated!"
LAST WORD
If life today is worth what
II costs. theln grandpa mlf
have been Rery happy n1~s.