Year: 1873

HIS LECTURE ON ''rRK PENsIvE oooKRoAcH."


The following is 3 summary of Josh BillingB
comic lecture, entitled "The Penslve Cookroseh >
1t will be perceived that MIR. Billings touched
upon multitude Of subjects besides the cock.
reach; lIt fI@s .fN 30


The oockroaoh is bug at large, easily domes.
tioated. born on the list Of May and LIST of No
vember Hemi-annually, and is ready for use If
teen days after date. They can't swim, bnt will
float long time. l,ea. .La.


Kissingethe more man tries to analyze q
kiss the more he can't. Any man who can sit
down, tilt his chair back, place his feet on the
mantle piece, and tell how kiss tastes has no
more real flavor in his mouth than q knot hole
The only way to define kiss is to take one.


Snakes travel on the outside of themselves-
they go down a hill very easily, because they
have nothing to hold on with.


ANY man who can wear paper COLLAR for a
whole week, and keep II clean amt good for any


Love is like the measles-you can't have IL
bad but once, and the later in life we have it the
worse 1t goes with us.


Swine have four legs, with some notable ex-
ceptions. Some are full in the face like town
clock They have been learned some good
things-among others hosting gates from their
hinges and upsetting garbage barrels. They
can root we'll, but have bad memory.


The flea is the smallest and most pesky of
animals. They bite worse than mosquito, and
oftener, because they bite on a run. About fif-
teen fieas die annually, except when dog is
drowned.


The Newfoundland dog is useful to save chill
dren from drowning but then you have got to
have spond and children running about loose.


CLAIMS are of aedentary habits, but when they
do leave home they travel ON their muscle.


The hornet is a red hot child of nature. Never
examined his social habits closely, because did
not think 1t polite.


The principal business Of the hen is to lay
eggs, and then set on them. The hen will set
nm, MI NM nd n hau han
set on duck eggs, and then try to learn their
chickens to dig in the garden. 1t il a melancholy
sight to see the ducks go into the water and the
old hen on the shore wrjnging her hands, cry
ing for them TO come out


The monkey is the shadow of the human be-
ing. He scratches hia head as natural rs .
Bchoolboy, and probably for the same reason.


The difference between mistake and a blum
der is this When a man sets down q good UNI
brela and takes up bad one that is blunder,
but when he puts down bad umbrella and takes
up good one that is simply mistake.


would like to know who invented tight boots.
Any one who can wear tight boots, be humble
and not make use Of profane literature, will
make good husband. The only thing in favor
Of tight boots is that they make man forget
all his other miseries.


noblest work of God but there has been 30 lit
tie demand for the work that we are afraid 8
large amount of the first edition Is still with
the author.


1uo ny AhOubalub Vi hloo hhu WhtoA9 6iaNOb
by getting drowned in milk cans. They won't
light on a healthy spot in man il they can find
place little raw. Have never seen fly the
worse Of liquor bnt have often seen liquor the
worse of flies.


The cat has been called domestic animal.
The only thing you can trust cat with is a bar
Of yellow soap. They will often lay down at
your feet full Of injured innocence and chick
en- They are as hard to lose as bad reputa-
tion. Both are very plentiful in this world just
now. Counted sixty-eight cats on the roof Of
my boarding house the other night and it was
not good night either.


The Goldfish is the fruit of the ocean. Il is
good eating on wet day, as it will keep man
dryer than an umbrella. II you make the first
al OF cod, you can make the other two Of Wa.
ter.
IN conclusion will read an essay on marriage.
Who were the first pair to put on the silken
double harness and promise always to be bind
and loving, sink or swim, survive or perish,
never could find out. Some marry for beauty
and never discover their mistake; some for
money and don't see it some for pedigree some
to please their friends some to get rid of them
selves and find that two can play at the same
game.