Said in fun . A SMALL CONCESSION. ELDERLY LADY (to boy in hardware store)—Hev ye gotany o them hand-bellows fer biiildin fires ?Boy—Yesm : theres somethin nice—twenty-five cents Lady—Is that the cheapest ye can sell em ?Boy—Yesm ; but 111 tell you what Ell do : as you dont lookto be a very strenthy old leddy, 111 lill it with windfer you. 8. KEEPING WITHIN THE LAW. WHY dont you challenge him. Colonel ?Because duelling is agin the law in this State,replied the Colonel; but if ever 1 get a good chance, Illassassinate him. SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE. Gentleman—What are you doing nowadays,
Said in fun . A SMALL CONCESSION. ELDERLY LADY (to boy in hardware store)—Hev ye gotany o them hand-bellows fer biiildin fires ?Boy—Yesm : theres somethin nice—twenty-five cents Lady—Is that the cheapest ye can sell em ?Boy—Yesm ; but 111 tell you what Ell do : as you dont lookto be a very strenthy old leddy, 111 lill it with windfer you. 8. KEEPING WITHIN THE LAW. WHY dont you challenge him. Colonel ?Because duelling is agin the law in this State,replied the Colonel; but if ever 1 get a good chance, Illassassinate him. SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE. Gentleman—What are you doing nowadays, Uncle Rastus ?Uncle Rastus—Ise workin fo Sam Jones, —What at }Uncle Rastus—Pickin blackberries up on ole Mrs. Browns pasture —Doesnt Mrs. Brown object to it ?Uncle Rastus—She doan know it, —What does Sam pay you for picking Mrs. Browns berries ?Uncle Rastus—He lows me half what 1 pick. PAYING OLD DEBTS. Its a terrible thing to owe money, said Smith; to becompelled t(j dodge around this corner and that toavoid meeting a creditor on the street. It takes themanhood out of one. and he soon loses all am glad to say that 1 no longer owe a those old debts that have bothered you so longare all scjuared up, are they ? Yes, thank heaven I The last one became outlawed yes-ter
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