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Show ALL SORTS. There is music in the iron-toothed rake as it rattles over the gravelled walk. That is to say, when it is in another man's hand.-Boston Transcript.<br><br> THIS country offers every opportunity for the humblest to succeed in business. It's very easy for a porter to become an ex-porter.-Philadelphia Chronicle.<br><br> "DR. TANNER'S Fast."-N. Y. Newspaper. That is right; keep him fast. It is having such idiots loose that makes the mischief.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.<br><br> A little girl in church, after the contribution plate had been passed, complacently and audibly said: "I paid for four, mamma; was that right?"-Unknown.<br><br> "I DIDN'T know," said an old lady, as she put down her newspaper, "that thieves were so scarce that they had to advertise for ‘em and offer a reward for their discovery.<br><Br> A WELL-dressed man was recently sitting at a table in a first-rate hotel, and was served with soup. He looked up at the waiter, and said: "No, you can't come any soup dinner on me. Bring me some things that I pay for-almonds, salmon, ???, chickens, ice-cream, and that ham with champagne. Leave out the champagne and I'll make it up in beer." |