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Show More or Less Funny OVERDOING IT A LITTLE. "Dolan," said Mr. Raffcrty, as he looked up at the city postofficc, y ' what does them letters 'MDCCCXCVII' mean?" "They mean 'eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.'" "Dolan," came the query after a thoughtful pause; "don't ycz think they're ovcrdoin' this spellin' reform a bit?" Washington Star. A NOVELTY. Carleton "How did you enjoy yourself at Mrs. Hamilton's last night?" Cynicus "First-rate. There wasn't a song or recitation sprung ( on us during the entire evening." THE SAFEST WAY. He "But I tell you what it is, Maude; if your father is at all unreasonable I shall put my back to the wall and cr er " L She "And- keep it there. That would be the safest position." HE WAS ABSENT. Mrs. McCarthy "Yer wages is fifty cents short this wake, Mike." McCarthy "Yis, Mary Ann. We had an explosion on.Toosday, an' the foorman docked me fur the time I was in th' air." A HINT UNNECESSARY. Mr. Bunsby "If that young man's coming here to see you every day in the week, you had better give him a hint to come after supper." Miss Bunsby "I don't think it's necessary, pa. That's what he comes after." ANTEDATES TIME. "Do you know him?" asked a gentleman of an Irish friend the other day, in speaking of a third person. "Know him!" said the Irishman. "I knew him when his father was a little boy!" SOAKED BOTH WAYS. Hotel Servant "The man on the top floor complains that the roof leaked so badly last night that he was soaked through and through." Landlord "Is that so? Well, just charge him in the bill with an extra shower-bath." i |