| Show BREVITIES the independent suggests that those who wilo are eager for new things should try the neuralgia an injury is frequently done to the cause of truth by the manner in which some men attempt to defend it 11 sir bir boyle biloche said baid single misfortunes never come alone and the greatest of all possible misfortunes is generally followed by a much gra greamer greater er dignified clerk are you going to marry your yourself 11 facetious pat lander arrah now when did iver I 1 ye hear tell of a dintleman gintle man marrying himself shuro theres a lad iad lady 17 goin to be married along wid me that duck I 1 sir is a real canvass back said J Jones one W landlord at dinner canvass all through I 1 should think muttered jones as he laid down his bis knife in despair after trying for the third time to saw through a section of the ancient fowl an unconscious play upon words was made the other day by b a ll 11 little t t le girl while relating to ay a s sympathizing y m p a lady the loss of two pet calves what caused their then death said the lady oh was the answer one was hooked hooked to death and the other died on its own hook A young englishman a comparative para tive stranger in the country and unable to get work recently called on a minister for assistance he was a unitarian and had letters from an eminent clergyman in england the minister heard his story and replied lyou you have come to the wrong c shop I 1 aint a unitarian any more you must get your money where you get your religion during a late conference at worcester the following conversation was overheard between two newsboys 1 I say jim the meaning of so nian many ministers being here a adl agg together why answered jim scornfully y they always meet once a year to swap sermons lf governor woodson of missouri has pardoned a convict with the condition that if he becomes intoxicated by the use of strong drink he shall be remanded to prison |