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Show 6utoi the Ginger Jar, The farmer has a good many mouths to feed; he is even obliged all through the winter to feed the fodder cutter. Why is the weather vane? The grass widow is seldom green. The fast man is pretty certain cer-tain to fall behind. -a ' What three vowels express trouble? I. O. U. ''. It will probably never be known what the hand-saw. . In the scheme of life all who dance must pay the fiddler. One is lucky to miss the point when one steps upon a tack. Be sure you are tight, and then don't make a fuss about it. There is many a man who isn't worth what it costs $nim to live. Keep to the right as the law directs and you will not then go wrong. Every dog has his day, and too many of them have their nights also. The blacksmith may be an expert ex-pert forger without being arrested arrest-ed ior it. , . ; , Nature ia.s:oo3:..dhctnr. hut sne makes her patients pay to the last cent. What the corn heard, with its own ears, the potato saw with its own eyes. Most of us set a higher standard stand-ard for our neighbors than we d er ourselves. There is only one kind of a bill that women like; i is the one spelled with a big B. Few men know what is good for them until some' wise woman has told them. The rich are known by their dollars, but the humble onion is known by its scent. The farmer who lost his half-bushel half-bushel measure was in more than a peck of trouble. The foolish trust to the'safety-pin, the'safety-pin, but the wise see to it that the buttons are well sewed on. We are none of us any better than we ought to be and many of us are a great deal worse. The fellow on the wheel is not disposed to complain, though the fellow on the seat too often does. If old-age pensions were granted grant-ed in this country few women would be likely to apply for them. One can tell that a horse is well bred simply by' 'looking at him, but one can not be so sure about a man. Few men will admit the possession possess-ion of a superstition, but few will willingly occupy room 13 in a hotS. Sometimes when a man is pretending pre-tending to be looking for a wife he is merely hunting for a good cook. Be aware of such. Mother stands for the refere-dum refere-dum and the recall on the farm, as Willie learns wbe be wants to go fishing at an inopportune time. .' ;:$, , It is eaiesr to climb down a tree than to climb up, which explains ex-plains why the top is never crowded and why there is always room there. -W A speedometer isn't needed to ascertain when, one, is going down hill. The state of the buildings and, fences sufficiently proclaim the fact y.,;v There are men who have no difficulty in keeping secret a creditable story ' concerning a neighbor, who cotitd1 not withhold with-hold for five minutes the spreading spread-ing of a scandal . about him.--Farm Journal. v |