Pleasant Grove Review | 1951-09-21 | Page 2 | Just Jesting

jusrmm No Identity I just got a letter from a man saying if I didn't stay away from i his wife he was going to shoot me. j Well, I suppose you're going to1 take heed of the warning. I can't he didn't sign his name. Weather Prophet "Say, Joe, you're a broker; i can't you give me a tip?" "I know something that is now about twenty, and within sixi months I can guarantee it to be? over ninety." "Sounds fine! What is it?" "The temperature." Not a Lawyer The lawyer for the defense was: cross-examining a witness in a ! robbery case. "When did the robbery take place?" demanded the counsel in a bullying tone. "I think " began the witness, but the lawyer interrupted him. , "We don't care what you think, i sir. We want to know what you ' know." "Then if you don't want to know I what I think," said the witness j quietly, "I may -as well leave thei box. I can't talk without thinking' I'm not a lawyer." Recreation First Wall Street Broker "Anything "Any-thing to do today?" Second Wall Street Broker "Certainly not." "Come to a funeral with me. It will cheer you up a bit." Some Joint 1 Judge Gruff "A ren't you ashamed to be seen here in court ! so often?" j Prisoner "Why, no, your honor; I always thought it was a very! respectable place."