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  2. CONUNDRUMS.

    When does a steamboat captain say that he is what he is not? When he says he's a bacca-stopper (ease her, back her, stop her.) What is the difference between a cow and ...

    Article : 990 words
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    Advertising : 1,676 words
  4. YANKEE YARNS.

    An old cockroach who had just struck a fashionable new residence for a three months stay, encountered some mice who were also strangers to the place. ...

    Article : 207 words
  5. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

    A robber who had worked for six long hours to break open a safe accomplished his task to discover that his reward scarcely a shilling. He was lamenting and ...

    Article : 130 words
  6. BEST HE COULD AFFORD.

    Old Gentleman—"Little boy, I am grieved to see you smoking a cigarette." Street Boy—"What do yer mean? You don't s'pose a young gent wi' my allowanco ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. CORNER MEN OF THE STREET.

    It is a common sight to see a group of men with their hands in their pockets, and their pipes in their mouths, standing in front of public houses. They turn up in the ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. DECEIVERS EVER.

    Mrs. Brown—"Such impudence! There's that Mrs. Robinson was in here to-day to know if her daughter Jennie could be placed under your charge the next time you go to ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. The Benefit of an "a."

    A puddler went the other day to get his child christened. Minister—What name shall you call the child? ...

    Article : 128 words
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