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  2. Couldn't Stand His Supporters.

    An old gentleman who was in trade in a New England village for more than half-a-century used [?] relate an anecdote of a business rival who was a ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. A Practical Creature.

    "There's no use in trying to get away from the solemn fact," said the dreamyeyed young man; "the New Woman is a most practical and unsoulful creature." ...

    Article : 73 words
  4. He Know Her Ways.

    Neighbour: "Bertie, your mother is calling you." Bertie: "Yes'm, I know it; but I fancy she doesn't want me very bad." ...

    Article : 49 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam

    "The lark was up to meet the sun, And carol for his lay The farmer's son took down his gun And at him blazed away. ...

    Article : 108 words
  6. Carrying Away an Audience.

    "Mr. Footlytes, sir," said that eminent actor's advance agent to the editor, "is a tragedian who fairly carries his audiences Away." ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. "New Laid!"

    Customer: "Waiter, what a very disagreeable odour there is!" Waiter: "Yessir, it's them new-laid heggs; they're worse than shop-'uns; ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. Tears are Salt, not Bitter.

    Papa (just arrived from downtown): "Well, Where's Bessie? Why isn't she running to meet me, as usual?" Mamma: "Bessie has been naughty ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. A Valuable Cook.

    Young Jones (who has a fancy for game fowls): "Did a man bring a game bird here for me to-day, Bridget?" Cook: "There was a rooster left here, ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. A Henpecked Husband's Revenge.

    A wife who henpecks her husband does not always come off well. A Sussex publican took an odd revenge on a nagging wife whose sharp tongue ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. How He Know.

    "Ah, said Mr. Quiverful as he sat smoking his after-dinner cigar, "there is nothing in all life's blessings comparable to a good wife. I know this to ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. His Regular Charge.

    "I saw yer kiss her," leered naughty Willie Tenspot, after young Mr. Gilley had stolen a kiss from Willie's sister. "Oh—er-Willie," replied Mr. Gilley, in ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. Facts and Fancies.

    Whalebone has great staying powers. The proper study for young ladies—Husbandry. "I am a man—" began Dudely. "Never ...

    Article : 775 words
  14. "Punch's" Tips for Farmers.

    Stick to wheat. It was good enough for your forefathers; and ought to be good enough for you. Clamour for protection. There is not ...

    Article : 289 words
  15. Her Way.

    The "Gentlewoman" tells this story of a witty American woman in London. She was dining with a literary set, and some one said that Wordsworth was in ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. His Neighbourly Way.

    "Please, sir," said the tramp, as he came along to where the farmer was blowing up stumps with dynamite, "are you w[?] to give an unfortunate man ...

    Article : 172 words
  17. How to "Cook" Novels.

    The following is an extract from an amusing article in the "Pall Mall Gazette" under the title of "Receipts for Modern Literature":— ...

    Article : 489 words
  18. His Revenge.

    This is a story about a girl and a man. The girl lives in a London suburb, where she is distinctly the belle. The man lives not very far away from "her, and ...

    Article : 220 words
  19. Different Points of View.

    Things alter considerably as they are observed from different points of view. One person calls a certain colour blue, another declares it to be green. Both ...

    Article : 291 words
  20. A Well-mortgaged Cow.

    There is a man in the English Shires who knows how to mortgagecows. He is a farmer, and recently a solicitor's agent called upon him for the payment of a ...

    Article : 227 words
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