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  2. Monkeys at a Wedding Breakfast

    I WAS married in India. I engaged for our honeymoon a little house—sixteen miles or so from any other habitation of white men—that stood on the steep white cliffs of the Nerbudda ...

    Article : 498 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    ONE old maid. And another old maid. And another old maid—that's three-And they were a gossiping. I am afraid, ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. The Reason Why.

    TWAS not for your fairy-like figure, Nor yet for your angel-like face; 'Twas not for your title of heiress. Nor yet for your exquisite grace; ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. A NEW YORK proof-reader was found dead the other day. All the editors are suspected. ...

    Article : 981 words
  6. A Chip of the Old Block.

    "SAY, Moses," said a customer to a retail clothier, "what is this story I hear about you?" "Vot sthory is dot sthory?" ...

    Article : 182 words
  7. Married Without Money.

    THERE are a good many singular incidents connected with the administration of matrimony, especially as it is dealt out by a justice of the peace in a young territory. During ...

    Article : 661 words
  8. A Miner Who Pocketed $100,000, and Didn't Break His Neck Either.

    THE headquarters of most of the working miners who come to New York is said to be at a small hotel where a gold and black sign outside contains the legend: "Miners' Arms," ...

    Article : 1,078 words
  9. A Spelling Bee in Court.

    THE court tried to spell "stereotype," and there was trouble. The court was "stumped." His Honour was named Duffy, and he sat in the Tombs. The court was reluctant to "give ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. Two Views of Married Life.

    [The first view is obtained by reading the following verses straightforward, as usual; but in order to see the second, it will be necessary to alternate the lines, reading the first ...

    Article : 629 words
  11. His Big Feet Betrayed Him.

    PARSON BLEDSOE of the Austin Blue Light Tabernacle made a pastoral call on the Webster family, his object being to remonstrate with Jim Webster for eating peanuts during ...

    Article : 123 words
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