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  2. The Repeater at the Play.

    Of all the great nuisances living That man at the play is the worst, Who must to his neighbor keep giving The words that have just been rehears't. ...

    Article : 107 words
  3. Jack and Gill.

    The difference in the style of poems, between those of the ancient writers and our modern bards, is really remarkable. While the modern style requires the ...

    Article : 632 words
  4. Monsieur Lafette's Conjuring Trick.

    The eventful evening arrived at last. All day long I was in a perfect fever of excitement, thinking how I would act the part of host and provide the guests with sufficient ...

    Article : 1,673 words
  5. Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.

    " What d'ye think?" exclaimed Mr. Bowser, as he rushed into the sitting-room without taking time to leave his hat and overcoat on the hall rack. ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  6. Invited to a Hanging.

    After exhausting the other sights in the little South Carolina town, we went over to the gaol to see a murderer who was to be hung one week from that day. He was a ...

    Article : 876 words
  7. The Wail of the Poets.

    We're a band of poetical brothers— Note the fine frenzied roll in our eye!— But we suffer as well as some others From demand falling short of supply; ...

    Article : 381 words
  8. A Little Mistake.

    There is a certain doctor in this neighbourhood who has been trying very hard for two days to explain to his wife and his mother-in-law that he meant them no harm ...

    Article : 709 words
  9. A Bridegroom Nonplussed.

    A young man named Christian asked at an up country registry office for a marriage license lately. He said he was 20 years old. "Ah! "ejaculated the registrar, "you are ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. Asserting Her Credit.

    A man with three or four 'possum rugs in a strap had called at a house in the uburbs and rung the bell without arousing anybody, when a woman called to him from ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. My Adventure With a Burglar.

    When I first moved to the country I was afraid of burglars, and slept with a revolver under my pillow. I used to fire it on retiring, thinking that would scare them away. ...

    Article : 744 words
  12. Wit and humor

    squints; last year his wheat was lop-eared. Colonial culture still making itself felt in England. Somebody called a liar in the House of Commons. ...

    Article : 733 words
  13. His Hand Was Out.

    Jimmy Saywell's wife was visiting her family, and his friend Smith had invited him to share his quarters until her return to the city. They had been out for the evening. ...

    Article : 188 words
  14. Time to Consider

    The wife of a well known clergyman in this city possesses such a fancy for Angora cats that she has a room devoted to them, leading out of which a gallery is built, so ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. The Tallest Man of Modern Times.

    There appeared at the London Pavilion last year, for the first time, the tallest man whose height has been recorded in modern times. ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. Beer as an Elixir of Life.

    A remarkable pamphlet has just been published by Mr. J. Thomann, of New York, in which it is shown, on the strength of official statistics, that beer is the healthiest ...

    Article : 405 words
  17. Bound to Succeed.

    "You-say that you have been on an uninhabited island for nineteen years?" said a Flinders lane merchant to a chance acquaintance. ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. He Got Square With Him.

    The other day a pock-marked fellow was joking a fat hotel-keeper on account of his size, asking him if it didn't make his head ache to carry so much "front," when the ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. Fairly Had.

    Stiggins was passing a watchmaker's establishment, and looking in the window he noticed a very pretty girl at the counter. "Ha!" he soliloquised, "I'll go in and ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. Sweet Revenge.

    Dunley—" You know that contemptible little Robinson, don't you, Brown?" Brown—" Yes, but I don't associate with him." ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. She was Wrongfully Accused.

    "Did you say to Mrs. Jones that I was a perfect brute round the house?" said a man to his wife. "No, my dear; I certainly did not. How ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. "Keep Us From Temptation."

    Woman (to tramp)—" You might chop a little wood for that nice dinner." Tramp (reproachfully)— "Madam, you ought not to throw temptation in the way ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. Acquiring Information.

    O'Brien—"Phat the divil be yez doing under the horse's feet, enny way?" Mulligan—" Drive on, yer fool; I want to find out if me life is insured in a reliable ...

    Article : 35 words
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