Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1888 — Jokes from the German. [ARTICLE]

Jokes from the German.

AN INQUISTIVE WOMAN. A. —How do you like your landlady? B. —She is a very clever woman, but ’she has entirely too much curiosity. “In what direction ?” “She is always asking me when I am going to pay my board bill.” THE CONSIDERATE COOK. “Lena, why do you make the apple dumplings so large?” Lena—You see, madam, my sweetheart belongs to the heavy artillery, and these dumplings are just about the right caliber. POOR CONSOLATION. She—Karl, we have only been married two years, and everybody says that I am the only woman aou do not love. He —Don’t be silly, Emma, if I am in love with all women, doesn’t that include you? In that case I couldn’t make an exception to you if I wanted to.