Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1893 — OUR PLEASURE CLUB. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR PLEASURE CLUB.

Brown —What do you use barbwire.fences for? Hayseed—So the hired man won’t stop to rest every time he climbs over. i The winter girl who is described as dressedjto kill, would doublets be classified as a form of slay-beile. Roosters are a good deal like mtm? A rooster never gives notice of finding a worm until after he has swatlowed it.

Another train held up in the West. —Puck. i. ~ It is now thought that what was regarded a few days ago as Biela’s comet was only the price of coal. Harry—The doctor told me to-day that Jessie’s freckles were caused by too much iron in the blood. Jack—That’s funny; her mother told me she had to do all the ironibg herself. • . - *■—— Boisterous Papa —Yesterday it was silk, and o ' it’s velvet. On my word, Mabo , you don’t know your own mind. “How can I, papa, dear? You told me this morning I hadn’t any. Tax Assessor —Do you swear that you own nothing but the clothes you are wearing? Charlie Laekland—Well, I also own a porus plaster, but I am wearing: that too. Robbie—l’d think Mr. Steeple would be ashamed to have a pipe organ in the church. Mamma —Why, dear? Robbie—’Cause he’s always preaching to us boys about the sin of smoking. When you see a man that’s very much inflated, you mustn’t jump at the conclusion that it's because his wife blows him up. Office Boy—You want to see the boss 'bout that advertisement fer bookkeeper, don’t ye? Applicant—Yes. “Got any references?” “I am ready to produce them when requested." “Where did ye work?” “I was, two years with Cash & Co. ” “Hush! That’s the firm that discharged me. They don’t kaow a smhrt feller from a idjet,”—-

' ; ; .*kr-i - Ope half the world doesn’t let his better half know how he lives. “Hold up them hands,” hoarsely whispered the highwayman to the Bostonian at midnight. “Say ‘those hands 5 please,” begged the Bostonian, as ho hoisted them aloft. —Detroit Free Press. A Bong Sermon. Berkshire Century. ' Stranger (in front of the church Sunday morning).—How long has the minister been preaching. Sexton —About live years. Stranger—Then he must be about done by this time. A Sure Method. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Jenks—Watson, poor fellow, was robbed again last night. Pal ton —Was he held up on the street? , Jenks—Noj it was at a church bazar STRIKING EARS.

Doggie—You have very striking ars.

Mule— Yes, I think so.—Truth.