Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1894 — OUR PLEASURE CLUB. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR PLEASURE CLUB.

Fogg—There’s an example of the bottle working a man’s ruin. Fygg—Humph! Whisky? Fogg—Nop; ink. Jury awarded the girl $50,000 damages in a breach of promise suit on the strength of the letters he wrote, and it took ev. ery cent he had to pay it. Messenger Boy—Where’s the man what sent me out with this here message? — —-—~ Mr. Smith —It was I that sentyou. Messenger Boy—Naw: the feller what sent me was a clean shaved bloke, and you’ve got a long beard. Mr. Smith—Well, it grew since you started.

First Boy (to boy up a telegraph pole) —Come down ’ere and I’ll fight you. Second Boy (up the pole) —Sha’n’t. First Boy—Yer a coward and afraid to come down. Second Boy—Yes, and yer know it, or you wouldn't have wanted me fightyou. “Are you sure that she really intended to hit the dog?” “Yes, sir; she threw at a chicken that was running the other way," “Talk about women being curious, you just ought to hear Mrs. Ramrod talking about her husband.” He —Well, what does she say? —“Why, when he goes hunting ha makes every shot tell.”

“What gives people the idea that Blank is a self-made man?” “May be because he never pays any bills for himself.” "Alack,'’ the postage stamp exclaimed, “ Where has n.y courage gone to, That every person in the land Can lick me when they want to." —Detroit Free Press. The man who stalks most pompous through The public pain of Tile Is. ton to one, tne man who is Browbeaten by his wilo. “Does literature pay?” asked the idler. “I should say so," replied the country editor. “Every time we print a poem the author comes in and buys at least twenty copies of the q&tper to send away." —— I

“What will drive a man to drink ( quicker than a sharp tongued woman?" “Did \ou ever try broilei salt mackerel?” He—What would yon do if I were to kiss you? curious to knows He —Very. She —Well, you might try—ani see. “Johnny, do you know the Ten Commandments? “Well, only by sight." Customer (In a restaurant) —8m here, waiter, I've found a button ia this salad. Waiter —That's all right, sir; It li a part of th* dressing.

Wanted —Active young man, lately landed, would like position in a bank.

Pressman wanted on the “L" roads.

Collector wanted in a business that is picking up every day.