Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

—“TWy say that Ghoily ha»loathb» ushtd." “Is that so? Does he knpw KT“—Boston Couries. » —“He said I was his life’s sunsbUta." **l guess you will find that all moonshine.”—Boston Courier. —Prisoner—"What, that man is going to defend me? Why, fie couldn't bring an innocent person through!”— Fliegende Blaetter. —"T«U me, guide, why so few peoplq ascend that magnificent mountain.” “Because no has ever fallen off it." —Fliegende Blaetter. —“Wqll met, colonel!” *Tm not a colonel, sir!” “Pardon me! Iwasun-i dar the impression you had been ini Georgia six weeks!”—Atlanta Constitu-. tion. i —Her Choice.—“ What kind of a tie dot you admire most?” he asked as he made) his regular call. “The marriage tie,”! she answered truthfully, and without! hesitation.—Detroit Free Press. ' —Hoax—“You worked your way; through college, didn’t you?” Joax—i “Right.” Hoax —“What, did yon at?” Joax—“The other students clpally.”—Philadelphia Record. —Slobbs “Jenkins told me Mire Beaconstreet was an old flame dfi yours.” Blobbs—“An old flame? Im-, possible I” “Why impossible?” “She’s) from Boston.”—Philadelphia Record. —A—“ When I see you I always think) oi the proverb: To whom God gives an; office, to him he gives understanding.’ 1 ! B-—“ But I have no office!" 'A—“Well don’t you see how that- fits?”—Fliegende Blaetter. —Mfr.Spinks—"Well, wlUle, has your sister made up her mind' td go to the concert with me?” Willie —“Sep. She’s made up her mind and she’s taskin' up her face now. She’ll be down in. a minute."—Great Divide. —Miss Kostique—“Do you know when, I see you looking so happy It reminds me of what a great poet once said.” Cholly Saphead—“lndeed! Pway, what was it?” Miss K,—“Where ignorance Is bliss."—Philadelphia Record. —He—“l have never loved but ones in all my life." She—" What?" H*“Faot, 1 assure you. It has somehow; always happened that I never waa quttdi free from the one girl by the time the next one came along.” Journal. t-fO'-p*, —Confident of It.—Lady of the House —“I should think you would be afraid to come around lu the back yard. X notice you didn’t do it last week oa account of our big dog.” Tramp—“No*m. But I knew that dog wasn’t here any more." Lady of the House—“ How do yon knew H?” Tramp-—“I let Hm liave that piece of pie you gave me.*— Detroit Free Press.