[Jokes]
Dublin Core
Title
[Jokes]
Subject
Various jokes
Creator
Unknown
Source
http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1775388~S1
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Date
1876
Contributor
Katie Garahan, Alexis Priestley
Rights
Permission to publish images from The Gray Jacket must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Jokes
Identifier
LD5655.V8 L4, ser.1, v.1, no.6 (Mar. 1876), p.1, 2, 4
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" But, Paul how can the spirit be in us, and we in the spirit, at the same time," said the young man to the negro preacher. "Oh, dar's no puzzle about dat. It's like dat poker; I puts it in de fire, and it gets red hot. Now, de poker's in de fire, and de fire's in de poker."
Don't use a hard pencil. At least that is the advice that an Evansville (Ind.) Benedict gives his friends. He explains thus: His wife desires him to write a note to a lady inviting her to meet a party of friends at their house. After "hubby" had done as his wife desired, and started to post the note she saw on another piece of paper an impression of what he had written. It was: "Sweet Emma, Effie desires your company on Wednesday, to meet the Wellers. Don't fail to come, and then, my darling I shall have the happiness of a long walk home with you, and a sweet good night kiss. I dare not see you often, or my all-consuming love would betray us both. But, Emma dear, don't fail to come." The wife paid "Sweet Emma" a visit, and the result was that Emma did not accept the kind invitation.
At Salt Lake the other day, a young lady from the interior entered a store and called for a pair of stockings. The clerk politely asked her what number she wore? "Why, two, you darned fool; do you supose I am a centipede or a tarantula! How many do you suppose a two-legged hair-pin like me would wear?"
Don't use a hard pencil. At least that is the advice that an Evansville (Ind.) Benedict gives his friends. He explains thus: His wife desires him to write a note to a lady inviting her to meet a party of friends at their house. After "hubby" had done as his wife desired, and started to post the note she saw on another piece of paper an impression of what he had written. It was: "Sweet Emma, Effie desires your company on Wednesday, to meet the Wellers. Don't fail to come, and then, my darling I shall have the happiness of a long walk home with you, and a sweet good night kiss. I dare not see you often, or my all-consuming love would betray us both. But, Emma dear, don't fail to come." The wife paid "Sweet Emma" a visit, and the result was that Emma did not accept the kind invitation.
At Salt Lake the other day, a young lady from the interior entered a store and called for a pair of stockings. The clerk politely asked her what number she wore? "Why, two, you darned fool; do you supose I am a centipede or a tarantula! How many do you suppose a two-legged hair-pin like me would wear?"