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Sociability with Cows. 



There i6 a good deal of disastrous advice floating; 

 tlirou»h the press. The latest candidate for misery 

 is from the American Agriculluri.tt. It advises far- 

 mers to be sociable with their cattle. The Agricultur- 

 inl is confident that .'iociability with a cow will make 

 it give more milk. If the Agriciiltnrixt is right this 

 is an important discovery, and promises to work a 

 revolution in farm economy. We may soon expect 

 to see cows sitting back of the kitchen stove holding 

 skeins of yarn, and horses playing dominoes with the 

 hired meii, and hens attending candy pulls, and oxen 

 in charades. We say we may expect — but the man 

 who came into this office yesterday morning, with a 

 copy of the Agrindhtrist in his hand, and a face which 

 closely resembled a piece of imperfectly cooked livei, 

 has done much to weaken our faith. He had read 

 the advice. He determined to be sociable with a cow 

 which was the contrariest beast on the face of the 

 earth to give down her milk. We don't exactly com- 

 prehend the process he employed to bring out and de- 

 velop the social instincts of the animal, but he was 

 around at the back of her, on his hands and knees — 

 probably with a view to a little diversity in the way 

 of leap-frog — when she drew her foot out of some of 

 the best mud in this section, and explored for him 

 with the most gratifying results. 



" It is a great wouder it didu't kill me out and 

 out," he added mournfully, " but it's knocked me 



out of the Centennial; the luck." — Banbury 



Newg. 



el KND -iic. U) G. r. HOWELL & CO., New Yoik, for Pum- 

 ) I'hlet of 100 pages, contaiuiug lists of 3,000 newspapers, 

 Aua estimates sbowiug cost of advertising. 



Pickpockets are having hard times. " Ten out 

 of a dozen pockets that I got into," complains one of 

 them, "don't have a thing in 'em but unreceipted 

 board-bills and dunning letters." 



" Considering that the mosquitoes are making their 

 fall raids and "are particularly lively just now, my 

 dear," said Jones to his wife, "don't you think it 

 would be a good idea to bring the baby's crib into 

 our room? We might divert the attention of the vo- 

 racious insects a little from ourselves. I hate to be 

 broken of my rest, anil baby can sleep all day, you 

 know." Mrs. Jones went in search of the fire-tongs 

 at once. 



A BREWER having been drowned in one of his own 

 vats, " Alas ! poor fellow," said Jeykll, " floating on 

 his own watery bier !" 



"It is easier for a camel to go through the knee of 

 an idol than for a rich man to enter heaven," is the 

 interpretation which a colored preacher gave to the 

 Scriptures. 



" I'LEASE accept a lock of my hair," said a bach- 

 elor to a widow, handing her a large curl. "Sir," 

 she replied, "you had better give the whole wig." 

 " Madame, you are very biting, indeed, considering 

 that jour teeth are porcelain." 



A Providence boy went to a birthday party, and 

 describes it as follows: "First, we all had some 

 bread and butter ; then we all had some lemonade, 

 cold enough to freeze us ; then we had a piece of 

 birthday cake; then we had lots of ice cream ; and 

 /hen we all had the stomach ache; then we all lay 

 down, and the big girls gave us some peppermint; 

 then we all went out to play." 



A WIT was dreadfully bored by a stupid fellow, 

 who persisted in talking to him on natural history. 

 " There's the oyster," at last said the bore ; " what's 

 your idea as to the notion that the oyster is possessed 

 of reason?" "I think it may be true," said the wit, 

 " because the oyster knows enough to shut his 

 mouth." 



A BREED of dogs without tails has been discovered 

 in Africa ; and bow the mischievous boys there utilize 

 old tin kettles and fruit caus, we cannot pretend to 

 say. 



The Sandwich Islands are going to adopt a new 

 flag, but they can't decide whether to take a gray 

 horse-blanket with a hole in it, or an old vest with 

 the back ripped out. 



Across the walnuts and the wine : Engaging child : 

 " O Mr. Jeukius ! do let me see you drink ? " Mr. 

 Jenkins; " See me drink ! What for my dear? " En- 

 gaging child : " Oh I mamma says you drink like a 

 fish." 



It was a New Jersey wife who said, " My dear, if 

 you can't drink bad coffee without abusing me, how 

 is it that you can always drink bad whisky without 

 abusing the barkeeper ! " 



At a medical examination a young aspirant for a 

 physician's diploma was asked, " When does morLi- 

 Ucation ensue ? " " When you propose and are re- 

 jected," was the reply that greeted the questioner. 



Two Irishmen, traveling, were robbed aud tied in 

 a wood. One in despair, cried : " Och, I amundonel" 

 Said the other, " Faith, then I wished you would 

 come and undo me." 



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