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answerwl  thirteen  men,  as  Uiey  rose  up. 
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ant,  “  we  are  all  creatures  of  fate."  '*  Well,  if  it 
wasn't  for/«fe,  how  could  we  walk,  sure  ?” 
A  Kentucky  judge  has  decided  that  it  is  not 
legal  for  a  fai’iuor  to  hitch  his  wife  up  with  a 
mule,  no  matter  how  anxious  ho  is  to  jilow. 
'*  Yes,  I  want  my  daughter  to  study  rethoric,” 
replied  a  Vermont  motlicr,  “  for  she  can't  fry 
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“  How  one  tiling  brings'up  another,”  said  a 
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replied  the  practical  Dibbs ;  “  an  emetic  for  in¬ 
stance.” 
Oh.  let  the  poor  woman's  cAothes  alone  ; 
TheyTe  none  of  your  mocera  -. 
She  never  makes  no  fun  of  your'u. 
Then,  why  ixjko  fuii  at  her’n  f 
“  Is  it  possible,  miss,  that  yon  do  not  know  the 
name  of  your  best  fi’icnds  ?"  ••Certainly;  Ido 
not  even  know  what  my  own  name  may  be  in  a 
year  from  this  time.” 
The  j’oung  French  ladies  do  not,  in  skating 
time,  exchange  a  word  with  their  partners.  When 
they  fall,  however,  they  are  permitted  to  men¬ 
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depth  of  his  grief,  he  haid  ordered  to  be  inscribed : 
‘•Tears  cannot  restore  her — therefore  I  weep,” 
A  LIQUOR  dealer  in  Rochester  placed  a  bust  of 
Franklin  above  hia  counter.  When  asked  why 
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A  CERTAIN  parson,  who  was  also  a  shool-teach- 
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The  first  boy  took  it,  looked  at  it  for  a  while,  andi 
said,  “1  pass."  Second  boy  took  it,  and  swd, 
“  I  turn  it  doam.”  The  t^d  boy  staredi  abit‘ 
awhile,  and  drawled  out.  “  I  can’t  make  it.” 
“Very  good,  boys,"  said  the  parson,  “we  willi 
proceed  to  cut  for  a  new  deal and  the  switch 
danced  like  lightning  over  the  shouldei-s  of.  those 
depraved  young  mathematicians. 
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