A loving wife in Danbury, Conn., on the decease of her husband, sent the following telegram to a distant friend:—" Dear John is dead. Loss fully covered by insurance."
When a lady fainted at a Wisconsin party, a gentleman thought he could resuscitate her by biting her ear. She recovered promptly. He is going around with a poultice on his ear.
A Pious Carrier.—A Scotch carrying firm in the last century announced that a waggon would leave Edinburgh for Inverness " every Tuesday, God willing; but on Wednesday, whether or no ! "
A monkey-faced fellow went to Garrick, requesting leave to join his troupe. "1 am sorry," said Garrick, " I have no opening at present; but if you had a tail, no money should part us." An amateur, who was imperfect in his part, was playing Don Cassar de Bazan, whon he spoke as follows : —" I've got the King !" (Pause.) " I've got the Queen !" (A longer pause, during which he waited anxiously for the word from the prompter.) During this pause, a digger in the gallery observed, "Well, old man, if you haven't got the best bower, I'm blest if you won't be euchred."
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 132, 21 May 1872, Page 7
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