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Evening Post, Issue 41, 27 March 1865, Page 3

A young lady engaged in literary work, observed to a clergyman that she was n scribe. To which he replied, " and fair-I-see" (Pharisee). Why is a dog's tail like the heart of a tree ? Because it's farthest from the bark. The latest way to pop the qupstion is to ask the lady if you shall see her to church. When is a butcher not likely to supply tough meat ? When he sends in his tender. Movable Feast, not usually Bet down on any table — Pio-nic. Why has a person who has lost all his estates no chance of overcoming his creditors in debate ? Because he has no ground for his argument. A man may be a fool with wit, but never with judgment.j udgment. Notice to Correspondents. — A country newspaper says, " We cannot impress too strongly upon all correspondents, when in doubt whether the postage of a letter is a penny or twopence, the force of the old proverb, " Two heads are better than « ne-" Why, when a traveller sees a highwayman approaching him, can he express a high opinion of him ? Because he may say to himself » That's the man for my money." A French writer concludes an account of his shipwreck in these words : " Having arrived at an unknown region. I have travelled eleven hours without discovering the least trace of any human being. At last I perceived, to my great joy, a wretch suspended on a gibbet. ' Ah.'^l exclaimed, ' 1 am now in a civilised country." Why ought an equity barrister to be a very agreeable man ? Because he has a tendency to pleas (c).