A New York man went into a crowded ca r and asked it he cauld have the seat which was than occupied by a hat, whoso owner was sitting in the next seat. The man angrily grasping his hat answered— ‘ Yes, take it, if you’re a hog.’ * I'm so near one, that I guess I’il the other. Henry Sullivan, a Lesdville miner, put his foot in a largo steel boar-trap to sea if it would go off. It wont off. So did Henry’s foot. The sext time he touches off a beartrap with his foot it won’t hurt him, because he can do it with his peg leg. Two boardinghouse-keeper* are comparing notes. ‘lt 'pears to me, Mrs Higgles, that year ohioken salad is Beyer found out —leastway I never heard none of the boarders complain.' * You see,’ explained Mra Higgles, « I alius chop up r. few feathers with the vaal.'
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2613, 22 August 1882, Page 3
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151Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2613, 22 August 1882, Page 3
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