Texas Sittings.

Manawatu Herald, 22 October 1892, Page 3

Texas Sittings.

RoiJUH ON THE INSECTS. A gentleman of refinement and culture, probably an editor, put up at a Jersey hotel.. After he had been there a day or so the landlord asked him how he liked the place. " I like the town and the people very much indeed, but I am troubled with insomnia." " You don't look like a drinking man," responded the landlord incredulously. " I mean that I can't sleep." " Well, I know what will cure that, too — some chloral will put you to sleep." 41 I've got a better plan than that." " What is it ?" " Give the choral to the insects that keep me awake. They have insomnia worse than I have. They give it tome." A great singer : the tea kettle. Good for Crops. " What a wonderful thing electric light is." " Yes, it is wonderful. I expect after a while it will be used to make the crops grow instead of the sun." " There are some crops that now thrive by electric light." " Nonsense." '< No nonsense about it. There are lots of young men hare in. New York who now sow most of their wild oats by the electric light. B«al estate ought to be dirt cheap, but it seldom is. Fogg calls a meal on a railroad train "Easter, 1 ' because it is a moveable feast. Political Proverb : It is easier to buy a vote than it is to git the goods delivered. No man ever falls into a habit. A habit is something that must be pursued step by step before it's ever caught.. THEY ALL THINK SO. Little Ethel : And Cousin Mary is married ? I did not know that she knew any gentleman. Little Ethel's mamma : She must have known one at least, or she wouldn't have got married. Little Ethel : Did you know papa before you were married to him, mamma ? Little Ethel's mamma (with a sigh) : I thought I did. LEGAL NOTE. Pompous Judge : I hope you have much practice. Young Lawyer: Yes, I have, thank you. I am glad to hear it, and in what branch is your practice mainly ? Mainly in Economy, THE FACT ESTABLISHED. " I heard today that Mr Giggers was a college- bred man," remarked Dukane, " I never would hava suspected it, would you ?" " Not if I hadn't known that he was baker for an Educational institution out West some years ago," replied Gaswell-