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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 489, 7 January 1880, Page 3

It is said that there are only eight persons who bear the name of Bonaparte. The list has not been revised since a colored man named Napoleon Bonaparte was hanged recently in Mississippi. An Indianapolis barber who abandoned bis business and went into the ministry was suddenly called upon on Sunday to babtize three candidates. He got along very well, but after babtizing the Hist, he astonished his congregation' by lustily shouting “ Next ?” “ Women is a delusion, madam,” exclaimed a crusty old bachelor to a witty young lady. A man is always hugging some delusion or other,” was the quick retort. A child without legs has been born. “ Thank goodness,” exclaimed the parent, “ this can never become a champion pedestrian !” A well-meaning Man—One who contemplates digging one. A Missouri minister has married himself, and the Sunday after the wedding baptised himself and his wife by immersion. A Leopard never changes his spots. A mosquito does, however. It will settle in a now spot every five seconds, and sing all the time it is changing. A man never appreciates the keen enjoyment of fishing on the part of the fish, until he gets his hook well into the ball of his thumb.