FACETIOUS CONUNDRUMS.
What is it that renders life inert, yet restores it ? Sleep.—Which is the smallest bridge in the world ? The bridge of your nose.—When are race horses' tails like bonded goods? When they are "docked!" —How should a husband speak to a scolding wife ? My dear, I love you still. —-Why are cashmere shawls like deaf people? Because you can't make them hear.—Why is a butcher like a teacher of languages? Because ho. is a retailer of tongues.—Why is %a conceited - fool like a rifle ? Because he has a Vacant space under the cap.—Why are chicken's necks like door-bells? Because they are often wrung for company.—Why is a heartless kiss like a stage on a cold day ? Because it's a bus jwith no warmth in it.—Why are.balloons in the air like vagrants? Because they have no visible means of support.—Why are a snob's legs like an organ grinder? Because they carry a monkey about tbe street.
■ A Massachusetts man named Cork screw has named his baby Gimlet.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2897, 29 May 1878, Page 4
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168FACETIOUS CONUNDRUMS. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2897, 29 May 1878, Page 4
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