Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4567, 24 August 1883, Page 2

Savory Morsels.

Princess Louise says she was very much pleased with Boston, and the Bostonisns are so proud o?er it that they think of building a wall around the city and charging an admission fee.

A V Hnkee paper which has been studying human nature says: "To owe is human, to pay up dirine." A housekeeper asks, " What is the simplest way to keep jelly from moulding on top ?" Shut a small boy up in the pantry for a few minutes. " Yes," said a tramp,." folks may talk about charitable institutions. Nowadays if a man goes to the workhouse and gets a supper and lodgings he's got to do something in the way of work to pay for it. My stars, sir, I don't call that charity. His boots want half-soleing apd heeling, he is out of tooth powder, his umbrella looks like an enlarged windofventilator, he liTes in lodgings, and he is ; running short of coalr-and the girl,/!whose heart in conjunction with his beats as one, will scud him a green velvet | snoking-cap-embroidered with pink ohenSUe. And ha doesn't smoke. ] If A German Jew started jbfs son as a ready-roade clothier in Mr fester, and the other day a friend who knew of the circumstances met the fathei |nd inquired, "Well, how does Jake (fet along P" " Shake is home again/ was the reply." "Why, I thought he was in Manchester." "So he fjas." "And I heard he was doing a it shing busi* ness." "Vhell, peesuess rahed a little on der start, but it finallH dropped off until it dean' phy expensed ' " And so Jake bust up?' » Vhellji amounts to desameiing, I suppose. De> fire didn't get half a start perfore Aep enetne vha3 on hand. Poor Shake! It T«Ba crushine blow vhen dey found a gandl^jin a box of shavings! He vas so young; you seel"