Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5005, 27 January 1885, Page 3

Savory Morsels.

•* Are you going to Miss Beauty's wedding?" asked a lady of her husband. •• No, I'm not; Weddings have no more attractions for me," he sadly replied. «• Why not, pray ?" " Because etiquette now forbids the promiscuous kissing of the bride." - A Smoky Likeness.— Wife : "My husband is fr thorough tallow candle." Neighbour/"Lawk* ! how so?" Wife: "He smokes dreadfully when he goes 'Twas how they came.—Prince : " How is it, my dear Mayor, that sto many chiN dren go barefoot in this neighborhood ? Mayor: " You see, your highness, they came into the world like that with us." Sir Richard Jebb being called to see a. patient who fancied himself very ill, told him' ingenuously what he thought, and declined prescribing for him. " Now you are here," said the patient, "I shall be obliged to you, Sir .Richard, if you will tell me how I must live, what I may eat, andwhat.Imay not!", "My directions as to that point," replied Sir Richard, " will be few and simple. You must not eat the poker, shovel, or tongs, for they are hard of digestion, nor the bellows, because they are windy; but eat anything else you please!" . _ A New York exchange writes:—John Habberton wrote a book called " Helen's Babies," and made money; he endorsed • note and lost it. Judge Tourgee wrote » book called "A Fool's Errand," and made money; he started a paper, and found the errand. ....... , . Mozart, who, while he lived,, wanted bread, now gets a stone. Vienna is build. ing him a monument to cost £10,000, which is much more than he received for the whole work of his life. He died in want, and hi* uneqffined corpse was thrust jato MwotiiD the potter's geld,