Savory Morsels

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5074, 20 April 1885, Page 2

Savory Morsels

When up a tree for safety and you see a bear climbing it, oneieela that mischief is bruin. , •-.-,;-' j^-,,^ There is an old proverb whieV ■•s■,. " You cannot get more out of a bottle tfeaa was put in it." That is a mistake. .jAMba can get all that was pat in the bottle a*i, in addition to this, can get five shiUmge«r imprisonment till the rising of the Conrfc. The great lesson.—" What do we let** from the parable of the; seres wise and seren foolish virgins?" was recently asked in a Sunday school. "That 1 we matt watch erery hbiir for the coming of the bridegroom," a blushing girl repliedi^«;f^ Just to pass , time—Said a rather frivolous New York,lady to a friend, Mlt may be yean and years and years before I find my ideal man." "And what are you going to do in the meantime «| I'll get married, I suppose.'' V _>; :,t;r^ The Sole Survivor ~*faMMr^Wjfjjpc• doodle Baxter distinguished httts«fcoa«e more, at the funeral of\«a'a'j^ ; ji.BJpli v J man. •'Our deceased brudder WM^Bpx* ried foah .times during hi» life," - slfd Whangdoodlej; ',' but only one obdewidowe aro so fortunate as to be able JtoSurvive him long en ugh to be present on this heah solemnious ocoashun."

A pious convict in the Philadelphia Penitentary, where the:»ystem of lolitary confinement is in rogue, endearours to do some; missionary, workwaumg -hif Mttow prisoners by writing Seripturtl teits oa the backs of immense, cockroaches which wander from cell to cell. - '•> i■L. ■ ,•_ Not Uncommon at All.—•; There is in New Granada a ourious vegetable product known under the name of the ink-plant. Its juice can be used in writing without any previous preparation." Lota of people are and bare been for..years ''writing without any previous preparation."—Boi* ton Transcript. .•, .^ ; ». :..«-*... Soon Erplained.—An" eminent Jeir stockbroker was lately asked why peopU preferred venison to mutton, which war much cheaper and better. "" Vy, I rill tell you,", wu the replyj "in dish Torld de peoples alwaysh prefersh vat ish dear to what is aheep."-— -- . .