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A Closed Upper.—Mike (to recruiting sergeant)— Well, I ain't well off for clo's, but I've got two soots. Sergeant—Mike, you know that's the only suit of clothes you've got. Mike— Arrah thin, isn't there my bed clo's ? An Alabama editor mildly alludes to his rival as a " reservoir of falsehood and acqueduct of mendacity," whereupon his rival retorts by referring to his contemporary as a " bottomless pit of infamy and an earthquake of biasplumy."
A Little boy in Springfield, after his customary evening prayer, a night or two ago, continued, ' and bless mamma and Jenny, and Uncle Benny,' adding, after a moment's pause, the explanatory remark, • his name is Hutchinson.'
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1140, 9 January 1874, Page 3
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111EXTRACTS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1140, 9 January 1874, Page 3
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