Humor.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2090, 28 November 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Humor.

" Do you anticipate much trouble with tho hens tbis jcvr, Jinks ?" inquired Mr. Blobba ohe leaned over his h&a fence where his was s-taUng off a garden on Swan frrrt. " X'i'u ft bit," replied Jinks pntnptly. " Why, how wij^ you manage it? You Lr.o " it is impossible to l^ecp them out of these yarJd." " O!j, ea?y enough. You Boa I'm s°' n B *° let my vile p^ant Uic garden thia spiing." " I don't see what that has got to do- with the hpna." " Just this : A woman can't plant a row straight to save her. The hens will start in at th« beginning, and before they have got to the middle of thia plot they will be lost. Do joucee? A hen lisa got to always feel at homo to do a successful job of scratching. 1

" Ire noticed one thing very peculiar in restaurants, during ecverel years' experience," remarked Beans, reSoctively, as he dexterously ! ac to present the baked eido up." " What is it that has contributed to your stock of wisdom?" replied the Sxumage, buishing a spook of congealed lard ct! his coat, and a glance of net miration at a glass cf beer which stood hard by. " That thewaicera always put tbs pay check on a customer's table bottom m«1o up," resumed Beena. " Can yon exp'-iii i 5 ?" " Eisy enough. The waiters have charily for tbeir patron, and they don't want to hurt his feelings by exhibiting the bill to him when his stomach 13 empty." "I know what I would do ii 1 was the owner of this restaurant, though," snorted Beans. " What would you do ?" 11 I'd give orders to }.aye the chcak placed right under ibo man's nose, with the pries • staring him full in the face." " What good would that do ? '' queried the Sausage. " So that when he saw the eize of the bill tho customer would become paralyzed, and lo^fi his appetite. Don't you see 7 K-staurant keepeis don't undcistar.d their business."