STRETCHING IT.
An American visiting Dublin told some startling stories about the height of some of the New York buildings. An Irishman who was listening stood it as long as he could, and then queried:
“Ye haven’t seen our newest hotel, have ye?”
The American thought not.
“Well,” said the Irishman, “it’s so tall that we had to put the two top stories on hinges.”
“What for?” asked the American.
“So we could let ’em down till the moon went by,” said Pat.—Exchange.
A piece ov satire, tew be beneficial, should be so rendered that every man who reads it or hears it shall say to himself, “That iz just, bekause it hits every boddy but me.”—Josh Billings.