Cros. What makes a chicken go across the street? Because he wants to get on the other side. Why didn’t you answer that, you bum?

McS. You didn’t give me a chance.

Cros. How long can a jackass stand on one leg?

McS. You get up and try it. [Both exit.


[TEMPERANCE.]

A Dutch Declamation.

BY GUS WILLIAMS.

I haf been unvited dis evening, fellow drunkards, to speak to you on de subject of demperance, by a large majority of demperance men who never drink—unless dey vos asked.