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.