Disagreeable and impertinent—Ruin staring one in the face.
This language of ours! A widow only resolves on a second marriage when she re-link-wishes it.
Why is a woman who has four sons, all sailors, like a year?—Because she has four sea-sons.
He sighed for the wings of a dove, but had no idea that the legs were much better eating.
What kind of a loan is surest to “raise the wind?”—A cyclone.
The great composer—Chloroform.
Foot notes—Shoemakers’ bills.
A narrow escape—The chimney flue.
Best climate for a toper—The temperate zone.