Why does a man go into the law, remain in the law, and go out of the law? He goes into the law to get on, he remains in the law to get oner, he retires from the law to get onest.
What is the cheapest way to buy a fiddle? Buy a little medicine and get a vial in.
Speak only two letters and thus name the destiny of all earthly things? D. K.
Why was Robinson Crusoe not alone on the desert island? Because there was a heavy swell on the beach and a sandy cove running up the shore.
Why is a buckwheat-cake like a caterpillar? Because it makes the butter-fly.
What is that which has neither flesh nor bone, yet has four fingers and a thumb? A glove.
Barnum drove a ten-in-hand through New York city, and his horses had only twenty-four feet among them; how was that? They had twenty fore feet.
What trade does the sun follow in the month of May? Mason (May sun).
Of what trade are all the Presidents of the United States? Cabinet-makers.
Of what trade is a minister at a wedding? A joiner.