Why is a school-boy being flogged, like your eye? Because he’s a pupil under the lash.
When may an ocean liner be said to be foolishly in love? When attached to a boy (buoy.)
My first is formal, my second is a flower, and my whole is a flower. Prim-rose.
Why is a woman’s beauty like a bank note? Because when once changed it soon goes.
What is the difference between a tube and a foolish Dutchman? One is a hollow cylinder and the other a silly Hollander.
What fruit is the most visionary? The apple of the eye.
What is that which goes from Boston to Providence without once moving? The railroad.
What notes compose the most favorite tunes, and how many tunes do they compose? Bank notes, they make (four) for-tunes.
Why are ladies’ eyes like persons remote from one another? Because, although they may correspond, they never meet.
Why don’t Sweden have to send abroad for cattle? Because she keeps her Stock-holm.