["None of the wits are original, auntie," put in Cricket, here. "The boys sent some of them in, and they said they were, but I don't believe them, and I copied mine, anyway.">[
How to get along in the world. Walk.
A little girl visiting the country for the first time, saw a man milking. After looking a few minutes, she asked, "Where do they put it in?"
When is a man thinner than a shingle? When he's a-shaving.
What was the first carriage Washington ever rode in? When he took a hack at the little cherry-tree.
What did Lot do when his wife became a pillar of salt? He got a fresh one.
"Mike," asked a man, addressing a bow-legged friend, "are them legs of yourn natural or artificial?" "Artificial, me lad. I went up in a balloon, and walked back."
GENERAL ITEMS.
Letters were received from Dr. Ward and family, that they are enjoying themselves in the Swiss mountains. Mamma is better. She says they have such funny little boys there.