“There would be a big thaw but for one thing——“
“And what’s that?”
“There’s nothing froze.”
And they parted.
AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE
A missionary in the Far West, residing near an Indian reservation, relates how one day there came to his house an Indian and a squaw wishing to “get married white man’s way.” Everything being in order they were duly made man and wife according to the service of the Church. “I was a little apprehensive,” said the minister, laughing, “that it might not turn out well with them. They had such queer names. His name was ‘Little Red Horse,’ and hers was ‘Jane-kick-a-hole-in-the-sky.”
THE STRONGEST MAN
“Who was the strongest man?” asked the Sunday-school teacher. One boy said “Samson, cause he choked a lion to death.” “Naw,” said another boy, “g’wan, it wasn’t Samson. It was Jonah, ’cause a whale couldn’t keep him down.”
WHY THEY MARRIED
Postal cards having been sent out to all the married men in a certain town in Western New York carrying the question, “Why did you marry?” the following are some of the answers returned: