Kid—Did the dogs ever bite you?
Gent—What dogs?
Kid—The dogs you ran after. Pa was telling Ma that you used to chase the growler when he first knew you.
Guard—I suppose when you were in the army you often saw a picket fence?
G.A.R.—Yes, but is was a more common sight to see a sentry box.
A simple old farmer, McVeagh,
Whom every one said was a jeagh,
Fell in with a man
On the confidence plan,
And now he is back making heagh.
"Why, the bare idea!"