Mary had a little lamb,

It's fleece was gone in spots,

For Mary fired her father's gun,

And lamby caught the shots!

—Columbia Jester.

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MARRIAGE

MRS. QUACKENNESS—"Am yo' daughtar happily mar'd, Sistah Sagg?"

MRS. SAGG—"She sho' is! Bless goodness she's done got a husband dat's skeered to death of her!"