"Now I know pussy ate up my goldfish, for you can see the bones sticking out of her cheeks."
A QUESTION OF PEDIGREE.
"Now who is that?" asked a dignified hen;
"That chicken in white and gray?
She's very well dressed, but from whence did she come?
And her family, who are they?"
"She never can move in our set, my dear,"
Said the old hen's friend to her, later;
"I've just found out—you'll be shocked to hear—
She was hatched in an incubator!"
Patrick, in answer to an advertisement for a coachman, applied for the position. He was one of three applicants, and patiently waited until his turn arrived to offer his services. The gentleman who wanted the coachman loved a joke, and when the first applicant had answered a few of his questions, he finally asked him,
"How near to the edge of a precipice would you undertake to drive my carriage?"
"Your Honor, I'd come within a foot of it."
The same question was put to the second applicant, who replied,