Judge — June 13, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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A LESSON IN HORTICULTURE. Y NEIGHBOR Brown fence and said, iH} I) Mi ‘How do you do / Hf i | || y your grafting?” /) i / “My grafting?” said I. / { y “ Yes—grafting apple trees, I want to try it myself. “Oh!” Lexclaimed, “* Yes, Well, in the first place, 1 begin by lying; that is, I li bed and think the whole thing out in every detail, I watch my opportunity, and on the first fine day I steal a few hours from my ss, Then I borrow a saw el one—and with it I rob the tree, upon which I wish to graft, of some of its larger branches. This I try to do in such a way that the loss of the /ywuptone branches will not be noticed. 6. * WIA These limbs should not be left lying — that is, lying on the Pe. SUICIDE : CLUB. ground; they are unsightly and Proident—* Brothers, another section of subway has been opened, and the new reservoirs will soon be full, may attract the attention of pass- On te ers-by. They should be hustled behind the lattice-work screen at once. So far, so good, Now, let Then I take some beeswax and tallow and melt it together. This t ng buds on — must be thoroughly worked — work it for all you're worth, to make it ble. Finally, with this I try to hide from sunlight and air; and there you are—the job is done. aid Brown; ** and I think I'm foxy enough to do the trick the first time trying. Many thank: Shortly after, | heard Brown telling is is the way he had it: he says, ‘‘ you must be a good liar; then you watch nd steal a half day from the company’s time. Then w; then you defraud the tree of some branches, which you must hide, so nobody will get on, ‘Then you rob somebody's t of twigs, put them in the ends of the branches, and cover your tracks lary ! me see—oh, yes! I rob another tree of a fe them, and insert them in the ends of the sawed branches on the tr II appearance of the graft pl Manele is wife how 1 explained with beeswax and tallow Said Brown's wife, “I don't think that man can be trusted; he has two kinds of grafting mixed; and, besides, he didn’t tell you where to steal the apple tree ha WADE 66 HAVE here,” began the long- _ haired artist, ‘a humorous QT SO ewe which 1 brought all the way “— > oe . — from Australia.” SS 7 SSS “That,” remarked the editor, hing for his heaviest paper ight, ‘* is what I call carrying a joke too fur."* cose A LONG-DISTANCE EXPERT, me that you had taken lessons in rowi HE WANTED TO HEAR IT. ‘THE HEAD PIN WON. Brown (Yankee)—** Did you hear the joke about the guide in Rome who showed some travelers two skulls of St. Paul one as a boy and the other as a man?” Dortzenaur (German) “Nein, mein frent, Tell it to me, dot yoke ANTI-RACE SUICIDE. DISTING 1D - LOOK- ING man was about to en- ter the gate ing to the grounds of the White House, onday, to witness the attending the children’s known as ‘ he was halted by a small colored boy with the remark, “Mister, you can’t yo in without no chile, THE GAME Is UP. fo’ anickel.” £ She stood them up that she might choose —and ‘spare’? the man she would wed. comicbooks.com