Life — July 2, 1885 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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Ai SISGERS AT WiLL HERE,” said a woman to a tramp, ‘‘is a nice dinner, but I shall expect you to saw a little wood for **Certainly, madam," politely replied the tramp, attacking the dinner with both hands, ‘but you will pardon me, I trust, if I venture to correct your English.” “My what 2” **Your English. Some modern authorities claim that gram- mar is played out. I know better. The word ‘saw’ is a verb, in this case, singular number and imperfect tense. You cannot say, ‘I shall expect you to saw wood.’ ‘I shall expect you to see wood’ is correct, If you will indicate the pile to me I will now look at it as I pass out."—MNew York Sun, A SMART YOUNGSTER. “THOMAS, you have displeased your grandfather.” No I did n't ma.” ~ “Yes you did. Have you not been in swimming?” “Yes, ma.” “ Didn't I hear him say to you not to go in swimming 7” “Oh, he didn’t tell us that; he only came out and said ‘ Boys, I would n't go in swimming, I should n't think he would, an old rheumaticky man like him; but he did n’t say nothin’ about our going in swimming." —Pailadelphia News. 13 A DOLLAR FOR LIBERTY, A RESIDENT of a town in Kentucky constituted himself a com- mittee of one to solicit subscriptions to the Bartholdi pedestal fund, and in his walks around he came across a chap from one of the mountain counties, who asked : “ Air that a petition ?”” “No, sir; this is a subscription paper.” “What fur 2?” ‘* To help along the great statue of liberty.” “Good! Put me down fur a dollar.” “ But you can’t pay no dollar.” “You bet I kin! Put me right down.” ‘es, but what do you care about the statue of liberty ?” ‘* Stranger," said the old man in solemn tones, ‘t when a man has been in jail fur ten months, and has just dug his way out, and he won't chip in a dollar fur ole liberty, ho hain’t got the man- hood of a rabbit, and here's your cash !" “I Like the mild spring air,” said Deacon Gilpin as he sat down on Squire McGilt's porch floor the other morning fora friendly chat. ‘* How fresh it makes everything seem. Do you know of anything fresher than the gentle spring zephyr?” “No, I do n't know as I does,” replied the squire, ‘‘ unless it’s that ‘ere aint you're sitting on, ‘Taint been on the floor over two jours." —AMarathon Independent, A POOR RULE, ETC.—"' How is it, Mr. Brown,” said the mill- owner to the farmer, ‘* that when I came to measure those five barrels of apples I’ bought from you, I found them nearly a barrel short. “Singular, very singular, for I put them up insome of your own flour barrels.” ‘Ahem! 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