Life — August 3, 1893 — page 13: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE SORT OF THING THAT OCCASIONALLY CONFRONTS YOU WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A QUIET SELF-RESPECTING TIME IN THE COUNTRY, AND HAVE ALMOST FORGOTTEN THE POMPS AND VANITIES OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. QUEERED HIMSELF. Re. aged six, had been fishing with his father the >LDER BERRY: Joblots made a bad break in church day before, anda friend of the family asked him what to-day. luck they had had. Mrs. BERRY: What did he do? “ Well,” he replied, “ we didn’t have very good luck, The ELDER BERRY: Subscribed ten dollars toward sending first place we went to the man wasn’t home and the other Dr. Thirdly to Europe, and offered to double the amount if two places the man said he hadn't more’n enough for his they would make it Africa. . own family.” FOR THE STOMACH’S SAKE. Wife: WHOM WILL YOU BRING TO DINNER? Husband ; Cot. GORE AND SOME FRIENDS OF His FROM KENTUCKY. Wife: Nov THE REGULATION TOPERS, I HOPE? Husband; No. THe COLONEL SMD THEY WERE MODERATE DRINKERS. Wife: WELL, 1F THAT'S SO, I'LL JUST PUT A BUCKET OF COGNAC ON THE BUFFET WITH A DIPPER IN IT. comicbooks.com