Life — May 30, 1895 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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> LIFE: G =QUR FOOLISH». es -——— A PROMINENT merchant of this city who has a country seat near Bristol began some time ago to raise fine breeds of chickens, Plymouth Rocks and the like. He was very successful, and his henneries are the admiration of the entire countryside. A short time ago a carpenter who lived in the neighborhood, and who had done considerable work for the owner of the farm, asked him for the loan of one of his best setting hens. “I've got about a dozen eggs," the carpenter said, ‘and I want to hatch them, If you will lend me the hen I will be very careful of her.” ‘The hen was very generously loaned, and the owner forgot all about her until nearly a month later. Thea he went to the manager of his farm and asked if the hen had been returned. “You don’t mean to tell me that you loaned a hen to that man?” + Yes,” said the proprietor, ‘he said he wanted to set her on a dozen egg she had.” “Well, you'll never get her back.” “Why 2?” “ Because I happen to know that he stole from you the eggs he put under the borrowed hen."—Philadelphia Record. A youxe Chicago drummer was taking a vacation with his uncle in the country, and was suddenly called upon to ask the blessing, and not being accustomed to it he promptly tackled the difficulty in the following style: * We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of this date, Allow us to express our gratitude for this expression of good will, Trusting that our house may merit your confidence, and that we may have many good orders from you this fall, we are, yours truly, amen.” The old man will say grace hereafter,—Sea Coast Echo, “SIRRAH,” remarked the Sultan, ‘* my first wife and I are one," The court mathe- matician bowed low in affirmation. ‘* Well,” proceeded his majesty, ‘how about me and my second wife?” “You are another,” promptly rejoined the man of science. Whereat divers high functionaries made shift to leave the apartment, not deeming it good politics to give their puissant sovereign the ha-ha to his face.— Detroit Tribune. 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