PAPERSPAST

THE HUMOUR OF STRIKES.

"I see th' strike has been called off," -^ said Mr Henneßsy. "Which wan?" askedJP^ Mr Dooley. "I can't keep track iv them." v Somebody is sthrikin* all th' time. Wan , - day th' horseshoers are out, an' another th'teamsters. Th' Brotherhood iv.Mollasses Candy Pullers sthrikes an' th Amalgymated Union iv Pickle Sorts quits in sympathy. Th' oarpinter gthat has been puttin' up a chicken coop f r Hogan knocked off wurruk whin he found that Hogan was shavin* himself without a' W card from the barber's union. Efogan % fixed it up waih th1 walkin' dilygateiy th' barbers, an' th' carpinter quit work because he found that Hogan was wearjn' a pair iv non-union pants. Hogau went down town an' had his pants unionized an' come home to find that the carpinter " - v* had sthruck because Hogan's hens were -** layin' eggs withart th' union label. Hogan injooced th' hens to jine th' union. But wan iv thim laid an egg two days in succession, an' th' others sthruck, th' rules iv th' union bein' that no hen shall lay more eggs thin; th' most reluctant hen in th' bunch."

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