" Do you know," said a lady to a bishop who was visiting her, " that there is danger sometimes in going to a church." The bishop replied : *' That cannot be, madam. Pray explain your meaning." The lady replied : " When there is a canon at the reading-desk, a big gun in the pulpit, the bishop charging the clergy, the choir murdering the anthem and the organi6t trying to drown the choir -"-
Didn't Want to See Them. Employer—The New Yorke seem to be playing pretty poor ball. Office Boy—l didn't know that you followed the game at all, sir. Employer—l don't, but I've noticed that you haven't had any relatives die lately.-
The Color*.
"Ain't no trouble at all the taters bugged those days," t man with the frazzled whiskers reported, "senco the cbillern at home have discovered that the darn things wears the finaniJik eoleara.'
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1929, 20 March 1905, Page 7
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