A CUMULATIVE NEWSPAPER JOKE.
Tho " New Centuiy Km low " has atiMher instalment of Transatlantic whiumuuliluts:— Here are twospetiuifnaof the ntwtM il.icg in journalism, picked from a few p;'j<ib last fall, and wliioft may be described uslhu " cumulative newspaper joke "; - " Farmers' daughters ofteu make rai rrv rakes.—'• Exchange." Yea, and it harrows our soul to kocw that rakes sometimes turn out to be thrtfdieia " Yonker's Gazette." Yes, and it makes us scythe the mower when wa think of the sickley olfsi ring.— "Bt. Louis Journal." Why, oh why, did she allow theruketo cultivate acquaintance?—" Exchange." Here's hoe-ping she may iuduee liiin to cut his wild oats, and thus leaper rewards.— " Buffalo Express." When the rake's in closer, dairy fork go the ctadle.—" New Vork Herald." Quite on the principle of the "modern symposium." Here is the othersEyes hare they, but they nee not—potatoes. Ears have they, but they hear not cornstalks.—" Detroit Kiee frees." Hands have they, but they toil not—tramps.—" Oamden Post." Heads have they, but they think not—cabbages.—" Hudson Register." dips hare they, but they kiss not—tulips. —" Philadelphia Uullelio. Teeth have tbey, but they chew not—bucksaws.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 856, 21 February 1901, Page 3
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187A CUMULATIVE NEWSPAPER JOKE. Mataura Ensign, Issue 856, 21 February 1901, Page 3
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