writing as Angela Raines
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Colorado
Miner (Weekly), (Georgetown, CO.) Volume IX, Number 16, August 28, 1875
A
successful practical joke
The
most insufferable of all idiots, the practical joker, does not always
escape on earth the wrath that is laid up for him. There lived and
taught school in St. James Parish, Louisiana, recently, a man by the
name of Bowden, a well – meaning person, but afflicted with that
peculiar sense of humor which is sure to get somebody or other into
trouble sooner or later. One of his most successful jokes was that of
displaying advertising bills printed in imitation of greenbacks, and
offering to bet hundreds and thousands of dollars with people who
didn't know that he was fooling. The other day an offensive smell
coming from an out-house led to a search for the cause, and the
corpse of Bowden was found beneath the floor and under a covering of
corn – husk, where it was rapidly decaying. A Swedish plantation
hand, who had seen him displaying his imitation bills, had mistaken
him for a person of large and available means, and had murdered him
for his money. The Swede is now a fugitive, and he feels doubly the
weight of the joke, for he got no money, and the governor has offered
$1000 for his arrest.
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Colorado Daily Chieftain, (Pueblo, CO) Volume 10, number 2599, October 21, 1880
Humor.
Why
not call hanging a necksecution?
If
the Turkish government doesn't look out, their country may be called
a place of ex-porte.
Might
not the act of extinguishing a fire in a bookstore, although no joke,
be called a play upon words?
The
dealer in salt must have a precarious time of it. The salt cellar,
you know, is always getting overturned.
When
a Cincinnati man takes up
the production of his pen, you never know whether he is a literary
feller or a hog raiser.
A
Norristown youth, who was trying to master a bicycle, when asked his
age, said he had seen fifteen summers and about 155 falls.
For
the benefit of other colleges we will state that ever since the
resignation of Prof. Coe, Yale has not had co-education. – Yale
record
"I
am surprised," said a politician to a heavy property owner,
"that you do not run for some office." "Well, you
see, somebody has to do the taxpaying."
A gentleman in this – town has a curl taken from his grandfather's
head, which is 5 1/2 inches long. His grandfather's curl lock stopped
when the old man died. – Whitehall Times.
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North
American (Philadelphia, PA) Tuesday, June 15, 1897
American-isms
A
touch of nature.
Mendicant
– I aint' had nuttin' ter eat fer a week, sir
The
Approached
– Why, I gave you the price of a meal yesterday.
Mendicant
–Yes sir; but me dog had ter be fed.
Spotted.
Orator
– "I tell you, gentlemen, there is something radically wrong
with this nation."
Man
on the edge of the crowd – "Heavens! Another office – seeker
has left Washington in disgust.
Out
of humor
Editor
– Mr. Cose, your jokes have lost all their humor here of late.
What's the trouble?
Joe
Cose
– I guess I'm not well. I felt rather funny for a week past.
Strange
Self
love – There is no use talking to stubborn. He won't listen to
reason.
Crabtree
– What's the trouble?
Self-love
– I've talked to him for five hours now, and he still believes he's
right.
All
agreed.
The
court – Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict.
Foreman
(in the far West) – The gents has; but that stubborn cuss and No. 7
seat won't agree with us.
Identical
Sadi
– Now, Poppa, I know dear Jack is just like you.
Poppa
–Humph! Why do you say that?
Sadi
– I heard you say the other night that when you married Mama you
hadn't a penny. Jack wants to marry me, and he's in the same
condition.
Until next month, happy writing, stay safe and well.
Doris Gardner-McCraw -
Author, Speaker, Historian-specializing in
Colorado and Women's History
Colorado and Women's History
Angela Raines - author: Where Love & History Meet
Thanks, Doris :)
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