Me Took a Hand at Home Bridge Party
Mr and Mrs Stockson Bonds host weekly bridge evenings at their home where friends of all grades play. One night after hours a noise drew the husband below where he found servants playing bridge and arguing over a dispute. He joined in a hand before realizing the situation.
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Stockson Bonds
Gregariless
Stockton Bonds
Diay
New York Tribune
Hold on Tooth Tale From Vermont Lumberman
A Denver Post joke recounts a husky lumberman who visits a dentist for a extraction. The man repeatedly yells hold on as the dentist pulls, believing the instruction means to keep holding the tooth. The dentist, hearing only hold on twice, thinks he is asked to stop, and the man cools off.
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Vermont
Denver Post
Agility of Hares and Rabbits in Millais Volume
J G Millais notes hare strides about four feet at ease and ten to twelve feet when fearful. He claims hares can clear ditches twenty to twenty five feet wide and scale five foot walls. Rabbits stride about two feet and can leap six to seven feet, with three feet as their height even on stone walls. Rabbits swim with head high and hind legs plying while rump remains dry.
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J. G. Millais
Tyranny of Clothes in Urban Garb and Rural Life
A London graphic essay argues clothing shapes mood and behavior, claiming silk hats and frock coats trap a man in urbanity whether he attends farm life or religious settings. Flannels or knickers in church hinder devotion, showing civilization's dependence on dress and an unrealizable freedom.
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London
Raphic
The Grapes and a Parade of Jests Across The Paper
The passage blends folklore about grapes and Iblis with a string of anecdotes from various journals. It includes a demon owning a peacock and ape sacrifices, a quip about suffragists, schoolboy definitions, and light jokes about visitors, dogs, and Daniel’s fame.
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