Farmer’s horse halts to listen for command
A bystander asks if the horse is sick. The farmer explains the horse stops repeatedly because he fears the cue "whoa" will be spoken and the horse will not hear it, so he pauses to listen each time.
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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1945
Page
6
Wrong Approach in Family Dialog
Father challenges suitor with the line you have been calling on my daughter for a year. Young man replies he hoped to join the family. Father counters that he must subtract. Mother chides about feeding the cat bird seed and the canary’s location. Son confirms.
Pearl From Oyster Outshines Diamond From Crab
Two siblings trade quips about luck in finding trinkets from unlikely sources. Jane recalls a pearl found in an old oyster, while Joan boasts her sister recovered a real diamond from an old crab, framing a playful family boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Joan
Not in this neighborhood stranger
In a sharp exchange a tourist states half the world is ignorant of the other half’s life while a local retorts that such ignorance does not apply in their hills and dismisses the visitor as a stranger.
It's a Pleasure Convict One-What are you in for
A humorous dialogue strip of quick one liners and puns. The jokes touch on crimes, marriages, bird legs, dog bites, Babel, and dating quirks with light age tone. Characters include Mack Jerry Joe and Wit.
Burial Rumors Stir Over Smithers Death
In hushed tones Lem reports a burial for today while Clem half suspects Mister Smithers has died and suggests the idea. their exchange hints at an upcoming funeral and local mourning.
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Lem
Clem
Mister Smithers
Old Smithers
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