IRISH BULLS


Two Irishmen were among a class that was being drilled in marching

tactics. One was new at the business, and, turning to his companion,

asked him the meaning of the command "Halt!" "Why," said Mike, "when he

says 'Halt,' you just bring the foot that's on the ground to the side av

the foot that's in the air, an' remain motionless."





"Dear teacher," wrote little Johnny's mother, "kindly excuse John's
br /> absence from school yesterday afternoon, as he fell in the mud. By doing

the same you will greatly oblige his mother."





An Irishman once was mounted on a mule which was kicking its legs rather

freely. The mule finally got its hoof caught in the stirrup, when the

Irishman excitedly remarked: "Well, begorra, if you're goin' to git on

I'll git off."





"The doctor says if 'e lasts till moring 'e'll 'ave some 'ope, but if 'e

don't, the doctor says 'e give 'im up."





For rent--A room for a gentleman with all conveniences.





A servant of an English nobleman died and her relatives telegraphed him:

"Jane died last night, and wishes to know if your lordship will pay her

funeral expenses."





A pretty school teacher, noticing one of her little charges idle, said

sharply: "John, the devil always finds something for idle hands to do.

Come up here and let me give you some work."





A college professor, noted for strict discipline, entered the classroom

one day and noticed a girl student sitting with her feet in the aisle

and chewing gum.



"Mary," exclaimed the indignant professor, "take that gum out of your

mouth and put your feet in."





MAGISTRATE--"You admit you stole the pig?"



PRISONER--"I 'ave to."



MAGISTRATE--"Very well, then. There has been a lot of pig-stealing going

on lately, and I am going to make an example of you, or none of us will

be safe."--_M.L. Hayward_.





"In choosing his men," said the Sabbath-school superintendent, "Gideon

did not select those who laid aside their arms and threw themselves down

to drink; but he took those who watched with one eye and drank with the

other."--_Joe King_.





"If you want to put that song over you must sing louder."



"I'm singing as loud as I can. What more can I do?"



"Be more enthusiastic. Open your mouth, and throw yourself into it."





A little old Irishman was trying to see the Hudson-Fulton procession

from Grant's Tomb. He stood up on a bench, but was jerked down by a

policeman. Then he tried the stone balustrade and being removed from

that vantage point, climbed the railing of Li Hung Chang's gingko-tree.

Pulled off that, he remarked: "Ye can't look at annything frum where ye

can see it frum."





MRS. JENKINS--"Mrs. Smith, we shall be neighbors now. I have bought a

house next you, with a water frontage."



MRS. SMITH--"So glad! I hope you will drop in some time."





In the hall of a Philharmonic society the following notice was posted:



"The seats in this hall are for the use of the ladies. Gentlemen are

requested to make use of them only after the former are seated."





Sir Boyle Roche is credited with saying that "no man can be in two

places at the same time, barring he is a bird."





A certain high-school professor, who at times is rather blunt in speech,

remarked to his class of boys at the beginning of a lesson. "I don't

know why it is--every time I get up to speak, some fool talks." Then he

wondered why the boys burst out into a roar of laughter.--_Grub S.

Arts_.





Once, at a criminal court, a young chap from Connemara was being tried

for an agrarian murder. Needless to say, he had the gallery on his side,

and the men and women began to express their admiration by stamping, not

loudly, but like muffled drums. A big policeman came up to the gallery,

scowled at the disturbers then, when that had no effect, called out in a

stage whisper:



"Wud ye howld yer tongues there! Howld yer tongues wid yer feet!"





The ways in which application forms for insurance are filled up are

often more amusing than enlightening, as The British Medical Journal

shows in the following excellent selection of examples:



Mother died in infancy.



Father went to bed feeling well, and the next morning woke up dead.



Grandmother died suddenly at the age of 103. Up to this time she bade

fair to reach a ripe old age.





Applicant does not know anything about maternal posterity, except that

they died at an advanced age.



Applicant does not know cause of mother's death, but states that she

fully recovered from her last illness.



Applicant has never been fatally sick.



Applicant's brother who was an infant died when he was a mere child.



Mother's last illness was caused from chronic rheumatism, but she was

cured before death.



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