Izzy was seen with an enormous diamond pin. His friend Moe couldn’t
understand where Izzy got a thousand dollars to pay for it, so Izzy
explained. “My uncle died and left one thousand dollars for a stone to
his memory. I was the executor, and this is the stone.”
_Jest Jokes and Jingles_
“Have you anything to say before leaving the stand?” asked the judge,
after pronouncing a death sentence upon a negro murderer.
“Yes, suh, jedge,” replied the prisoner. “I wants to say right here dat
dis is gonna be a lesson to me.”
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The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year;
It’s much too warm for moonshine,
And too cold for darned near beer.
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