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   Q. Why are country girls cheeks like a good cotton dress.
   A. Because they are warranted to wash and keep their colour.
   Q. What goes round the house and round the house and leaves a loaf in every window.
   A. Snow.
   Q. Why is a bad singer like a counter- feiter.
   A. Because he is an utter of bad notes.
   Q. What game of cards is most played by soldiers.
   A. Hazard or picket.
   Q. (Why is a man crossing the Street like)
   Q.Why is a man commiting murder like a fowl crossing the Street.
   A. Because it is a foul proceeding.
   Q. Why does a young lady prefer her mother's fortune to her fathers.
   A. Because she likes patrimony she better likes Matrimomey.
   Q. What is the difference between a land surveyor and a scarf.
   A. One is a gent for property and the other a tie for a gent.
   Q. Why cannot a thief easily steal a watch.
   A. Because he must take it off its guard.
   Q. Why is it dangerous to take a nap in a Railway Carriage.
   A. Because the train always runs over sleepers.
   Q. Why is a locomotive steam engine like a drunkard.
   A. Because it often wets its whistle and is always taking draughts.
   Q. Why are brokers in a panic like Phaorah's daughter.
   A. As they save a little prophet from the rushes on the banks.

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