But these are not to be classed with the fun that was
present of the genuine sort. There were a few live wits who were Tom
Hoods on a small scale, seeing everything with a double meaning, and
"double-enders" (_double entendres_) were for breakfast, dinner
and supper every day in the week.
Some little children were chasing one another one very warm day. "Why,"
queried one, "are those children like native Africans?" "Because they
belong to the 'hot' and 'tot' race!"
"Is Mr. ---- much of a carpenter?" "Not a bit of one, that's
_plain_," was the reply.
"What sort of a man is that long-haired fellow opposite?" said one. "He
is good in the _main_," replied the other.
"These Grahamites will never make their ends _meet_," said one.
"You may _stake_ your reputation on that," said the other.
"Mrs. ---- is a regular steamboat," said A. "Yes, I know it; she goes by
steam----_self 'steam_," said B.----which was smart, but cutting!
If, for instance, Miss Kettell was to be married, one would ask if she
was a "_tin_" kettle, and another would "_go bail_" she was,
and the next would say that "the larger the kettle the more tin it
would have." "And the more _iron in (g)_, too!" some one would
ejaculate.
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