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HUMOROUS

THE DONKEY'S DREAM.

A donkey laid him down to sleep,
And as he slept and snored full deep,
He was observed (strange sight) to weep,
As if in anguished mood.

A gentle mule that lay near by,
The donkey roused, and, with a sigh,
In kindly voice inquired why
Those tears he did exude.

The donkey, while he trembled o'er
And dropped cold sweat from every pore,
Made answer in a fearful roar:
"_I dreamed I was a dude!_"

TOM TYPO.

Tom Typo was a printer good,
A merry, cheerful elf;
And whatsoever care he had,
He still "composed" himself.

Where duty called him he was found
Still working in his place;
But nothing tempted from his post--
Which really was the "case."

He courted pretty Emma Grey,
One of earth's living gems--
The sweetest Em, he used to say,
Among a thousand "ems."

So "chased" was Emma's love for Tom,
It met admiring eyes;
She "proved" a "copy" to her sex.
And wanted no "revise."

And Tom, he kept his "pages" clear
And grew to be a "type"
Of all that manhood holds most dear,
When he with age was ripe.

He made his last "impression" here
While yet his heart was warm,
Just in the "nick" closed his career,
And death "locked up his form."

He sank into his final rest
Without one sigh or moan;
His latest words--"Above my breast
Place no 'imposing stone.'"

COURTSHIP OF A VASSAR GIRL.

The parents and the old relative