the
full moon is as light again.

Why must a fisherman be very wealthy? Because his is all net profit.

When is a boat like a heap of snow? When it is a-drift.

What 'bus has found room for the greatest number of people?
Colum-bus.

Why is an alligator the most deceitful of animals? Because he shows
an open countenance in the act of taking you in.

When may a man be said to be really over head and ears in debt? When
he hasn't paid for his wig.

What is the difference between the Prince of Wales, an orphan, a
bald-headed man, and a gorilla? The first is an heir apparent, the
second has ne'er a parent, the third has no hair apparent, and the
fourth has a hairy parent.

When does a son not take after his father? When his father leaves him
nothing to take.

Why are poor relations like fits of the gout? Because the oftener
they come the longer they stay.

Why is the game of Blindman's Buff like sympathy? Because it is a
fellow feeling for another.

When could you eat a lady's hand? When it is a warm muff in.

Just state the difference between an auction and sea-sickness. One is
a sale of effects, the other the effects of a sail.

Why does a man who has been all his life a woodcutter, never come
home to dinner? Because he's not only bred (bread) there, but he's
always a chop in (a-choppin') the wood.

What is the difference between a soldier and a fisherman? One
bayonets, the other nets a bay.

What musical instrument invites you to fish? Cast-a-net (castanet).

What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy schoolboy? One
baits his hook, the other hates his book.

What words may be pronounced quicker and shorter by adding syllables
to them? Quick and short.

What is the worth of a woman? Double you, O man (w-o-man).

Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because it goes from mouth to mouth.

What shape is a kiss? A-lip-tickle (elliptical).

What becomes every woman? A blush.

Why are three couples going to be married like penny trumpets?
Because they go two-two-two.

What is that which fastens two people together, yet touches only one?
The wedding-ring.

What is a ring? A hole with a rim around it.

What grows bigger the more you contract it? Debt.

Why is a spendthrift, with regard to his fortune, like the water in a
filter? Because he soon runs through it, and leaves many matters
behind to settle.

Why are birds melancholy in the morning? Because their little bills
are all over dew (overdu