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 10 He who had the wooden leg offered to de cide it in the following manner: If the child ſays he, comes into the world with a wood- en leg, I will father it; if not, then it muſt be yours. A gentleman who had been a ſhooting brought home a ſmall bird with him, and having an Iriſh ſervant, he aſked him if he had ſhot that little bird ? Yes, he told him. Arrah, by my ſhoul, honey, replied the Iriſhman, it was not worth the powder and ſhot, for this little thing would have died in the fall. The ſame Iriſhman being at a tavern, where the cook was dre ng ſome carp, he obſerved that ſome of the fiſh moved, af- ter they were gutted and put into the pan, which much ſurpriſed honeſt Teague, Well, now by my faith, ſaid he, of all the chriſtian creatures ever I ſaw, this ſame carp will live the longeſt after it is dead. A certain gentleman happening to turn up againſt a houſe to make water, did not fee two young ladies looking out at a window cloſe by, until he heard them, when he aſk- ed them what made them ſo merry ? O,