Pat Laughed Last

An Irishman on seeirig a notice in a haberdasher's window one day wbich ran, "Everythiug sold here by tbe yard," entered and asked the man of tbe shop if be sold bnttermilk. "Yes," was the answer. "Tben give me a yard," said Pat. "All right," said the man, and dipping his fluger into a dish of milk at bis side be drew it a yard in lengtb on the counter. "Anything else?" he queried trinrophantly of Pat. "No," said Pat. "Just rowl it np in a picee of paper, and I' 11 take it witb me.".