These are a few jokes which were published in the Oshawa Vindicator during the year of 1867. They were found as a collection in a newspaper article published around the 1960s. The section was titled: “Victorian Wit: 1867 Humor Found in Paper.”
1. “When I am in pecuniary difficulties,” said a pensive bankrupt, “my garden, my flowers, all fresh and sparkling in the morning, console my heart.”
“Indeed,” responded his sympathetic friend. “I should have thought they would remind you of your pecuniary troubles, for like your bills, they are all dew.”
2. “Now,” said the judge, “suppose you and I were turned into a horse and an ass, which would you prefer to be?”
“The ass, to be sure,” replied the lawyer. “Why?”, asked the judge.
“Because I have heard of an ass being a judge but a horse, never!”
3. “A plain spoken women recently visited a married woman and asked her how she amused herself all day. ‘Amuse,’ said the other, starting. ‘Do you not know that I have my housework to do?’
‘Yes, I see you have it to do but as it is never done, I conclude you must have some other way of passing your time.’”
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