Oh what pun! — Bad cigar but good humor

It was a bad cigar, but good humor.

“‘This is a burning shame,’ said the man who was smoking a bad cigar,” The Granville Sentinel punned on Dec. 16, 1887.

What could be worse than a bad cigar?

“Another gastronomic humbug in Washington is the manufacture of alleged ice cream out of lard.” — May 20, 1887

In Granville Sentinel humor, a bad cigar was almost as undesirable as laziness.

“The man who vegetates usually turns out to be an overgrowth.” — Nov. 4, 1887.

“A man can be put down on the lazy list when he claims that breathing all day is enough work for anyone.” — Sept. 30, 1887

Yet, even the most ambitious can get tired.

“We would hate to be a watch, for we don’t like to run down.” — Sept. 9, 1887

“Life is a short day, but it is a working day.” — June 17, 1887

Cigar smoking, it seems, was not as much ostracized as drinking liquor.

“The Prohibitionist never waits for the spirit to move him.” — Aug. 26, 1887

Sports puns were not out of bounds for The Granville Sentinel.

“The cream of the baseball club should be found in the pitcher.” — Sept. 30, 1887

“The baseball players, it is predicted, will be out on strikes this coming season.” — April 22, 1887

Math puns multiply the laughter.

“Next to nothing — the figure one on a $10 bill.” — Aug. 19, 1887

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