The Yazoo City Whig and political register., 1840-03-20
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From the Y Sunday Morning Atlas
An inukeeper lately complaining 70
gentleman, that his house was greatly infes-
ted with rars, and that he would willingly
give considerable sum TO get rid of them,
was on the following morning thus accosted
by FrencbmaD, after he had received his
bill. 81 viii assure you, sir, tell you vich
way you shall get rid of dc raj" 81 will be
much obliged to you if you can," replied
the landlord. "Yell den, only charge de
rat as you charge me, and l'll br hanged if
de rat ever come to your house againp'
Beware of mcddlers and gosips, double /
faced politicians, scaserpents, lawyers
scolding women and gin cocktails.
A French preacher was once dscantinr
from the pulpit with great eloquence on tho .
beautlon: "WhateVcr," said he, "comes
from the hands of nature, is compieto-sho I.
forms every thing perfect.' One of his
congregation very much deformed, and hav-
ing very large hump, went up to him at the
close of his discourse, and asked-aWbat
think you OF me, holy father, am pertcct?"
10 which the preacher replied very coolly,
eyes. for humP-backed man, quite per
fect?"
A small boy heard preacher preach
sermon from these words, tYe must be born
again. which was frequently repeated dur
ing the discourse. The little hearcr paid
strict attention TO all that was said, and par
tIculariy to the text. After he returned
hc me he became melancholy, and was found
weeping bitterly. His father tenderly in
CURED after the cause of his distress. The
boy told him that the preacher had said he
must be born again. 'Well, my son. re-
piled the father, 'why do you cry about t?'
20, sir says the boy I'm SO afraid that
next time III be a gals
When we see a girl standing one fourth
of her time at the glass, twisting her hair in
to ringlets, which they term ''beau catchers,''
we rather guess the beau she catches will
find himself caught in an eVilnet.
The last case is that Of man who recently
himself down his rhe, for the bullet,
md didn't know his mistake until he fonnd
himself small enough to creep out at the
Ouch-hOle.
The Boston Centinel says that young
ady IN falling from the top to the bottom of
! flight of stairs, was saved from broken
lead BY alighting on her HUSTLE. We have
leard that ladies consider this delicate ar
icle of female attire ornamental, but we
lever heard ofits being useful BEFORE.
Why is an extravagant wife like the SUBJ
reasury bill2 Because she has the specie
lars.
Ifyoung ladies nowadays did not become
Vomen at thirteen, men would have better
7iVes.
What benefit is one half of the world to
he other halfP We should like to know.
There is a man in this city whose beard
so strong that it takes barber and two
rOkers to shave him, and il is frequently
OF done clean at that.
4 say, Jack said tar TO his shipmate
he other day, 'folks say that Death lies in
rdent spirits, but sh.ver my timbers if there
INT life enough iG such whiskey as this
"Rather strong temptation,'' as the man
nd when asked ifhe would have glass of
randy.
"Ifeel as if should come 10 BITS, . as the
orse said when he saw boy with bride.
THAT man is a quaker, / perceive,' said
lr Simon, listening to a sailor swearing hard.
"a sailor, quaker; how so?' sWhy YOU
'e, he uses plain language