The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-09-10

pie, BIT, tnuh ihe questloH put aSaH repeat IT,
Upon what authority do you swear to the animal s
age" THE best authority responded the wit
ness grulily. Then why such evasion' Why
not state it at onceH well, then, if you must
have it, Must | will have it, vociferated the
counsellor interupting the witness. well, then,
if you must and will have it,, rejoined the ostler,
with imperturable gravity, 'why, then, had it
myself from the mares mouth
Trap says that trout fishers kill their game by
means of 'pole-ar influence We have seen them
caught when 'crossng tho line'-so that Trap does
not know every thing as he suPposcs. Ores, City,
| IN important error-There has baen piece
of poetry going the rounds, in which arc the two
following stanzas
Tho robe, the harp, the crown of gold,
Reserved for us alone.
Some brother typo has it thus:
The rope, the harp, Sc.
How will the Cabinet bear the Veto
With Resignation we t,-Charleslon .Ner.
A loafer, puzzled to know what to do, came to
the following grave conclusion; : Pm too lazy to
work, and have no time to play; so I'll just split
the difference, and lay down and Sleep
The highest cloqueuce of passion cannot entirely
satisfy the fancy; we desire something beyond it,
and not finding that, must either cool or safe; while
the faint light which we perceive through clouds
long keeps our curiosity in suspense, and seems to
promise whole future of new discoveries. This
expectation is never gratiiied; for when we know
what all this mystery hid, its charm is gone, aud
we awake to regret the candid impulses of Il more
animated character.
There is law among the Arabs that permits u
man to divorce any of The -four wives allowed him,
who does not make good bread
Lazy rich girls make rich men poor, and indus
trious poor girls make poor men rich.
'You are the most handsome lady ever saw,
said gentleman to one of the fair SEX
Il wish that could say as much for YOU re.
piled the lady.
You could Madam, if you paid as lil,lc regard
to the truth as have
Sttee,er tells Of hen in Richmond that sets
so hard as to hatch ducks from Irish potatoes.
She'd better rise now, report progress, and ask
leave to sit again.
The Claremoni Eagle tells Of a shoemaker who
gave up his shop and went to tavern keeping This
is going from the bench 10 the bar.
The wings say that democracy is too full Of 'ab-
slractions' to be practical. 1t is now found that
the wing party is too full Of distractions to gel
along ,-Louisriiie .adreriiser.
A bill s,icker pasted a board, and stuck himself
on instead of the dill. He did Mt discover hi;
mistake until the rain washed him off
The Girl and the Philosopher.
AS kate went tripping up the town,
(No lasse Ger looked prettler,)
Al" unco chiel' in cap and gown
(No mortal Ger looked grlltler,)
Accosted Kitty in the street,
AS she was going 10 cross over,
And robb'd her of kiss-the cheat
Saying" Pm phiiosopherr'
"a what" said Kitty, bushing red,
And gave his cap toss over,
care you' oh phi,' and of she sped,
! Whilst he bewail'd the los-oph-er"
Progress Of Siandcr.-Mrs Hopkins told me
that she heard Sam Gibbs wife say that John liar
ris' wife told her, Granny Smith heard that it was
no doubt the widow Baker said that Capt. Woods
wife thought that Lanes wife believed that old
Mrs Lamb reckoned positively that Peter Enbam's
wife had told Nell Bassenden that her aunt had
declared to the world that it was generally beev-
ed that old uncle Trmbleiop had said in plain term:
that he heard Betsey Cook say that her sister Pol
y had said that it was well known in the neigh
borhood that old Mrs SLOUGH mado no bones Of
saying that in her opinion it was matter Of fact
that Dolly Light6nger would soon be obliged to
get her new apron string!
Some women use paint as fdder's do rosin, i. e.
that it may aid them in drawing beau
Why is the month of August like negro yfu-
neral? Because it is black-berrying time.
Il take the responsibility as the husband said
when his wife handed him the baby.
When woman kisses her child heartily, she
may be said to smother it with kisses
When genius is united with true feeling our tai
ents multiply our woes-and yet " the man who
has not suffered" says prophet, "what does
he know %
Pa said an interesting juvenile yesterday to
his indusent sire-'Pa, haven't l got vsio as
well as the Presdent;'
NO, my child
Yes, have, Pa: my fifth toe isa V-foe reck-
on
Thomas take the boy 10 his mother-he's
ruined"