Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1846-01-22


Of hyn. plsiniy showing the envy lba. Is
rsaklipgin his heart:
I ''Wksn Peggy's arms her dog imprisoD.
Iofien wish my lot was Mira.
Y How often Wpuia stand and i1rn,
To gets pat from hands like hsr'n."
They have chap down east whose
hair Is % red that he can, 90 oul al night
without raising the alarm Of FIRE.
There is young woman in Boston 60
modest. that she had young man turned
out Of doors, for saying the wind had
shJisd."
Which expression 10 The most proper,
The "house burned Up. : or burned dorm r.
depends. We tskeit, upon whether the Gre
originated 10 The cellar or ia the grret.
' AZ u party recently given si Wishing
ton.4one Of The bellies dropped sn ornament.
There was % Tremendous hustle in the
room, Immediately. after the. catastrophe.
"You told me. neighbor Twist, when
paid Tim pootiule in advance, on his
promising to work Tor me 10 hsying time!
thatl should fad him as good IS bis word. II
TO be sure did. Tor always knew bis
word was good for nothing |" VT
II
.Hb,snes Of Mind Several cases have
occurred upin Asopus. A farmer intend
Jog TO thresh gu, bis grain. gave his wife
good failing, He found bis error be o
there was % much chat in her sthere
was before.
A man ia Vermont intending 10 wind
up hiseloek, wound up by going 10 church
where be tesfd sermon on the shouness
Of time.
'Pmfn want Of caps. as the printers
wife said when she presented her husband
with I lA'le responsibility.
"A play upon wores.a d The boy said
when he kicked the dictionary up and
down the school room.
A Lipe Breastpin -Bsrnun, who is
travelling with Tom Thumb, states 10 bis
les. letter TO the Sunday Atlas, that Car
ter the lion tanner, has little dog. about
bali The size Of asman's FIST. which he car.
ries 10 his bosom. and its head serves for
bFeasipinl
The besides OF &c ewspaper patron age''
TIA: ne have read Of, was that Of . man
who subscribed for two copies Of paper
Just 10 pa'ronize the establishment, and
never paid for either Of them.
A country editor tells his subscribers
that he has been compelled to adopt The
cashIsysiem, but will continue 10 receive
potatoes at par. t
They are getting new names for things
very fast. Rascsliiy is now defined IS
an unfortunate bias towards error" W.
Ills said ihatthe 6rst printer 10 North
America vas Samuel Green. Many Of
biz successors have been gree, too.
A Scotch peasan, girl said OF her broth.
ef. 'shs could nase Just what II was
made him gang so often 10 stay so late TO
see one lassie; for her psfi she had rather
hse the company o ane led than twenty
lsssies.n
Aeertain lawyer being 10 The midst Of
violent hara1gue. wsg rushed out Of the
court room, sxclaiming that such SWELL
made him sea sick.
40 exchange defines currency Is bits
o. paPereegtaved saa written upon --iasl
Is good q gold, Il one has mind 10 think
90.
Let me see vsa care 10 do 4. q tie
woman ssid 10 her husband when be told
her heix goils 70 throw himself into
ihe risfF.
Heavy pressure 10 the moaey market.
ssshs lpouse said whea I key Of specie
rclIed orer him.
Tie Poblisher Of JSurrsl. the subseri-
bess 10 Whseh are scattered over The coan-
~. very ehariisbiy wishes that some OF
than pers aiIke,ed with he till.lous add
ffnit-isnl lever.
ID lie ee never know what i before
81 Il The mex, sttp. We may scheme.
aad We may calculate We may device aud
We may expect j. but after Ill. We are bui
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