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all BUILT up" was the reply.
Ocr"Leah, bring me some water, with the
chill taken off," yes ma'am, direcIly.' "Le. |
ah, what on earth keeps youl" "rve been |
looking ever since for The chill, ma'am, and |
can't find it,"
A PRGM LADY.-She looks as ir she we're
fed through quill; and when she opens her
mouth to yawn, you would fancy she was 60
ing to whistle.
PRETTY KEEN.-The Albany Patriot
says: zone Of our Methodist clergyman, last
Sunday remarked that if all the world believed
Iha; the second coming was to take place on the
231 Of March, l848, at three o'clock, p. NJ,
'wo thirds Of the people would delay all prep.
arallon for it I'LL HALF PAST TWol'
NO COMFORT ER.-"If had wife,
ma'am, shouldn't mind il 50 much; should
have a sharcr Of my sorrows then. And
would be very grateful il you would put anolh.
cr comforter ON tho bed, since have none IN
II. believe there is q conspiracy against me
20 drive me 10 matrimony, by freezing me into
t-making it SORT of necessity" and poor old
Roger looked desperate as he reckoned the
chances Of their succeeding.-LPost.
SORE NosE.--A man Of science up among the
knlckerbockers; proscribes, tho following cure
for bruised or irrilaed nasal appendage:
Take half pound Of gum guaicum, half
pint Of cowhage and half a gallon oflar--sim.
mer over slow fire until cffervcscence ensues.
Apply Iolhe afflicted part wiIha whiIewash brush.
In about an hour III, sore will peal clean Off
nose and all.
REPARrEE.--A Quakcrss preaching al Nantu.
cket said, Every tub must stand upon its own !
bottom sailor jumped up and said, But mad |
am, suppose it hud no bouomp Then il is no
Iub,' returned she quickly, and went on with the
sermon.
SUBSTITUTE FOR SoAP.--Boiled potatoes ARE
said to cleanse the hands as well as common
soap; they prevent chaps in the winter seasons,
and keep The skin soft and healthy.
SNEEzING. G.--There is a convusiyc effort Of
the nose called sneezng. When young lady
in company is suddenly seized with tit of snce.
zng, she is apt 10 raise her foot with violence.
And so the act was called she knees, and by
contraction sneezc.
0<TOne-tenth Of the body only is sold matter.
A dead body that weighed one hundred and
twenty pounds, was dried in an oven until its
weight was reduced totweIve pounds, Egyptian
muInmios, bcing bodies perfectly dried, weigh
about seven or eight pounds.
GLUE EoR CEMENrNl PAPER, SILK AND LEA.
rAER.--Take Of isingIass and parchment size,
each one ounce; of sugar candy and gum trug.
ncRnlh each Two drachms. Add TO them an
ounce of water and boil the whole together ill
mixture appearS(wh cold)of the consistent
gluc.-Then form il into any figure fancy may
dictate. II this glue be wet with the tongue and
rubbed on tho edges Of paper, silk or fine leather
that are 10 be cemented, they will on being laid
together pressed lightly and suffered 10 dry, be as
firmly united as other paris of the substance.
or Somebody, who writes moro uuihfuIly
than poeIicalIy, says: "An angel without mon.
cy isnot thought so much of nowadays as O
devil with bag full Of guineas."
Anewly married couple from down east were
takig their nocturnal repose, and talking over
matters and things, when heavy thunder clap
and vivid fash Of lightning filled them with ter.
ror and fearful apprehension. Suddenly trc.
mendlouI crash caused tbs loving couple to star
a. though they had an electric shock; Joseph
throwing his arms around his dear, exclaimed
"Hug up 10 me, Sal-leI's die like men,"
OHrMARrIN VAN buren, is now The sole sur
vvng Ex.PresdenG of the United States.
A SABLE CRoEsUs.--The richest man in St
Thomas, one Ofthe principal ports ofIhe Wes
Indies, is as black as ebony. lie is said TO be
worth not less than three millions of dollars, and
has acquired his wealth by ralIicking in persons
OF his own color.
0TWhHt is amgR 4 greatBig thing which
holds fddy'shand witouI squeezing il
PoLITIcs OF MIcHGAS.-.We sec, that tho vii.
mot Provlso Democrats Of Mcigan, arc excessive.
ly dissatisfied with the letter of Senator Cass.
and indeed they reasonto be. 1t is a mos, sinpu.
lar performance. Ii is indeed that Senator Cass
has defeated his election, even if nominated bv
the Democrocy. There is a large part orthe par
" who utterly repudsIe his leIIer.--C Cineinna.
ii CkrOH.
al 60 for one term," as the follow said when
the Judge sentenced him to the Stale Prison fol
life.
4 certaiR poet sings Of the 'dark eyed maiden.
OF the souIh.' We grant him that ihe farther
south we get the moro numerous The darkEs be-
como.
Girls; go TO bed early, get up early. get mar
7ed early' and-Ihats all. That's enoughl
In this age Of trashy literature and sen,imen
ial nonsense, Bgsties are decidedly an improve
ment They are in fact tails founded on faeis
81 am going TO draw this beau into n knot. >
as the lady said when Standing at the hymcnea
4 alter.
Fasehood is ofiea rocked by truth. but she
sooa ouigrows her crude, and dscards her nurse