Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-12-21
Humorous,

a The papers are handing round, as curiou
/ piece OF ofinteligence, that only t,co of the grac
S yates OF Harvard University have been hung.
@Oh, DEAR" said fashionable girl, when sh
beheld cucumber for the first time-"I alway
thought that such things grew in Slices"
"Say, boy, how old are you !' said a gentle
man to an urchin in the street. "Who are yo,
calm a boy! I've smoked cigars for fiy,
years." said the lad, sharply.
"Come here, my dear, want to ask Won all
about your sister, Now tell me true, has she
got beau :" "No, it's the jaundice-the doc
tor says So"
An Irishman who was very near.sinhte,;
about to fight a duel, insisted that he should
stand six PAGES nearer to his antagonist, than
the other did to him, and that they were both
to fire at the same time!
Some learned disciple of Esculapius has
startled the rest Of mankind by suggesting that
the vast assemblage at the worlds fair, in
London, will breed pestilence He shows
that such an effect has often followed such a
cause.
In u German advertisement for the sale of
the machinery Of theatre is an N B.-sTo
w
| old Ghosts, with very fine Devil, striking
likeness of Bonaparte.''
Among the accomplishments Of the warm
weather which we have experienced for the
last two or three days, says the Journal of
Commerce, are the mosquitoes, the Jenny
Llnds OF the poor and friendless. Night be-
fore last we were serenaded BY one for long
time, gratis.
T "What does cleaye mean, pa?' ut means
to unite together" Does John unite wood
when he c!eaves it!" aHem! well, it means :
TO separate. "Well pa, does man separate
from his wife when he cleayes to her?' allen,
don't ask SO many foolish questions, child"
An eastern lecturer remarked that It would
not be very violent stretch of the irnaeina-
ton to believe shat Thoughtful Massachusetts
or Connecticut baby, six months old, sits in the
mothers lap eying his own cradle, to see if he
could not invent better, at least suggest some
improvement" @ ,as
"Blast your stingy old skin !" said runner
to competitor, before q whole depot full Of
bystanders; Il knew you when you used 10
hire your children to 60 to bed without their
supPers, and after they got to sleep, you'd 60 =,
up and steal the pennies TO hire 'em agin next
night" ~ @ fs@ Ssss = ssaataSsaf''
allow dreadfully that cigar smells r exclaim- :
ed Gushing to companion; .why it's an a,ptuI
smelling thingr' aOh, no; it's not the cigar
that smells" was the reply. aWhat Is Il,
then :" inquired Gushing aWhy it's your
nose that smells, ofcourse; that 'sswhat noses
are made for" Gushing did not speak for FIVE
minutes! S tsrss ~ stBss9s afr
The Nashville Union, democratic remark
ing upon the official promulgation that the
Nashville Convention No. had adjourned :
sine die, says that their little devil SAYS that s
sine die in this case means nothing more nor
less than that this second Nashville Convention !,
has died IN its sins. -
"This animal" said an itinerant Snowman. i.
ais the royal African hyena, measuring, four.
teen eetfrom the top Of his nose to the end Of !,
his tail, and the same distance back again, ma
king in all twenty -eight feet He cries in the
woods in the night season, like human being
in distress, and then devours all those Who
come to his assistance; sad instance Of the de-
prayity Of human nature r a fesas sss
The best crop man can raise, after an, 10 !
crop Of children, provided he only educates
them properly. We know ri friend 0f ours
who derives revenue Of sixteen hundred dol
lars from four boys, which il better yield
than any farm ID the country turns III. As q
matter Of money, therefore, matrimony d
among the most productive pursuits that men f.
and women can engagein rasass1 sfs
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