Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-20
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Din TouEvER SEE AK OwL7-A young
man who had seen but little Of the world
modest and bashful wiIhal-invited a
yopne lady to attend a Ball with him
She was the belle and beauty Of the
place into which he had recently emerged
from the bushes, and if he was surprised
at his own temerity in asking her to 20
with him, be was astonished as well as
delighted at her acceptance. The bah
was 10 be given at some distance from
the place where the parties lived, and
when the evening came, the swain called
for her in a chaise. They rode in silence
for the first mile perhaps ne was un-
speskably happy-more probably the
words stuck in his throat but at length
he said, Did you ever see an owl?'
HNo," said she, II never did" And
he went on TO tell her of a very large one,
which had alighted close to his head a
few days before.
The conversation thus oddly begun,
didnot Gag, and by the time they arrived
al the ball room they were quite well &C
quainied. They were not only partners
for a dance, but partners for life. The
lady (as some are apt 10 do) often told
the story, and when young men seemed
dilident or confused; as some times they
are, she would roguishly recommend the
same question which began her W
.coprtship-" Did you seer see an O'cla"
The following advertisement appears
in a Philadelphia daily. A lady sends il
to Us that we might assist in giving it
publicity. We do so cbeerfully, for we
make il a point 10 obey the request Of
all thorough-going temperance ladies'
one that feels for the cause Of temper
ance, and dare advertise it; such is our
friend, the lady, who sends q the fol-
lowing:
Wantsd-fcr Exhibition at the Worlds
One first rate Swell Head.
One genuine Rum Bloat.
One finished Wife Whipper.
One nice young man with a brush fence
around his mouth to strain beer or rat
soup through.
One widows Son who had spent all
his fathers hald earnings for rum, and
left bis mother in want.
Address Mike Whiskey, at any Of the
Drunkeries 10 Philadelphia.
"a regular licensed Rumseller TO take
charge Of the animals - That's tbs
plan. They should be made to exhibi
their pares at all the public gatherings
Olive Branch.
THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH.-T
the Editor Of the Punch" Sir: ALLOW
me 10 call your serioos and polite atten
ton to the extraordinary phenomenon
demonstrating the rotation of the eartt
which, al this present moment expcri
ence, and you yourself or any body else
/ have not the lightest doubt, would B
satisfied Of, under similar circumstance
Some sceplieaT and obstinate individual
mag doubt that the earth's motion is vi
ible, but | say from personal Observable
its q positive fact.
Idon't care about latitude or longitud
or a vibratory pendulum revolving rour
the sine Of a tangent on a spherical SD
face. nor axes, nor aspides, nor anythiI
Of the sort This is all rubbish. AL
know is, | see the ceiling of this cofe
room going round. I perceive this d
iinctly with the naked eye-only 7
sight has been sharpened by a slie
stimulant. | write after my sixth 60
Observation-Disclosures, whereof witness
hand. SWIGGINS.
Goose and Gridiron, May 9Th, 1851
p. s. Why do two walters come WI
l only call one ?"
The Governor Of Massachusetts,
appointed a lawyer of Boston an Insp
tor General Of fish. Lawyers ought
have a practical knowledge Of fish,
they are generally considered very q
sharks.-Ledger.
The keeper of a GROCERY happe
one day to break one Of his tumblerI
He stood for a moment looking at
Fragments and rejecting on his
then turning TO his assistant cried
Tom, put a quart Of water in that
cogniac.
When Mrs. Hannah More asked
johnson why he drank no wine, he
estly and wisely said: because
drink at all, 7 shall drink too muc'
Abslinenee is as easy as moderate
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