The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-08
SQUIBS.

SuUuen DuISt VI tIOqueuCe, IL lihcit ~
recover.
Question. Can musician execute
piece of music before he gets the hang OF
ii?
Why does sculptor die harder death
than other men! Because he makes ia
ces and buSts.
What is sure preventive to the hair
turning gray? To make up yo1r mind to
dye (die.)
The next question before the Spike So
ciety will be the difference between
nigger's stealing and stealing niger.
Why is G narrative Of the death Of So
crates like the upper soofi of house? 1t
is all Attic story,
To discover how many idle men there
are in place, ell that's necessary is to
set two dogs fighting.
Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed? What is your vcrdictP 1--WE
find the prisoner not guilty, if he will
leave town.
is your watch lever, Sam?' Lever?
yes; 1 have TO leave her a the watchma-
kefs once week for repairs.
Mrs. Darlington says il is curious pro-
vision of nature that hens never lay
when eggs are dear, and always begin
when they are cheap.
DR.. Johnson compared plaintiff and de-
PENDANT In a lawsuit to two men ducking
their heads III bucket ami daring each
other TO remain longest under water.
The Wheeling Gazette says that the
reason Jenny Lind does not go to Pitts
burgh is that her reputation is so high
she cannot get under the bridge.
We met a man in our stree is few
days since, who had met with such a loss
as to draw forth the sympathy of even
the hard hearted. He had lost his bal
ance. Cause-rum.
A man who was fined forty dollars in
the Recorders Court at San Francisco.
for misdemeanor, very coolly offered
10 give his note for one month as pay
mont Of the fine!
Alexander Gum was discharged from
the Custom House at Edinburg, for a
NAL practice. The entry in the books
stated thus: A Gum was discharged for
making false report.
A French horse dealer was asked if an
animal which lie offered for sale was tim
id. Not at all. said he, 'he often pas
scs many nights together by himself in
/ the stable.
The conversation at Holland house
turning upon first love, Tom Moore com
pared it TO a potato, because it shoots
from the eyes 'Or rather exclaimed
Byron, because it becomes all the less
by pairing.
is your note goodl' asked woodman
the other day, of person who offered a
note for load of maple. 'Well,' replied
the purchaser, Il should think it ought
to be-everybody's got onep
A wag has truly said, if some men
could come out Of their collins and read
inscriptions on their tomb-stones, they
would think they had got in the wrong
! grave.
A girl in one of our river counties,
| z.
long and aflectionately on a gin bottle
that she actually drew out the cork. An
apt illustration of the power of true
love.
The statement is contradicted that the
merchants of San Francisco sand their
letters with gold dust, We cannot say,
however, whether the people go a-sun-
ming with gold bullets.
A man advertises for a wife who car
settle accounts. We reckon that there
are quite number who would like q
wife who could settle their accounts
At least, it is more than they can dc
themselves.
AT Gibralter there was great scarcity
of water. An Irish officer said, he was
very easy about the matter, for he had
nothing to do with water; if he only
got his tea in the m orning, and his punch
at night, it was all he wanted.
One of the broadcast hints TO pop thu
question. which it is possible for youn.
lazy to give young gentleman, is Il
declare to him her intention Of neve
marrying.
DIR. Johnson, speaking OF a well-dres
sed lady, says: 1.-THE best evidence | Cal
\ give upon this subject is, that one Cal
: never remember what she had on
Sam Slick says. writing from England
carter all, they haint got no Indgi
n corn; they can't raise it, nor punkin- pie
t nor ounces, nor peanuts: nor silk
: worms, nor nothin'. Then as 10 thei
: farmin'-Lord! only look a five great ell
e ephant- lookin' beasts in one plough wit
one great lummokin' fellow to hold tn
y handle, and boy TO lead. whose boot
has more iron OIL 'em than the horses huff
u have, all crawlin' as If they was a-goir
D TO a funeral. What sort of a way is tina
to do work? 1t makes me mad to loo