The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1851-05-10


of Christianity, and scatter them to the
winds DOES not this show" and he pointed
10 the stone, Ga holy fearlessness OF death
and all its grim appcrtencnces
We walked home together in thought
fnl mood the next day missed the chaise,
the next and the following. l met my
frind again he told me the pale young man
was dead.-Boston Olive Branch.
THE WIT OF DIFFERENT NAr1oNs.-I,isA
Wt.-Once when tho lord lieutenant was
| riding in the Phoenix Park, with Sir Hercules
Langrishe he complained of his prcdcces-
sors for leaving it SO wet and swampy; Ian
grishe replied: "They were too much occt-
pied in draining the rest of the Kingdom"
Three Hibernians were travelling together
OH foot at night; tired and hungry, they
asked the distance to their point of destina-
ton. "Three miles" was the reply. "Good
luck to you," replied the spokesman, "tLat's
only mile apiece for us"
An Irish cab driver was presented with a
shilling at his journeys end, and grumbled
loudly at the smallncss Of the fare. FAITH"
said he, ''its not putting ME off with this
ye'd be if yc knew all'' The travellers
curiosity was excited. "Whatdo you mean2"
Faith that 'ud be telling" Another
shilling was rendered. 'And now," asked
the gentleman, "what do you mean by say
ing If you knew but all 2" "That I drove
yer honor the last three miles without Il
lynch PIN"
A beggar woman in the country followed
gentleman, to his great annoyance, for
about mile, aud on bidding him good bye
had the mojesty to ask him for 81 little six-
pence" For what" asked the gentleman,
what have you done for met" "Ah, the
sure, haven't l been keeping yer honor in
discourse?"
Scotch Wtt.-The national wit of the
Scotcl, is altogether different from that of
the Irish; indeed the Scotchman is not witty
so much as satirical. IF he perpetrates a
pun or a joke it often carries a sting with it.
He may raise the laugh, but see if is not IL,
somebody's cost. A meeting Of the elders
Of a certain kirk had assembled for the pur-
pose of determining about the position Of a
stove for the purpose Of warming building
OIL Sundays. After considerable discussion,
All old man, who had an opinion, said, 1.-The
stove should he placed in the pulpit for it is
10y far the coolest place in a. the kirk"
English Wit--The English are not fa.
nous for their wit. The national stock con-
sists rather Of set Of conventional sayings,
Which men agree to laugh at, than Of those
| rational coruscations Of wit which distin-
guished the Irish character
american Wit-American humor main-
ly consists in strong exaggerations and is
ludicrous chiefly from its incongraity. The
Americans, by pitchforking the most odd
aud heterogeneous ideas, force you to laugh
in spite of yourself This kind of burlesque
bumor has already become tbeir national
type; its best specimens are to be found
in Sam Sticks and Major Downing's letters.
The ludicrons is lower order Of humor
than the witty. 1t is difficult however to
define in what the difference consists, and
thus men generally agree to laugh in their
own way without de6nitions.-E9iza Cooks
Journal.
BAB1Es.--Talking about babies, we al
ways loved a baby--not any OF your sour
suspicious, squalling specimens; but bright
rosy, dimpled thing, full of fun and froIi'
running over with glee, and Of such u coil
.fiding unsuspecting disposition, rs not TO re
itSS0 ~ ~ W 0by oSNys ss"S SSA'' W essS''
refreshing in this busy, tiresome world, thar
ar occasional romp with baby! A letting
down as it were OF the chord of the. mind
until it vibrates in unison with babys, ant
then holding confidential chat, in real bah.
ycrnacular. Then to have couple Of whit
chubby arms thrown around your neck, AN,
a pair. Of rosy lips, fresh as rosebuds ere tn
dsws have left them, presented fora kiss
the man who can think Of it without softer
ing of the, heart md a watering pf tn
!. mouth, is no better than the s~ise beles
Q which the pearls are cast. and we hope .
= may never be blessed with a. baby--or il !
!, is, let It be a kicking, ,pngiiistic baby, on
J, skilled in the ars pf gougingg, i.hich takes
!, | delight in running his thumb into your ey
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