Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-24
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wen, boys, s'pose you've heard of Da-
yld Duncomb,s marriage %
Some OF them had and some had rot.
Well continued the speaker, che is
married and | was to his wedding. A
right merry time we had Of it, too, | as
sure you, but there was one thing that sur
passed me very much, and that was the
manner in which they cut the wedding
cake-I can't help thinking Of it. Now
what do you suppose they used to cut it
with p
"The wedding ring" said one.
"No," answered the first speaker, "guess
again"
"a string" said another.
"No."
"a stick Whitfield to an edge" sugge8-
ted a third.
"a bit of TIM" venturcd a fourth.
"No."
"A piece ofpaste-board, guessed afftau
Ono" uTrs
@nlat Is it? exclaimed they all
M breath, after guessing every magma
bic article that couldpossibly be putthrough
a cake.
"Why," said the q%uerest, slowly, "they
cut it with a knife, to be sure !"
The party cavod.
TIMELY PREpARATIoN.-John,' said al
angry parent to his son, who had committee
amisdeed, John, you 90 to the next room
and prepare yourself for a severe fogging.
The boy departed, and when his father ha,
finished the letter he was writing and sough
the offending youth, he was surprised at tn
swollen appearance Of the young rascal
back.
what does this mean p he asked, 'wh:
is on your back |?
"A leather apron replied John, 'thrI
double you told me to prepare myself for
hard fogging, and did the best | could
The hard-set features of the fathers cou
tenance relaxed, as did also the muscles
the hand which grasped the whip, and !
let John OF, for once, with a gentle adm
nition.'
A GENTLE HrNT.-A middle aged m
and his young wife were out enjoying a wi
ter evening costly together, when the co
v~ersation turned on religious matters, as dc
cribed by the Bible, which the man had op
before him.
Wife, said the farmer, L have be
thinking what happy society Solomon mt
have had in his day, with somany wives, 4
as is here represented
Indeed p replied the wife, somewhat II
ed, you had better think of something {
then. A pretty Solomon yo@ would ma
truly ; you can't take proper care Of one W
What a figure you would cut, then, "
adozen wives, and all of them as spunky
am
The farmer took his hat, and went to
. stable to feed the cattle for the night.
proo-~Lo--B-4a NJ. eissUee, you
the defendant was in love how do you kr
that 2
lie reads novels upside down, and WI
poetry in the day-book, when it should
cheese
Any other reason 2
yes sir he slaves without lather,
very often mistakes the sleeves of his
for the legs of his pantaloons, an error
he don't discover till he tries to fasten
tails to his s~uspenders.'
ACOUSTIC HtT.-Piron, the French
thor, having been taken up 10y the W
man of the night, in the streets Of Paris,
carried on the following morning, befo
lieutenant of police, who haughtily int
gated him concerning his business or p
sion.
81 am a poet, sir said piron.
'Oh a poet, are you? said the n
trate, 4 have a brother who is a poet
Then we are even, said Piron, for |
a brother who is a fool
Az IR1sH LADY's PoaTscRIPT.-An
lady wrote to her lover, begging him to
her some money. She added by ";
Postscript, Il am SO ashamed of the re
Ihave made in this letter, that I sent
the postman TO get !; back, but the s.
could not overtake him."