Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-08

SCENE IN CoURT.-Not loug since one of
the learned counsel in a small suit deemed
it necessary to shake the testimony of a Mr..
Samuel Butterworth, by impugning his We
racity. A witness was called to the stand.
DO you know Samuel Butterworth 2
Yes
what is Butterworth?'
Two and tenpence a pound, although
some folks have paid as high as three shil-
lings!
E During the examination of a witness
as to the locality of the stairs i'll the house,
the counsel asked
Which way Gid the stairs run ?
The witness, who was a noted wag, re-
Piled that,
'One way they ran up, but the other way
they ran down ?
The learned counsel winked both eyes,
and then took a look at the ceiling.
ANECDOTES OF FooTE.-Foote, the we'll
known manager and actor, was a wit of the
first water. A gentleman once praising in
his presence the personal charms of a very
plain woman, the latter asked, And why
don't you lay claim to such an accomplished
beauty? ~ exclaimed the other; what right
have | to herr Every right by the law of
nations, as the first discoverer,' was the re-
: ply.
On another occasion, Foote, who had just
returned from a trip to Ireland, was praising
the hospitality of the people. A gentleman
present inquired whether he had ever been
in Cork. No, SIR said he quickly; but
have seen a great many drawings of it.
Lord H., who was much addicted to the
bottle, on an evening previous to masquer-
ade night, asked Foote what near character he
could appear in to advantage. New charac
ter?' repeated the wit pausing fora moment
suppose, my lord, you go sober
= PoErRY.--A wishey-washy kind of fooc
= that young people live on while troubled
with a palpitation ofthe heart. Mixed wit
moonlight, it is very apt to make young Ia
dies feel as though they would like to lea
against a white vest.
he Nothing was so much dreaded in GU
h. schoolboy days as to be punished by sittin
nd between two girls. All! the force Of educa
zee ton. In after years We learned to submit
such things without shedding a tear.
ute A Clergyman who was copsoling a youn.
'k- widow on the death ofher husband spoke il
rec a very serious tone, remarking that he W;
It's 'one of the few. Such a jewel Of Chr
use tian. You cannot find his equal, you know
lch To which the sobbing fair one replied vii
III an almost broken heart, I don't know, b.
do I'll try
'JoHN, can you tell me the difference b
tween the attraction of gravitation and Il
~. attraction of cohesion?'
Yes, sir; attraction of gravitation pulls
drunken man to the ground, and ~attIacti
,ur of cohesion prevents him from getting
il again.
the EPITAPH ON A COBBLER.
rec Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand,
vas And always found him on the mending har
eds At last came surly Death, and in foul weatE
m, Ripped the old sole from off the upper-leath
Death by a trick of art then laid him fast;
He left his aaol. for Death brought but his Ia
ne An editor in Maine says that a pumpl
ries in that State grew so large that eight m
me could stand around it. This is like the m
ade shake u suck at rn6ehi:. 1~-~n~- ILL., he COS
Francis |. having asked CASTELAR,, Bish
/, Of Orleans, whether he was of noble extri
nat ton. Sir replied he, Noah had three so
in the ark; | cannot say from which of tn
leo | descended
ma
A barrister once entered a Court-ro
He'd with his wig very much awry. Not bel
e.u- aware Of the circumstance, he could not
count for the remarks which every obsery
seemed to make on his appearance; till
er- last addressing himself to Mr.. Curran he
rbt- ked him, DO you see anything ridiculous
CON this wig?' The answer instantly was Nc
dent ing but the head
nent 'Colored ladies' says an exchange, n
y to be compared to many roses, because Il
lsin- were born to blush unseen 1t is the
had GRANGE rather than the hue that makes
any. roses and if colored women are borr
dely blush u~nseen,' they are not born to bl
Y in unsmeln. A fact we nose.
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