Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-12-24
French Wit.

In the world" said ~, "therc ar
three sorts Of friends your friends wiz
Ike you--your friends who Do rot care 70.
you-and your friends whe hate you
A lady, aged ninety, said to Fontenellt
al ui.e'y five, " Death has forgotten us. p
Silence not a word" said Fontenelle,
placing his finger upon his mouth.
MARSHALL de Turenno, dining at NJ.
Llmoignon's, the host inquired Of his
guest if his courage was ncyer shaker at
the commencement Of a battle. :. Yes,
said Turcnne, Il sometimes undergo great
nervous excitement but there are III the
arr.y a great number Of subaltern Officers
ari soIdierswho experience Eoae whatever .
In large compan:, rauy details of the
g!ut:ony and 9ogJmoat'se Of various sove-
re;gns were mert oned. "What would
You have ?" said N. de Brcquigny; an
;hc name Of Heaven, what would you
have? These poor kings must 20 some
thing, and it is as necessary they should
eat as Jack, Tom, or Harry"
A certain gentleman who shall be name
less, had been, for thirty years. in the
habit Of passing lis evenings At Madame
HIS. At length his wife died. pcogl.
thought be would parry the lady whose
house he freanen;el, and !.is best friends
encouraged him to pcrpctratc the deed,
ke refused, saying, L" In that case, m.y
dear friends, whore should | find house
Of refuge to pass my evenings -
4 clever man, NJ, who had run
counter to the general opinions, pro
nounced himself against a popular work.
In all societies, he was answered, tina; the
public lad come to very different cnnclu-
sion from his. "The public" he rejoincd,
show many fools must you collect tose,h-
CT to form a public ?"
I once said to an agreeable misanthrope,
who had introduced to me young friend
Of his, Your friend, nay dear sir, has no
worldly tact he knows nothing whatever
of the usagcs of life" "Ah.' said r.,
" be is already as mournful and downcas'
rs if be knew every title of that of which
you reproach him with utter ignorance"
The Cheyalier de Montbary lived for a
time in provincial town of no nctc. On
his return to the capital, his friends were |
condoling with him as TO the wrctchcd So
ciety, &c. You are quite mistaken" |
cried he ; " the good company of that li'slo /
town is like good company everywhere, and !
the bad company is most excellent"
Madame de Tamont, seeing VI D. Rich
ellen, instead of layishing attention on
herself, paying court to Madame dc Br;onnc,
= very pretty woman without the least
mind, said to him, /" Marshall, you are not
blind, but believe you are little deaf.
H. de - asked thc Bishop Of ---
to lend him country box, to which he
never went. The Bishop answered, " Don't
YOU know it is necessary to have plac,
where you never goa place in which yoL
fancy you might be happy if you went
thcre?" NJ de --, after momcntary
silence, answered, That's true, ard this
feeling it is which las made the idea Of
Garis 50 popular"
J village doctor went to visit patien;
in a neig ghboriug ha'ulet, and took wilh
him hi gun, that he might wins any
.anis l. encountered i'll crossing the folds. t,
4 asant, meeting him On the way, astca .
"l.,her lie was going? /" To see patient
was the answer. What, them" ,ail the
peasant, " % yea really fear to miss him
in the ordinary way, tha: you take your
gun with you?"
Gabrielli asked for singing for two
months, 5000 ducats Of the Empress Cath
crime of Russia. "Why," sad the en-
press, none Of my fcld.marshals aye paid
after that rate" 9. In that case,' replied
la Gabrielli, "ycur maj,sty may make
$3.50. =. ~ I,t ,,