Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-03-26

!, n ufulA I'm Nho% recovered from -
Illness and was asked whether he had Oaassro~
afraid OF meeting his God ''No." INC; not been
was only afeard OF that fOther chap =" '@O be. L
The only thing that will break lovo 6.
work and "boiled pork" Good advice H. sshad
lence makes things "'wus" 1--we and indo.
To discover how many idle men tbo..
lighting. ~ '"o dOg
BILLY, my boy, can't you eat little
well don't know but l could, mot S1sF :.
stood up" O'neffl
What makes more noise than pip ;ann,.
gate? '""@edha
Ans.-Two pigs.
PANTS NOT A LEGAL TERM-A man
at Cambridge, Mass, few days since s' "S nsa
ing pair of "pants" The theft was ~ vi ss'es-
lit was claimed for the defence that NJ Su'N bit
nent as ''pants'' was known in law. The gs'
ton was allowed and the complaint dsmisssSS O9s''
A northern paper says that Professor And.
the juggler, has received letter from Toua
poeon Emperor of the French, inelosipo s INA IA
for ESQ, which he borrowed some va. oea
from the Professor in London accomnan;oI 'aa
present of diamond ring and an ipvitst;o wa
visit Paris.
| 81 say" said an urchin in the street the ~
day, you're the Teller that stole nv marbos "
"No l amt" Then, I'm a liar, am T9%
without more ado he pitched into him. -"
THE DATE.-At concert recently. at II.
clusion of the song, There's good time COMM
a country farmer got up and exclaimed, "M;.Ss".
you could mt fix the date, could you 90 '
Theodore Parker calls New Hampshire a,,.
land of poor relations and cheap tombstones."
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SrArEs-Amo,u.
the many good hits Of President Pierce one -
the best is his reply, reported by our Wasbingto'
correspondent to the grabbers of the great Psc;s.
road. They were trying to draw from him SOM
expression favorable to the measure, but he A.
swered, that che had been elected President -
the United States-not Of a Railroad Companv"
1t is not always mark of frankness to posse,,
an open countenance. An alligator is deceitfDl
creature, and yet he presents an open comtenspse
when IN the very act of taking yOu in.
STATISTICS OF PmLADELPHIA.-Tbe ara :,
Philadelphia 1872 places of public worship. o.
which Al are Presbyterian, 80 'EpiscopaIia5 o.
Baptist, 10 Methodist Episcopal 10 Catholic 4
Friends meeting houses, ~ colored, 4 Protestant
Methodist, 2 German Reformed, Hebrew Syna.
gogues and Unitarian There are also 1926 nub.
lie institutions, including q public schools; 9
English and 9 German daily papers, 90 weekly
papers and 81 periodicals.
CURE FOR THE STAGGERs.-Take one quart d
brandy or whiskey and dissolve one ounce Of cam.
phor in it and give for dose one gill. In about
two hours after taking this preparation, they will
get up. Care should be taken to prevent them
from drinking water for "a hours, in which time Z
complete cure viii be effected. He warrants his
receipt to accomplish perfect cure nine times out
of ten, having several years tried it successfully.
AMERICANS IN FLoRExcE--A letter from Flor.
ence says that young American lady named E,-
cot is having furious success there as vo-
calist. Miss haywood. the American dancer,
draws immense crowds at double prices. Powers,
the American sculptor, carries away all the prize.
IN dollars and encomiums, SO this country takes
the lead in three of the arts at their Italian head
quarters.
a lawyer recently inserted tie following adrer.
tisement:
TO be sold, l3l suits at law, the property Of
an eminent attorney about to retire from business
Vote The clients are ricA and obstinate"
Come down from that building, you rascal
and III knock your head of y You will will
you - 'Yes, you scoundrcl, will Then
guess-upon the whole shant come down T.
The old lady that used to dry her clothes on tht
equlnoctial line, has gone 10 Greenland to get ths
north pole to knock down persimmons with.
''Do you keep groceries here, sir 2" asked
punster, he entered the store of dealer in cal.
ables Yes, - was the reply. ''WeIl, I'll take
one"
How pleasant is lovely thing little out o
season. rosebud in winter for instance, or a ks
IN church when the deacon's eyes are ''closed ia
prayer" Stolen apples don't begin with it.
TAXING AT HIS OFFER.-A friend, says the edi
tor of the Waterford Sentinel, was taken at his Of
fer day or two since. He published the follow
ing:
We shall insert no marriage notice, unless &C.
companied by the sum of S1.-Erchange.
We will insert all such notices for kiss of thI
BRIDE HaterJord Sentinel
A few days after, plump-looking colored cir
entered his office for the purpose of informing be
friends and the colored gentry generally, that sh
had taken to herself Sambo, ''for better or wuS
The editor replied that he should have to charg
her twenty-five cents. She hesitated moment
and then opening paper, pointed to the article il
question The editor blushed, and the bride turn
ed pale, but whether they kissed, deponent sayetE
not.
FLORIDA lTEMs.-We have been furnished b.
friend, with the following latest intelligence from
Florida. Capt. JERNIGAN is at present on scou
from Fort Galen, watching the movements Of th'
Indians, signs of whom have been reported on th'
Econ-loo- hatchee, a few miles above lake Harvey
Trails have been followed to Ahapokee lake and
the Rissimee. If the slightest hostile demonstFa
ton is shown by the Indians, Gov. Brown VII
order out the militia under Gen. A. G. JOINS.
PRErTY GooD.--It is said of Truman Smith
that previous to the Presidential election, Demo