Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-08-25
VARIETY.

standing On the pier the ether day when an
iron steam propeller eame putting along
aOh, be jabers, vat . bad eswld that steam
beat has got hear how the poor thing coughs,
observed Patrick a. he pulled his pipe cut
Of his mouth, and rolled cut cloud ofsmeke
sHeW te twill stheambeat takes cold,
chi knowingly inquired the Dutchman.
why, ye igneramus she take eswld frsm
laying IN hs scather 50 long wouldn'tit
give any body eswld. " Dutch hathsa =
RrtDid you attend church to dayP said
planter to biz slave.
tS,rtain, massa,' vas the reply and what
tive mighty big stories dat preacher did tell
What stories where they7
why, he tall the people ne nan can serve
twolmasters new dis ID de fuss stsry, kase
you see / servo you my ole massa, aud alss
sysung mass John Den de preacher says he
will love de enc and hats de oddsr, while de
Lord knows ] hate you bsff
ma gentleman whe was waiting upsa .
yslng lady, was making fuA Of = sack which
she wore.
You'd better be quiet, or III give ysu the
sack replied the lady, arehly. /
Il should BE- NEST happy was the reply,
<'if ysa would give ii t. meas its, with
yourself inside fit
II is said shed did
u-A sailor Observing taller At work
whose waistecat was patched over with an
zlgNF5a of different pieces Of CLOTH
y his mate
SS..rrra 3 S .Se, j ack-dia ysu ever see 50 many
: 49, cabbage before growing on enc
l1 awe have frequen.ly heard attobaccs
vas poisonous to snakes, Here is the preef
An old LADY in Iowa, while walking in the
wooas. was bitten On the end Of her nose by
: ra,tissuaks The elalady recovered, but
he snske died Csrensr's vsrdiet-poi-
sopsd By snuff
~ At the late wsman's rights eonven
tien, resolution was reported ard laid over
i fer ihs neAs meeting, that ifjustice WAS net
fully dsne I. IA ladies', and sson, that they
], would sioPtie T0pnta';--eg this country r.
Angels and nini'serss 81 s->ce, defend VS. =
They'll have Us there
n sDaRy said ysung hopes. let's
"a no to thsniss Pin alley ana roll ASlll
6.y, what d. sa knew aes9t rsih1g -
a.-nA elSkyes out in less thaa ten minutes'
- the oslssss.isa il Bssts. a -,
pns,b 1he relieving feast was given =
fsr r.. hilarea II Bost0a- May the bsys be
= kser aud better men than their faith
s0@na the girls grew up 70 be-1ssl kh
E 7mo,hrsf'
| TfT,s men were esnversing about III
M hnrsr ef their wives,
T. "a, said one, with . scrsswful exprsssisn
en- Sc is Tartar
well, replied the other, mine is wors,
than that-miae Is The cream Of Tartar
0rCurran's ruling passion was bis joke
In his last illness, his physician observing
In the norning that he seemed V cough will
more difficulty, be answered
'Thatsrather surprising, ~ have beer
practising al night
ElrDs you cheese Newport this seasea I
asked = very pretty wsmaa Of cid Roger;
Ne, ma,am, said he, ! most decidedly
prefer old Port'
The lady smiled, aud - did Roger, seer
nfter-P0st
urA Lsndon witness having dssctibed
himself Is . pennan, vas ask II what de-.
P.rtmeut Of literature IL welded his pen,
ether day, walt you % infsrm ne what
= but into my head u make il right
III uauts nsthibg bus brains,' replied the
aocsor. driiy.
F ErrObeiiah thinks thes Tree Of Klswl-
edge vas tie birch tree, The swigs Of which
have done more TO make man acquainted
& With arithmetic than all the members Of the
vegetable kingdom combined
E-In case trying tepreve naa drunk,
an Irish witness taking the stand vas ask
By the Judge If he thought the maa the
VERSE fer tie liqusr, replied, Ne, in faith,
Ne thought the better fer it
~ yea Wish to iatreass the sizs and
preuinence # ysur syes, just keep IN d.
count 81 thsmoney you spend fssliihly and
add il up q the end sf tas- year.
- when ysa see q young man and Z
-ronsn uAlkirl down she street, leaning I,
Ss;ozf each Sthef liken pair Fl badly nstch
"a sxsk. Is assured that they are bent q
ce6<olilalifi
~ Straw berries grow in Oaliissri. Il
lsltS Is pumpkins When they wish 70 -
e--',;n 'rhttktr tkey arr rips, thsy hare I,
plur then IS ns Dc water melons
- .Is diem fsllers alivsr said an ~
,h;a s his t6aoher. What felleEs luke,
ss-st ~ dear = 'VkJ, Per'
"a Dsdsstsp'.y l1llI.r rs,sssIy heard .
~ a & IL, talk - q 'hsns rs's