Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-22
STAR TWIN KILN
Twinkle brightly, Evening Star,
Shine for all, and shine afar.

LdIuU uau, III IuOmeuG VI passion, KNOCKED
down one of her pages with a stool, the
poet Moore, to whom this story was told by
Lord Strangford, observed:
ooh, nothing is more natural for a lite
rary lady than to double down page
81 would rather" replied his lordship,
"advise Lady Caroline to turn over new
leaf'
Dg@An individual in Georgetownis about
applying to the new Collector for the Office
of Glide Water Ibis particular duties to
be confined to a sharp lookout for that
tide in the affairs of men,
Should he fail in the above application, it
is reported that he will apply to the wind
mill establishment on the Island, for the
purposes of discovering the '.i'll wind that
blows nobody any good"
IA Charles Lamb being rather perse-
cuted one evening by lady, for an epigram
in praise of her dark eyes gave her this
couplet:
"Your eyes! your eyes!
Are both of size"
THE MUSE IN THE BUSHES "A down east
poet in one of his most desperate efforts
thus eloquently sets forth his choice of life:
Some poets theme is the foreign cline,
Or life on the raging sea,
But life in the woods, with the country bloods,
And later patch for me.'
A HIT.-An exchange states that MIR.
]. B. Roberts, the Western tragedian, who
is said to resemble very much in personal
appearance the late J. B. Booth, is in Rich
mond." The only noticeable resemblance
between the 1sVo we have heard of is, that
Roberts has one eye and Booth had broken
nose.
HIT HIM AGAIN.-It is believed that Mr..
Roberts, the tragedian, is incompetent to
play the character of Richard the Third, as
it is always represented with III.'s, and
Mr.. Roberts, unfortunately, possesses but
one.
By NO MEANS BAD.-A "knight of the
whip makes the following inquiry Of us:
''Do your leaders ever get over the traces?"
This reminds us of smart boy recently
brought into ''the sweet influence of the
Star, who hurried to us the other day to
know if the leaver was ready. On receiving
our reply he left instanter.
Bg~ Old Sir James Herring was remon-
strated with for not rising earlier. 81 can
make up my mind to it," said he, ssbut 1
cannot make up my body"
20 The young lady who drifted down
the Ganges in lotus is now chambermaid
on the canal. What reverse of fortune!
"a An English jury in criminal case
is reported to have brought in the following
verdict: equity, with some little doubts as
to whether he is the man. This is on a
par with the response of the ''twelve good
men and true" who delivered a verdict of
equity, with recommendation to mercy"
Being asked by the Judge upon what ground
the recommendation was based, the reply
was, "Because we don't think he did it!'
BsD@ The affectation of closing the Bible
as soon as the text is announced, which
some preachers are still careful to practice,
is thus taken off by an ancient epigram:
"When Ralph his text has read,
You'll see, if you but mind him,
He shuts his Bible up
And lays it down behind him.
ono NATTER one replies,
sHe'l do as well without it;
Fsr after he has read his text
He says no more about it."
OLD SAWS New SET.-He who gives you
fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
Yes, and very great "spoon' he must be
who attempts to get fat on that kind of diet.
Fair words, like fair women, are sometimes
very false, also. Unluckily, fair seeming
and foul doing are not incompatible.
He keeps his road well who gets rid of
bad company. Sc he does. Indeed, he is
likely to keep it very much Letter for that
reason. Bad company are quite apt to lead
one out of his road, especially if it be the
narrow path of virtue and morality.
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