Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-25
EVENING STAR.
STAR .TWINKLINGs.
Twinkle brightly, Erening Star,
Shine for all and shine afar.

LARK lTUnSUCt1OHS.- lduy WIZ H"u I"
silk gown spoiled in being re-colored,
brought an action against the establish
mont, and summoned several OF the
workmen to give their dying testimony.
School, Marms, Look Up.-A friend Of
ours, while telling of his travels, spoke
of farmer who had lost favorlte COW,
which had been brought up by hand with
the utmost attention. After narrating
the virtues of the departed cow, he wound
up his eulogy by saying =" She was as
handsome as school -marm."
Street Child-A little boy hearing bis
father say, "There is time for all things"
climbed up behind his mothers chair,
and whispering in her ear, asked ''When
was the proper time for hooking sugar
out of the sugar-bowl
Scientifc.-A nephew of Mr. Bagges,
in explaining tho mysteries OF tea ket-
tie, describes the benefits of the applica-
ton of steam to useful purposes. "For
all which," remarked Mr.. Bagges, eve
have principally to thank-what was his
name?" 'WATT qras his name, uncle"
Ttplieu til0 IVY
Wise Choice.-An Irishman called at
the Star office the other day, with an adj
yertisement, and, like prudent man, in
uuired what would be the cost. He was
informed that for one insertion, the price
would be fifty cents, and two subsequent
insertions would be twenty-five cents
each. "And faith" said he, Il will only
have the two subsequent insertions.
"Said - and ." Done. Once upon
time, on Sunday afternoon, lad was
so lazy in his motions that he did not get
to the church-door till the congregation
were coming out, and he said to the first
man he met:
.'What is it all done 60
"No," said the man, cts all SAID, but
I'm thinking it will be long time before
it will be all DONE"
N. B.-City Fathers ! please note.
True Tale.-There is man in Ohio,
who, on account of the hardness of the
times, never kills but half a pig at
time
A Libel-The red headed woman who
stuck her head out of window in dark
night, last week, and caused the alarm of
fire, has been put under bonds to keep
her eight" less exposed till the next
moon.
Line upon Liine.-A woman in Ohio
put her baby into washingtub, and its
dirty frock and petticoats into the cradle,
and sent her little boy to rock it. She
did not discover her mistake until the
baby cried when she pinned it's leg to the
line, as she hung it out in the yard to
dry.
Slight Mistake-A valetudinarian COM
planned of VIOLENT pain in one of his legs.
His wife made use of authorizations and
flannel to no purpose-the patient con-
tinued his grooming. A surgeon was
called in, who, on examining the leg, de-
cared it was sound.
Then it must be the other" was the
reply.
Sensible Gm.-On Christmas eve, a !
young girl in the district of Inverness,
assembled her friends together, to witnes
the celebration of her nuptials with the
lad who had wooed and Won her. At the
appointed hour, she received the intelli-
gence that her lover had altered his mind |
She was about to be attacked with hys-
terics, when another youth popped the
question, was accepted, and the marriage
rite was performed.
Politeness. Oh, ma" said Juvenile |
to an elderly dame, ''there goes pa with a
yoke of steers to ob-sled."
Hush, my child said the mother,
sit is very vulgar to say so: you should
say pair of gentleman COWS attached to
Robert-sleigh -
, ONiging.-John G. SAKE, esq.,, one of
our Vermont poets, being requested by
young lady to send her his autograph, |
sent as follows:
Fair stranger, a ladys command
NV ready attention ensures;
It's but an Indifferent han1''
But tits very respectfully Yours,
j. G. SAKE"
Quite Diference.-During session
of parliament, the speaker having ad-
dressed the latter as the former, Montagu
Mathew observed, itwasstrange he should
make such mistake, as there was as
great difference between them as between