The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1853-11-09
Obos, Gnos & Oddities.

WoO5, Vn06 & U)O0lflfs.
There isn't mite" says Lavater, "bu
what fancies itself the cbeese.' k4Sg
The only motive for uniting the Mississippi
with the Atlantic is the Locomotive.
1.-THE "spirits " were cup to snuff" wha
kind would they prefarl Eappee, Of course
Punch thinks that carriage drivers woul.
make the best igaldiers in the world, as N,
troops could stand their charge.
Hon. Rufus Clloate will deliver the ami;
versary address before the New York Histor
ical Society, an the 10Th Of November.
The Cholera has made It's appearance al
Sharpsburg. Md, and in few hours mum.
bered six victims. 5qeA as 81,
When anger rushes, nnrestrained, to &C
ton, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way.
The man of thought strikes. deepest and
strikes safely.-Savage
A new process of filing !" teeth has been
discovered by progressive" down east
dentist Il is in brief as follows-"eat green
corn roasted in the ear"
When an Irish girl was asked, a few DAYS
ago, where her mistress was, who had gone
TO q water-cure establishment she replied
Chat her ladyship had sgone to soak"
Many persons are led by their vices as
there are many who are led by their noses
but there are a far greater number who fol.
low both without any leading at all.
FoRoor HER Or1mR NAME.-"Tom. who
did You say your friend B. married?'' aWell
he married forty thousand dollars-I forgot
her other name"
The days Of the highwaymen are over ::
but that need not be lamented by the admi-
rers Of the robbers Of the good old times
The highwaymen have been succeeded by
the railwaymen. t
A man asked servant, g Is your master
at home :" No sir; he's out" Your
mistress I" @No, sir: she's OUT Well.
Iii just 60 in and take the air of the fire till |
they come" Faith, sir, that's out too,n re-
Piled the servant. 30
Madame de Stael, one night, expatiatinr
on the merits of the French language. and
illustrating her meaning BY the word asenti-
ment," which has no exact equivalent in En-
gish, Lord P&lmerston answered her that
we had phrase which to nicely expressed
the sentiment " Of the French-namely,
Iis Ill my eye and Betty Martin"
AHEARrLEss BGrcHER. Mister, how do
you sell your beef this morning n
Why, fourteen cents pound-hovl
much win you have I" 8@@ Il
Fourteen cents. ehi-have you got al
sNo, Just sold it,
"Well, l just knowd you conldn't have !
leart and ~ fourteen cents for beef; I'm !
orry you sold it-cause ia like to have some
neat" '5ss'7'a .-..-
A moment after the boy was seen running q
ut Of the market house, and shin.bone
fter him.
"A Caun ron CArprDArxs.-An exchanged
'apsf has the f6iiowfng - e - - !.
A defeated candidate in . neighboring j
ounty remarked that TIE race had cost him
ome four hundred dollars in clean cash, to :
~ nothing Of the wear and tear Of consciencal
. had undergone. There is one thing about
unning for Office in this country: if q man +
ncceeds in getting elected he never gets \
one paying for it; if beaten, it invariably q
reakes him up. Young gentlemen Of aspi- s
ng natures would do well to study the fact Is
sfo5e : pitching in"
Too sLArE At the close Of temperance 4
leeing reccntly, person sosicited young u
oman to aPpend her name to the pledge, V
Iying, VIII you not give me your name ).
riaaH UNo s;r tssva. fho o,,;c[ sronIv Mt Y
~ prcmised my name tos.another gentle q,