Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-08
STAR TWINKLINGs.
Twinkle brightly, Erening Star,
Shine for all and shine afar.


ton for sale IN Louisiana, the advertise
ment stating it to be just delou the Devils
Elbor.
Poet-tater.-The Woodstock Spirit of
the Age turns the potato blight into verse,
and sings the " Song of the Blighted Po-
tato," to the air g had flower within
my garden growing" The last verse is,
Or should be
Valnly strove the wholesome part to cherish,
But nought remained of what was once so
dear,
Only with life shall the remembrance perish.
How Bal potatoes hure turnea ont tbs gear.
Whims and Serious Whims are hard
er to remove than sorrows: for time, in
stead of weakening, strengthens them.
Changes.-No summer but it has a
winter. He never reaped comfort in sd-
versity, that sowed it not in his prosper
ity.
For Typos.-''* of my existence, give
me an ~ said a printer to hissweetheart.
She Immediately made - at him, and
planted her 10 between his lis. ''Such
an outrage" said Faust, looking # at
her, & is without t."
A Wise Idiot.-A country clergyman,
by his dull, monotonous discourse, set all
the congregation asleep, except an idiot,
who sat with open mouth, listening. The
parson enraged, humping the pulpit, ex-
claimed:
"What! all asleep but thispooridiot 2"
Aye" quoth the natural, land if l
had not been a poor idiot | would have
been asleep too"
4 new kind Of Locomotive. contri-
vance is said to have been invented in It.
ally, by which horses can propel train
on railroad at the rate of sirty miles an
hour, going themselves only in walking
pace. The car carries the horse, who
propels it in the manner ola tread wheel.
1t is supposed that this wonderful con-
trivance was invented by the man who
once got into bushel basket and lifted
himself by the handles.
Song Of the Chinese Lody-Punch has
favored the world with the following song,
sung before Her Majesty by Chinese la
dy. 1t looks rather difficult at first, but
if the reader studies it attentively he will
see how easy it is to read Chinese:
Ohc mctoth etc asho pwit hme
Andb uya Pc undo fthebe st,
IWl llpr oveam ostex celle nit ca,
lisa ua lit val lwi LA tie st.
'Tiso nlyf oursh iii ngsapo und,
Soc Omet othet cana rtan dtry
Mob cttere anel sewh ereb efou nd,
Obs ayth eny on rer cad ytob NY.
Panic at !Sea.-A green lad from Ala
bama, who was a passenger on board one
of the steamboats, navigating the Gulf of
Mexico, suddenly bolted into the cabin
one morning, before the passengers had
fairly rubbed their eyes open, exclaiming,
owe are lost - & Lost 2" replied his
nearest neighbor: {. Lost 2" exclaimed
another: "Loa2" screamed out the
whole crowd. Yes, lost!" said the lad,
astonished at the alarm he had created,
" [ know we ar lost, cause the Capt ms
on top O. the house, and another mans
up on the mast, a-lookin' to see uhor we
ar"
Snapper.-The Wheeling, Va, Gazette,
asks Why is a coachman like a els
tern! g because he holds the roius."
A Scratch by Shinele-nails
The millonaires, how each one wears
A nod and smile like waving tree.
How surprising, how patronising
Their million Mrs to you and me
But rs poor folks know that i'll winds blow
Neither peace nor joy about them,
Let each dissembIer this fact remember
That we can do without them
Attraction Of the Botfle.-Some sbottle-
nose whales have been seen off Ireland
1t is but fair to infer, then, that they were
pointing their noses towards Cork.
Sreing a Wind-*I never saw such
wind in my life said man. during
severe storm, as he entered hotel. Saw
a wind !" observed another what did
it look like" "Like" said the traveller,
" like to have blown my hat Off
Musical.-"Id give anything almost
to hear Ole Bull said down east lass
to her lover. Well" answered he.
dads got an ole brindle chap, you can
hear him heller at most any time"
Epigran,.
NY garden neat
Has got a seat
hid from ey'ry eye. sir;
There dav and night