Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-01-07
Wit ano 6umor.
: From the "Xniekerboeksr for January.

JohnsbuSy, VT, is primitive sort Of d
little viliage called "The Center" Here
not long since the youth Of the vicinity
congregated for dance. One interesting
young man, having imbibed too freely,
became "tatigueT' during the evening,
aud wisely concluded to retire for time
a door a-jar near the danciug-hall reveal
ed, invitingly, glimpse Of comfortable
bed, of which he took possession. 1t SC
happened, however, that this was the ladies'
withdrawing-room, and no sooner had he
closed his eyes, than pair Of blooming
damsels came in from the hall, and began
adjusting their disordered ringlets,the dim
Light of the tallow-candle not disclosing
the tenant Of the bed. The girls had
tongues 0ikc most Of their "seck") which
ran on in this wise: " What nice dance
we're having! Have you heard anybody
say anything about me, janet" Lau,
yes, Sally, Jim Brown says he never sec
& you look so handsome as You do tonight.
Have ycu heard anybody say anything
about me 2" "About you-why, sartin :
. heard Joe Flint tell Sam Jones that you
was the prctties.-dressed girl in the room. "
Whcreupon the dear things cLuckled,
'..fixsd up" little more, and made off
& towards the ballroom. They had hardly
reached the door when our halfconscious
friend raised himself upon his elbow, and
quite inteligibly, though slowly, inquired,
," Ha' you heard ary bury say anything
abor, NE, girls e'-"Phansy their pheel-
inks at that juncture They fed with
an explosive scream.
."Head-ache' proper is an ailment
18th which we were never at all troubled;
r if any Of our readers should be afflicted
Nth it. at any time, it will be pleasant
thing to know what it is,according to late
German author,who has divided, classified,
and named the different varieties. Just
observe of what awful ailments your head
ray be susceptible :-"K!opfen-S,chend;
Stc,Lend- Bohrcnd klcmmcnd; Klopfan
der; Acknowledgements; Press r;
Zersrripgender Wogendcr; ScLwappen-
der; Ziehcnd /; Spannend +; Druckend
rressend schraubenier; Zwangender
iIersuspresscnd Zusammanpressend /;
Ziehendwahlend." Hiding up Broadway
If an omnibus the other afternoon, We saw
.'on the street," as they say at the South.
= youth who bad the 'Zusammcvnressend'
to such degree that he could hardly sus- 4,
,ain himself from falling. By-,he-by,"
certain Of our medical testimony before
ccroners' inTuests are not much behind
these German headaches in general com
lsehsnsibility. A metropolitan physician
testified on recent inquest, that be found,
on examining the body Of the deceased,
1more than a normal quantity of blood in
the liver the sutdrachnoia serons illusion
more abundant than usual; the condestcn-
ence of the brain awry, except a portion
of the cerriical substance, and Md'mnir
upon the left portion al'miaous iiilt,u-
Ion was visible in the vascular structure
of the kidneys, which were also en,phise-
ana.ous." The man being dead, the cor
oncr's jury wisely thought that such a
number Of learned symptoms were enough
to kill any body, and they brought in
verdict according to these "plain facts
.........A friend who spent some weeks
The past autumn in Montpelier, Vermont,
as member of the State Legislature,
ycuches for the following: The morning
after the death Of DANIEL WEBSTER, he
was making his way to the capitol, Zone
of the most beautiful ediiiccs in the coun-
try, by the way,) when he fell in with
somewhat apompious " clergyman, hailing
from a far-w estern State-a brother or
brother.in-law Of one Of the members OF
Congress from his district. Our friend re-
marked that the Legislature would proba-
bly, adjourn immediately, on account of
the national bereavement. Won't there
be any other ceremony on the occasion ~
asked the clergyman. 81 presume not
to day." was the reply. In some places,
explained the western divine, it is usual
on such occasions for some one TO pronounce
a philippe :" Not being we'll posted up
in sach proprieties, the Legislature omit
ted the "philippic." The same member
reports that one of his fellow-legislators
objected strongly to some of the provisions
of tie new " Liquor-Law" as being, in his
lamblc opinion, quite too " "astrinye"t."
he Postmaster of Cleveland recently
sc ivcd a letter enclosing one with the
following unique direction
'to the Man that Married sal porter
some Whore away up
in Iway.'
We rather guess the man that married
Sar' has an invitation TO coffee and pistols
in taat missive
Coon DESCENT is question whetll-