Demoine courier., 1854-08-17

To love our boyhood best.
EY-The opinion Of a fool is Of more
value than the oath Of a ny pocri.e.
BThe population Of Burlington as
ascer.ained by a recen, Census is 7.2l5.
vA facetious individual wishes to
know if a bee line must necessarily
have a WAX END!
II Washerwomen are said TO be the
most inconsis,en, people in the world.
because they always look for sof, water.
when it has been raining hard.
ET MI. Barnap. a well known agri-
cultural writer. says tina, the fences in the
United States cost more than twenty
times the specie tina. is in it.
y'An exchange says. when David
slew Goliath with a sling. the latter fell
stone dead, and of course was quite
ss,onished. as such a thing had never
entered his head afore!
II There is said TO be an old lady
down on Long Island SO very fat. tina,
the neighbors use her shadow for griddle
greasing. To keep her from slipping
on, of bed, her husband rolls her IN tie
ashes. Long Island is a great place.
vA rowdy, intending to be very
witty, thus accosted a lady in The street,:
"Madsm. can you inform me where !
can see the elephant" -
mo, but if l had a looking glass. I'd
show you a very large monkey" The
rowdy slid.
~ Rats like oil, and where il is kept
in a horn on the ground they know
enough to get at i, by filling the horn
with pebbles. This happened repeated
~ a, q quarry in England, and the work.
men discovered the d~epredaiors by
placing soft clay around the horn, in
which ra. tracks were apparent.
Ut WOULD SAVE TrME."-Dr Frank
lin, when a child, found the graces used
by his father, before and after meals,
very tedious. One day after the winters
provisions were sailed. Benjamin said
to his father-"I think father, if you
would say grace over the whole cask,
once for all-it would be a vas. saving Of
IT rs SAID that a subject Of the King
of Prussia, a talented mechanic, teing
about to emigra,e was arrested and
brought before his majesty. well, my
good friend" said the king. show can
we persuade sou to remain in Prussia?"
MOS, gracious sire. only by making
Prussia what America is." lie was
allowed to depart.
The BEAUTY OF DrATH.-Som etimes
selfshness is merged in that "perfec, love
which casielh out fear" An English
East Indiaman on the coast OF Cornwall
was recently wrecked. The captain,
finding tina, there was no hope of saving
his daughters, who were on board the
ship, took them on his knees, aud said:-
MI children zoe MiH die together"
REyENGEFuL.-An Irishman lost his
hat in a well. and was let down in a
bucket to recover il; the well being deep,
his courage failed him before he reached
the water. In vain did he call TO those
above him, they lent a deaf ear TO all he
said, sill a. length, cutie in despair. he
beloved out. By ST. Patrick, if sou
dom. be after drawing me up. sure III
cut The rope!"
A HUSBAND AwARpEp.-Among the
rewards at the late celebration OF the
Jack sonyille (Ill.) Female Seminary,
was the following: "To Miss Hattie J.
Hine, for meekness of disposition. kind
h~car,edness and affection, a husband
Mr.. Austin Rockwell" If such mag
nifcen, prizes are annually awarded that
school will become very popular.
Al hotel, q short time since, a girl
inquired Of a gentleman al table II his
cup was out.
"No," said he. 'but my coffee is
The poor girl was considerably con-
fused. bu, determined to ia" him in his
own coin.
While at dinner the stage drove Up,
and several coming 10, the gentleman
asked:
.Does the stage dine here!"
"No, sir,' exclaimed the girl, in a
sarcastic tone, shut the passengers do
rThe Jackson Democrat, Tenn,
tells q good Joke Of a gentleman in tina,
vicinity. who cured his horses scalded
back by using the magnetic Ointment"
and whose praise of the ointment induced
his wife TO read the pamphlet which ac-
companie1 the bottle. She discovered
tia. the ointment was recommended for
arestoring the hsir"-giving it a glossy
.nnearance-and concluded she would
.o,rei,a trial. She did so. and it changed
The color Of her hair from black 10 fiery
red!