Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-09-20
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GAVE HIM THE MfTTEN.-' All, mon
dieu mon dieu,' said Monster Melemots to
his friend S%nifins, my sweetheart have give
mo de mitten.'
Iudeed-how did that happenY
well, / thought | must go to make her
Won visit before | leave town so l step in
de side Of de room, and dare ] behold her
beautiful pairson stretch out on Won lazy
"A lounge, you mean
'Ah, yes-yon lounge, And den make
Won YER polite branch, and
You mean a polite bo0.'
'Ah, yes Won bough. And den say
vas YER sure she would be %rotton, if | did not
come to see her before Il
You said what|
Il said she woald be rotor, if
That's enough. You have put your
foot in it, to be sure
mo, sare. ] put my foot out Of it, for
she says she would call her sacre big brother
and keek me out; o. gar. | had intended
to say mortified, but | could not think of
the word, and mortify and rot is all de same
as Won, in my dictionary
Rose Darlington says she never cared
much about grand spectacles, or othersights /;
but there were two things she would like to
have ~seen--the inoculalion of Frank Pierce,
and the corporation Of Queen Victoria.
A postmaster in Salem county, while try
ing to decipher a very uncertain superscrip-
ton upon an Irish letter, loosely remarked
to an intelligent son of Erin who stood by,
that the Irish brought a hard set Of names
to this country.
'Ah, yes replied the Irishman, { but they
get devilish sight harder ones after they ar
rive here
a female member Of DR.. SIS church, hav.
ing safely passed though her nineteenth ac
couchment, her husband sent the Rov. DR.
the following note to be read before the con
gregation
Mrs. A. having been safely delivered o
her nineteenth child, she with her husband
would return hearty and unfeigned thank
to Almighty God for his great favor, ant
humbly ask for a continuance Of his bles
sings
A marriage took place the other day be
tween Miss Jones and a Mr.. Eddy. Oh
the strength Of this an editor In the noigh
borhood gets offthe following Sir drifting
down the stream Of life, Miss Jones has 90
within the influence ofan Eddy that vii
cause her to revolve in a circle of beatitud
for the remainder Of her existence.'-An as
sumption, but very poetic.
On a late ascension Of an aronaut, a gen
tleman requested to be allowed to acccompan
him into the upper regions. Are you goo
tempered ? asked the aronaut. L believ
So said the other, but why do you ask
For fear we may fall out on the way
The Eight that was to come off between
hydraulic ram, and the last bull sent ovC
by the Pope, will take place as soon
Bishop Hughes, of New York, can obtai
the necessary enclosure. An Irish bul
isto be umpire.
You've AMERIcA.-The following
from the advanced sheets" Of the forthcor
ing " Know Nothing almanac"
Irish Mother" Arrah, Johnny, al
where have yees bin, SO long 2"
Native Son.-Why, me and the rest
the boys have been licking an Lrishman
Mother" Wait, ye spalpeen till 20
daddy gifts home, you'll be afther catchir
it."
Son" Oh. be be blOwedl That's Il
man we've Hckedi"
Exit Mother, With appraised eyes and
half smothered /" Och hone" while Son
stalks of whistliug Hail Columbia.
A school-boy who did not know WI
wages were, was asked, What does 20
father get on a Saturday night 2 'Drunl
was the reply.