Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-01-18
FUN AND FROLIC.

wal, ulun tcacn long tnaI is, only
went to teach.
Did you hire out?
Wal, I didn't hire out I only went to
hire out.
Why did you give it up?
Wal, give it up-for some reason or
'nuther. You see travelled into district,
and inquired for the trustees. Somebody
said Mr.. Snickles was the man [ wanted to
see. So I found Mr.. Snickles, named my
objick in introducing myself, and asked
what he thought about letting me try my
luck with the big boys and unrudy gals in
the deestrict. He wanted to know if raaly
considered myself cap BILE; and I told him
I wouldn't mind his asking me few ques-
tions in 'rithmetic ard Biography, or show
ing my hand writing. But he said no,
never mind he could tell good teacher
by his gait.
Let me see you walk off little ways,
says he, and-I can tell, says he, jis's wells
l heerd you examined, says he.
He sot in the door, as he spoke, and l
thought he looked little skittish but l
was consid' rable frustrated, and didn't mind
much, so | turned about and walked off as
smart as knowed how He said he'd tell
me when to stop, so [ KEEP on till I thought
I'd gone bout fur enough, then s'pected
s'thing was to pay, and looked round. Wal,
the door was shut, and Snickles was gone
Did you 50 back? !?
Wal, no, didn't 60 back
Did you apply for another school?'
Wal, no, | didn't apply for another
school, said the gentleman from Swamp
vile. 1 rather judge my appearance was
against me-
II What are you doing there, Jane?'
Why, pa, I'm going to dye my dolls
pinafore red
But what have youto dye it with ?
Beer, pa
Beer? who on earth told you that beer
would dye red p
Why, ma said yesterday that it was
beer that made your nose so red, and |
thought that
Here Susan, take this child to bed
The melancholy days of Autumn, the
sweetest of the year, have come, and with
them some of the tallest kind of poetry
Here is specimen
! The Holly Hook has faded, Polly;
The Sun-fowerss lost It's hue,
Yet sure as l live, by golly,
[ see no change in you
The summer now has gone, Polly,
And with it all the roses ;
The frost is coming soon, Polly,
To make us blow our noses'
When he got there, he became 50 incl
ancholy' he had to stop and use his-coat
sleeve
The taste for high sounding names which
distinguishes our western friends when they
take to christening towns and villages,
strikingly shown in proposal issued b.
the post Office few months since, for run
ming one horse mail from Hindostan' t.
Palestine, by the way of Golgotha, AM
Hookemsniffey.
nG- A teacher, one day, endeavoring t
make pupil understand the nature AM
application of passive verb, said
passive verb is expressive of the nature c
receiving an action, as, Peter is beaten
Now, what did Peter do?' The boy, pat
sing moment, with the gravest countt
nance imaginable, replied Well, l don
know, without he hollered.'
First class in National Philosophy
stand up. What's attraction =?
please sir, I know-The look that
blue-eyed gal gives her lover
Right. Now tell me what inertia is
Inertia, sir, is desire to remain whe
you are feeling piece of calico exp
riences when leaning against canary &C
ored vest
Right again; call the next class
Jane, what letter in the alphabet {
. you like ?
, Well, [ don't like to say, Mr.. Snobb.
Pooh, nonsense Tell right out, Jane
which letter do you like best "
well, (blushing and dropping her eyes
like U best
5 We overheard queer thing from lit
: fellow, about six years of age, short til
ago. The subject of wedding cake b
been introduced in the course of convers
e ton, in which the father was taking pa
Father said the little fellow, after h;
!, ing apparently reflected intently on son
+ thing, shan't send you any of my w
;, ding cake when l get married
e why not 2 was the inquiry.
l. Because, answered the young hopef
;; you didn't send me any of yours J!
h TEST QUESTION In order to test
v vitticism Of the Irish, the following qr
! ton was recently put by knot Of gents
f. f. newly imported son of the Emerald Is
d If the devil should be told he mi
n, have one of US, which would he first choos
.e. Why me, to be sure 2 responded I
And why SO p
at Faith he knows he could get aithel
a you at any time.
i'd The gents were satisfied, and adjourn
IS, sine die.
IN ia young man who has recently take
ch wife, says he did not find it half SO b
le, to get married as he did to get the fu
or turc.
OF Sammy, Sammy, my son, don't st
!, there scratching your head: stir your stuI
II, or you'll make no progress in life W
I'D father, I've often heard you say that the G
IRE way to get on in this world was to scra
No ahead