Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-09-06

son is 10 be a witness forninst me again & j
The Judge said, dryIy, it seems so. well
thin, yer honor, | piade guilty, not because
| am guilty, for I'm as innocent as yerhonor's
sucking babe at the brist, but Just on account
Of saving Mi>tler Furkisson's sowl.'
AT NO LOSS FOR AN ANswER.-An
Irishman having ccidentally broke a pane
Of glass, was making the best of his way
out of sight; but the proprietor stole a
march on hin, anil having seized him by
the collar, exclaimed {:
You broke my window, fellow, did you
not p
TO be sure, l did, said Pat, and did
you not see me running home for money
to pay for itY
Il cannot bear children said Miss Prim.
disdainfully. Mrs. Partington looked ather
over her spectqcles mildly before she replied,
: perhaps if you could you would like them
better
AMERICA AHEAD Some time after the
peace OF 1914. a distinguished officer of the
English navy visited the Constitution, then
just ready at Boston, for a Mediterranean
cruise. He went through the ship, accom-
panied by Capt. e., Of our service.
Well, what do you think of her 2 asked
the latter, after the two had gone through
the vessel, and reached the Quarterback
again.
She is a fine frigate, if not one of the
finest frigates | ever put my foot on board
Of returned the Engli shman : but as ]
must End som fault, I'll say that your
wheel is one OF the, clumsiess things | ever
saw. and is unworthy of the vessel
Capt. b. laughed, then explained The
appearance ofthe wheel, saying:
When the Constitution took the Java
the formers wheel was shot out Of her.
The Java's wheel was fitted on the Consti
t tuition to steer with, aud although we thinI
it as ugly as you do, We keep it as a trophy
The ExPLANArIoN.-One Of the two gen
tlemcn recently conversiug about the Natura
Bridge of Virginia, remarked that there wa
an extraordinary incident connected with 1t
for that general Washington once threw
dollar completely over it, an achievement
which has not been performed since.
No WONDER replied his companion, { 70
a dollar in those days could be made to g
aSlSdt u0dl luICuCl Ihdu dt INC PtCSSut uIll0
The Boston Post says that FIVE womel
will spread out their clothes so as to take u
the entire side Of an omnibus. thus occupy
ing the room designed for eight, and the
if another woman presents herself at th
door, they will cry out You can't com
in here! There amt room but if a ma
wants to get in, they can make room cas-
enough, right down between them.
An editor in Iowa has been fined tv
hundred and fifty dollars for hugging
young girl in Church-DaiIy argus.
Cheap enough! We once Rugged a g
in church some ten years ago, and the scra
has cost us a thousand a, year ever since
Chicago Young AmericG.
A GENTLE HINT.-W Why don't you 6
married? 2 said a young lady the other do
to a bachelor friend. L have been tryi
for the last ten years to find some one W
would be silly enough to have me- was
reply. Il guess you hav'nt been up 9
way was the inslnuating rejoinder.
Nor INCL1NED.-"Why don you VIII
the barrow of Goals, Ned? quoth a Learn
vender of black diamonds to his man. 9
is not a very hard job-there is an inclir
j., plane to relieve you" aye, maste
: replied Ned, who had more relish for
than work, 4" the plane may be inclin
med but hang me if ] am.