Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-02
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Uyou feel like doing a generous action
do it at once. Put it of till tomorrow, and
ten TO one the present you intended for poor
Jenkins will he invested in a barrel offour
or half ton Of anthracite. Benevolence is
short lived like fresh shad, it must be in
dulged in today, or it will 'spile,'
An Irishman comparing bis watch with
the town clock, burst into a fit oflaughter.-
Bcieg laughed at he replied, And how can
i help l.. Here is my little watch that was
made by Paddy 0'Flaherty, on Ormoud
Quay, and which only cost me five guineas,
has beat that big clock there a full hour and
a quarter since yesterday morning
Is George III was walking the quarter
deck Of one Of his men of-war with his hat
on, a sailor asked one ofhis messmatrs, who
that fellow was who did not donse his peak to
The admiral Z Why, it's the king We'll
king or no kiHs,' retorted the other, he's an
aanannerly dog Where should he learn
manners replied Jack he was never out
SIGHT Of land in bis life.'
Hastings Of the Albany Knickerbocker,
must be a queer fellow. He says in his pa
per: How any one can look at the human
foot, composed Of 144 bones-any quantity
Of elastic cartilage-a gill and half Of lub-
ricating oil, and ten thousand other arran-
gements for first class kicking, and still believe
it's q duty to receive an insult without max
ing a man smell of leather, is one of those
eccentricities connected with the human
mlnd which we never could fathom.'
Some young ladies', feeling aggravated by
che severity with which their friends spec
ulatod or their gay plumes, necklaces, rings
~, went to their pastor to learn his opin
ion.
DO you think said they, there is any
improperly in wearing these things? 2
by no means was the prompt reply
when the hoart is full Of ridiculous notions
1t is perfectly proper to hang out the sign
Ny husband ncglects his home said
lady to her friend the other day. 'Wha
would you do if you were in my place q
use more honey was the apt reply.
A critic, ungallant enough 10 tell the trutf
says, that the most awkward thing in or OF
of all creation is a woman trying to run
They can't do il. They are not a running il
stitution-except with their tongues. Ifthel
are two arrangements in the world that wei
never made for ~aeetness on the pedal, the
are women and ducks.
An inquisitive priest having asked a youn
female her name, while in the confessions
she replied, with as much wit as modest,
Father my name is not a SIM
AUNT HETTY's ADvIcE.-Oh, girls! s.
your affections on cats, poodles, parrots,
Iap-dogs-but let matrimOny alone. It's ii
hardest way on earth of getting a living-yo
never know when your work is done up. Thin
OF carrying eight or nine children through ii
measels, chicken-pox, thrash, mumps and sca
let fever, some fem twice over; itmakes n
sides ache to think oft. Oh, YOU nav scriu
and save, and twists and turn, and DIG and dely
and economist, and die. and your husband "
marry again, take what you we saved =,
dress his second wife with, and she'll take voI
portrait for a 6reboard, and-but what's \
use Of talkingi | warrant every one of von
try u the first chance you get, there's a sort
bewitehment about II, somehow.