Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-04-19
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e." DR.. Franklin, when in England, used
pleasantly to repeatan observation Of his ne
pro servant, when the the doctor wss making
the tour Of Derbyshire, Lancashire, &c,
Every thing, massa, work intllis country {:
water wolk, wind work, Gre work, smoke
wofk. man work. bullock work, ass work
every tt1iug wu,k hevS but tho hog he eat.
he drink, lac sleep he do nothing all day
lie walk about like a gentLeman.'
4 SENSIBLE REpLY.-Dnring the exami-
nation Of u witness, as TO locality Of IL Stairs
in a house, the %counsc! asked him, which
way did the stairs run p The witness being
u noted wag, replied, THAT one way they
ian up stairs, but the other way they ran
down the stairs The learned counsel win
ed both eyce, and then took look at the
ceiling.
IT, AYaukee, who went over TO the
mother country, some time ago, and who,
was asked, OH coming back. how he liked
Great Britaiu-'WeIl said he, England was
II very nice country, exceedingly fertile, well
cultivated, very populous and very wealthy a.;
but, said the Yankee, | never liked 10 take
u morning walk, after breakfast, because the
country il so snail, that | was always afraid
Of walking off the edge
o. Some men look speeches. Lyman
Trumbull, Of Alton is one Of these. Said The
odd Ranger after replying toa jury speech
of TrumbulIs-'And now, genlleman'of the
jury, | have demolished his positions, refuteC
his arguments and answered everything but
his looks, and l defy the devil to do that.
CLERICAL PuN.-A young lady engaged
in writing. observed to a clergy man presen
that she was a Scribe. To which the maj
in orders, with a sagaeity and clerical dis
cernment truly ereditable, replied, ind tai
Isee.' (Pharisee.)
&5s I loved my wife, said Mr.. CaudlC
'and for the first two months l felt as if
could cat her up. Ever since l have bee
sorry l didn't
A gallant was lately sitting i i@fls se SsiF4kAE Bif h
else to say, asked why she was like a tailor
Il don't know said she, { unless I'm sittin
beside u goose
Many young ladies make fools Of then
selves by the looking glass and many youn.
men by the drinking glass.
COOP SHooTrNG.-The Southwestern Ir
dependent. published at Fayetteville, Ark
is responsible for the following
Ben Calaker was describing the other da,
to Tip Onstott the skill ola sportsman j
Mississippi, with the shotgun.
Why said he, | have seen him tax
two patridges and let them both 90, one i
front and the other behind him, and h
would fire and kill the one in lrort and the
whirl and kill the other!
Did he have a double barrel gun 2 Ell
quired Tip.
OF course he die
We'll, bat, said Tip, i can beat ths
saw a man DO the same thing with a sing
barrel =
JUVENILE AMERICA-Ln President A
lens lecture before the Mercantile j. bral
Association, he alluded to Young Ameit
in the following style - Our children sho
extraordinary prOcoeity. The Mis- droI
the lib in the evening and dons the bodi
in the morning and the belle makes but
single jump from the cradle to the cotillo
from pap to polka. The boy-but we ha,
no boys nOw-young gentlemen is the wor
feels insulted If he is met in the street, ar
not called Mister lie goes from the b
by cap to the beaver, and in a twinklil
from peanuts to politics. He finishes h
education at IA, goes iEto business at /
marries at 20, and is bankrupt at 81
II takes u Yankee to get out of u scra
with flying colors, as the following conve
sation shows
'Shan't l see you hum from singin' schu
tonight, Jerush 7
No, you shan't do no such thing
don't want you nor your company, ReUber
Perhaps you didn't hear what | sal
continued Reuben.
Yes did-you asked if you might
me hum
why, no, didn't, / only asked h
your marin was z