Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-13
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oLs IN CINCINNATI.
Americans must rIle America. De
stroying the ballot.boxes AVID dsfyink civ.
i authority--vids Cincinnati e.actioh.
''Sons Of Seventy. Six''--Firing cannon
loaded with brick .ba.s at defenceless No.
mon and children. III
Purity oftl,e blllot,bo Destroying
Ii where The anti, Know. Nothings ore like.
lyto have majority.
t'Shon," said Dutchman, lyon may
say whit you please bout bad neighbors;
| had te/sorstneighborsa Is never vas.-
Mine pigs and mine hens come home NIT
deere ears split, and fodder day two ofthem
come home naissiag!" t5.
"A fellow named Willis was hauled up
in Albany, the other day. for striking
man named Joke. and fined FIVE dollars.
He. plead in extenuation, that be thought
it no offence to crack a joke!
IL is strange" muttered young man
as be staggered home from supper party.
chow evil COMMUNICATIONS corrupt rood
manners. have been surrounded BY
tumblers all the evening, and am now .
tunbler myself" As i
How THEY TELL 4 Know NoTnISo,-If
you see two men meet III the streets, and
one Of them gives his vest pull "down.
hill," and the. other hitch up Ills breaches
and live il wink. YOU may conclude that
he i a Know-Nothing. !.
II Dear me, how fuidly he does talk r.
said Mrs. Darlington. recently, at q tenn.
perance lecture Il am always rejoiced
when be mounts the nostrum, for bis elo-
quence warns me in every nerve and eat
ridge Of my body .F
The Logansport Indiana Journal says
that the frost was severe there this Spring.
but the. peaches were saved BY being az
klled during Ac uiater.Y
N come for that saw, sir.'9' What sau.
cer?'' Why, the saw, sir, you borrow
cd. :" ~ borrowed no saucer" Sure,
|! You did, sir-you borrowed our saw !, sir."
F"BeEof, boy. I never dreamed f borrow
king'a saucer" "Be dad. but you Hid.
and there it stands right in the corner
'OH its your fathe.'s saw you mean
why the deuce didn't you say so?'
!. "A lady in Calcutta asked 4 Colonel fcr
mango, and, rs lie rolled il along, III fell
into plate Of hiss -misses--a species of
grape. "'Iow NATURAL observed the
Colonel, ''man goes 70 Kiss missesp'
Pace or BRoKES IlEARr.--Thc late
Robert C.: Sands sued for damages III .
case Of breach Of promise Of MARRIAGE
He was offered two hundred pounds to
hea Ibis broken heart. Two hundredp,
he exclaimed; ''two hundred for ruined,
hopes, adjusted life! Two hundred Efor
all this? No--nertr! Make itHthree hun.
Idred, and it's a bargain!". ..4 .Ef Il
| A school master told one Of his schol-
aus, On Irish boy to spell hostility. HI
HORSE" commenced Pat Mi. Il
Not horse-tility,'' said the teacher,
\ but hostility" HI HIM
Sure" replied Pat, IAN didn't ye
tell me the other not to say horses Be
Ijabers IFS uon thing wild ye one day, d.
another tie mkt" Fl
| "Hontz, what's the matter9'' 81
mine Cot! De sorrel wagon has run
away NIT de green horse, and broke de-
axel tree Of de brick house, what stands
BY de corner lamp-post across de; way
from de apPle-treess;; run, Taupey. and
stop de telegraph. Nine Cot what :
beeples"
| A number Of odd epitaphs are going
the rounds of the press. The following
4 upon . tombstone ID the cemetry near
4 Cincinnati, is worthy Of being placed
among the number: Here lies B. G.. j.
who came to this city and died for tie
benefit of his health"
I A young fop about starting down 10
New Orleans, proposed to purchase lie
Iprcserrcr.- oh. you'll not want ii. sug.
Igested the clerk, bags q wind wont sink!'
II Mr.. Charles Wilson has written 4 yol.
/ ume Of some hundreds Of pages TO ex-
(plain the pathology Of drunkenness. We
could define it in two syllables-sig.zo
/ Punch gives the following definition VI
Earistocfacy: "A class Of persons who dbl.
spise the public and are venerated BY the
/ public for: that very reason. FH#ks
II A love-sick swain, DESTROYS 10 indicate
the cxtentand character Of his love for Tile
queen Of his heart. cried out: All Sal
Sal! my affection for yoa il as strong AZ
-as-a s--the butter they gave me Or
dinner. 81 5I
4 A young stockholder having married ]
fat old widow with 500, 600. says, II
wasn't bis wise's face that attracted him
IS the figure. IR'
\ The Yankee who Ms lying Il the poini
Of DEATH whitfield It OF with biz iact
knife, and isnow recovering. a
4 Since it has become the fashion for men
u confess their past errors very freely III
books, i is boldly asserted that there y
NO material difference between an autobi-
osraphy and q naughty biography. .5lE
Have you blasted hopes asked lady
Of green Hibernian. whose face. was
much swollen BY the toothache. No.
ma'am,' replied the youth, but I've ct
"a blasted toothache 7
| The young lady who was '.bsried III
/ grief" j. nov doing well. 4 was only !