Smyrna times., 1855-05-23

OF In North Carolina the eNestOn Of a urp.
hibitory law has been considerably agitated for.
one or two years past and is fast gaining popn..
larlty. In Wilmington, the price fixed for a.
license is $500; there is also State reyrnue
law, which imposes, besides this, u tax of five
per cent
CE.5- 1t turns out that the "American bal,y"
which took the prize at the baby show in Ohio
last fall was born in England! That was a.
decided take in for Brother Jonathan, with his
anti foreign proPenslties.
OF Cholera is said to have already broken
out at Cincinnati, and the pa pers of that cifv
are calling on the local authorities to make
early preparations iorit, by cleaning the streets
>and removing every cause acknowledgements,
0S- The. liquor men, cf Illinois. are rais:np
$4,000 to defeat the Maine Law, which pors
TO the people efOFeRdOrsement, on the first Mon.
day OF June. A brisk canvass is going on in the
State, and the irinds Of the laware sansuinc Of
| success. ..G4
| " Queen Victoria, will not visit Pari. un-
til September next, when the industrial prizre
will be awarded. Ohio ninety American cx~
hhtors have applied for space
05~ Henry A. Wise in recent speech call
ed the Know Nothing party lousy" The.
Louisville journal, in reply, says, - We think
Mr.. Wise made the remark after scr itching
his head for idea"
OF The American candidate for Governur
of Tennessee, Col. Meredith F. Gentry, takes
decided ground in favor of a Prohbtory Ii
i, quor Law.
There were nine thousand Shad taken at
one haul at Hoke's shore, Havre DE- Grace ot,
5 Tuesday last; ard at Vandver's shore eight
4 thousand were caught.
t CST"We must reconcile ourselves 10 onr
enemies when we are dying" remarked an old
l topper as he called for a lass of water.
= 0@T Gravity of manners is thought BY some
to be mark of wsdOm-yet the gravest beast
). is an ass-the gravest bird is an owl-ihe gra-
y vest fish Is an oyster-and the gravcst man is
Il generally fool.
D, W Why are railway companies like laun.
"a dressers Because they have irOned the cOun.
r ty and sometimes do little mangling.
- :, OF If von desire to be certain that your ego.
ID are good and fresh, put them in water. If The
y eggs are good, one end will turn up, if not, tie
nf other end Will turn up.
1t OF An old farmer whose son had died, wa
I'd visited by neghbOT, who began to condol,
or with him on his loss :" My loss! No sucl
;h thing-it's his own icss-he was of age"
~ 0r1- Kossuth is engaged at the rate of $50
10 10 letter, TO write for the New York Independent
65-A fool in high station is like man Of
the top Of m"nument-evcrything appear
: small TO him and he appears small to eveIy ybod
: 0rJ- The fame which follows true greatncs
no friend need hold up, and no enemy can kee
down.
" He who marrles beauty only. is like
a buyer of chear turmture-the varnish tha
n, caught the eye will not endure the fires d
A. blaze.
de CCJ- Fidelity, good hunor and camplacenc
X of temper OutlIve all the charms OF d fine fac,
A and make its decay invisible.
de 0-1- After long dnd protracted drought c,
IT. piouS rams have fallen throughout Gcorg.;
ty South Carolina and Alabama.
~ 0rTThe mechanic who is ashamed ohs apro
- or the farmer who is ashamed of his trock,
~. himself shame 10 his profession.
Y. OF When IS a lover justified in calling h
sweetheart honey! When she is bee-loved.
OF Why is an old maid like Sebastopol =
Because she is not yet taken. &
oi QLr Mr.. Patterson, Of the Par hriIie Lun
sl- nary, has returned to Chicago, his former res
:" dence.
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