The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-22
PEN, PASTE, & SCISSORS.
From the Hoaidaysburg Standard.

From the Holiddysburg Standard.
EAgricultural Fair-Farmers daughters.
q Brewing-Trouble in the Cayenne
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1"A Numbering iglie'' is now render
cd, ia Illuminating enlargement Of elongated
vefaeity."
n Somebody, describing beautiful lady,
says-'she has face painter might dwell
upon" Rather broad face, that!
AZ The man who undertook to blast his
neighbor's prospects, used too short fuse
and goi blown up himself.
v Gratifying-To be told that your pa
per &c one of the best in town." afeE you
have been told thousand times, at least,
that il wasone ofihe best published in the State.
Phancy our pheeIinx
II They must dress cool in Lafayette, In
diana, A young woman, on being asked If
she intended 10 wear that lingering tochurch,
said she did not intend 10 wear anything
else ~
II One of the greatest luxures Of life is
10 pay bill; and yet there are some people
we know OF, who never INDUCED in the thing
at ALL Let such :urn square round and en-
joy the luxury
II A Coon HIT.--A few days since, in
the Moth Carolina Legislature, while bill
was pending which imposed fine for SELL
ing liquor to free negroes, member object
ted on the ground that "such 6 law would
make the free negroes more decent than the
whnesw
1 An exchange states that several hun
drsd barrels OF snails have been imported IN
to this country as an article Of diet. Pickles
thinks the Harrisburg landlords must be feed
ing the members of the Legislature on them
Judging from their motions.
II A BASE CALUMEY.--In a recent article
Doesticks says City girls are such touch
me-not creatures, that no one, understanding
the nature of the animal, would venture on
kiss, unless he wanted 10 get his mouth
full OF magnesia and carmiue!
" Az old bachelor says that the young
ladies' who rejoice III multiplicity of rings,
chains, lockets, ETC., to the unparalleled ex-
tent now fashionable, should be Labelled like
watches in windows" warranted full Jew
elled.n
EF There is a maiden lady in Connecti-
cat who Is SO exactlynice IN her no,ionssof
female modesty. that she turned of her wash.
erwoman because she put her clothes in the
came tab with those of a young man.
II II is all very well 10 say, "ifcontent-
ed, you are r;ch,n for those who have taste
that way but for our part, We prefer the re-
verse--" ifrich, youare contented." Itcoin-
cides more naturally with The iLirmlties Of
humsn nature
II A contemporary describing dance at
country village in bis neighborhood, says :
-" The gorgeous strings OF glass beads gis-
tened on the heaving bosoms of the village
beiies, like polished rubies resting on The sur
face Of warm apPle dum2lings." Did you
ever
II is said 10 have been satisfactorily d.
monstrated that every time a wife scolds
her husband, she adds new wrinkle 10 her
face. ts thought that the announcement
Of this fact will have most salutary effect,
especially as it is understood that every time
wife smiles on her husband il will re-
move one of the old wrinkles!
We understand that young lady who dis
liked to go out walking because some low
mechanic was always speaking to her, is
about purchasing small balloon 10 do her
visiting and shopping in. Rather an eleva-
ted arrangement, that. Presume she'll man
ufacture her own gasi