Squatter sovereign., 1856-12-23
RAYS. .

e9@ Tho number OF poor poets. if any
thing, is greater than the number of poets
who fire poor.
BF " Massa, one of yeur oxen's dead
-rother too; was afraid TO tell of both at
once-'fraid you couldn't bore it,
sJ A man never forge,s an insult to
his pride or purse; woman TO her love
or beauty.
Eg A woman may laugh too much.
1t is only a comb that can always afford
too show its teeth.
ia Dogs ought 10 be valuable to tam
ners, on account of the immense quantity
of bark they yield.
BJ 4 mountain is made of atoms,
and friendship of little matters, if they
hold not together the maintain is crumbled
into dust
ekJ Money is said to be the root of all
evil. and that because men make an i'll use
of it; it would on the contrary be the root
Of all good, if they would use it well.
s&y" What does your husband deal in.
marin 2" @
He deals in cards chiefly, SIR"
Well the dell will be apt to get him
when the las, trump is played"
ga Dick told his wife when he saw
her cut walking with her new silk dress,
that he never before realized the force of
the novelist's remark of his his heroine
+" she ssOept gracefully along"
E9- A lady in Oregon, in writing to
friend in this city, says that cattle in that
region live TO such great age, their own
ers huve to fasten long poles to the end OF
their horns. for The srrinkles to run out on!
ED A good conscience is to the soul
what health is to the body: it preserves a
| constant ease and serenity within US, and
more than countervails alf the calamities
and Affections that can possibly befal US.
ga '.Thsnks :" muttered an old bach
elor friend, "thev can't get in. Their
hoops are so broad they will have to go the
broad road. None Of these fashionables
can ever crowd through the narrow gate"
E% A pragmatical young fellow sit
ting at the table over against the learned
ohm Scott, asked what difference there
was between Scott and sot 2 Just the
width of the table" answered the other.
Esg- AS lady was viewing herself in
mirror, she said to her daughter, "What
would you give to be as handsome as
am?" Just is much" replied the daugh-
ter as you would give to be as young as
| am
EB The Arabians Of the Desert, when
they wish to hurry through a journey, sleep
at night on the backs of their dromedaries,
the animals pursuing their journey through
the trackless desert without guide.
E0 A recent traveller in America re-
cords the following anecdote: "Jack," :"
said man to lad just entering his teens,
your fathers drowned" " Darn ii" re-
piled the young hopeful, =" and he's got my
knife in his pocket"
EB- A fat gentleman. in discussing a
warm breakfast at tavern, called TO the
waiter, +" Donald. bring me some bread i;
eat great deal of bread TO my steak"
| "Yes, SIR answered the waiter. with
much simplicity, I" and you eat great
deal of steak to yer bread
i R% We shut off the rays this week
with the following good one" This sys-
tenn, so steadily and ingeniously perse-
vered in by the know-nething journals, re.
minds us of a story we once heard of IL
Arkansas. There was fellow In Ger.
tain neighborhood in that State, who was
strongly suspected of sheep-stealing.-
There were good many cases of the mys.
terious disappearance of choice mutton
from the flocks of the planters, which were
traced to his door but, being very willy
and ingenious chap. he generally succeed.
, ed in proving an abb, or some other de-
fence. which reduced the charge to mere
. suspicion. At last. however, planter
who was riding through the woods per.
/ ceiyed the suspected sheep thief steal from
/. the woods, and, after locking around tc
, see that no one was near, walk up to a
, flock of sheep. and deliberately knock ev'
er the largest and fattest. At this mo-
mcnt the planter rode up. and confronting
= the thief, exclaimed IS Now, sir, have
d got yeu! You can't get off; you are caugh
5 in the act" $. What ast r indignant,
b inquired the thief IS Sksep-stealing,
was the confident response. $. Sir, 70,
had better mind how you charge Tespec
table American citizen with such Grim.
las shsep-steeling." replied the gentleman