Smyrna times., 1856-08-20
l. LETTs'EM

oi'0t udC tney choose to die
why then of course
L. LETTs'EM
EoLoRED GENIUs.-A young colored NOR
named Ben, slave of John II. Hammond E"I' F'on'
Oh annapolis, Md, recently planned and hniItf"' liz
small steamboat, and few davs since 49,
't.di "Trip with SIX passengers, attaininr a snooJ
oi % seven miles an hour, and WORKING 80.
oIy' lie thinks he will soon be able 70 raata
'i' improvements -" IN steamboat engines.
VT A Windy orator once got nm and soia.
on aIter much reflection. consideration and
examination, have calmly and delbar.toI,,
""u careluliy come to the determined conclv
sion' that IN cities where the population i 80,
'drSe' mere are greater number of mon wo,
man ana children than in cities where tho noO-
uation is less.'' '"e pop
" A fellow being brought to the b.r so,.o
Time ago, to answer for a misdemeono. SouiS tui5
MS prosecutor that he could convict b;n, e
oeihg ooth thief and murderer Upon heinz
Iequred 70 prove his assertion-s Wbv - so;S
ut, you Killed a monkey, and you stole his
:. " Poetry, says Dickens makes life what
ne anu music DO the stage. Strip the one of
!ts Ialse embellishments, and the other "a -.
illusions, and what is there real in otho. i's
or care for! '"' :" ei'ner 10 i've
VI A wag upon visiting medical museum
was SHOWN some dwarts and other specimens of
mortality, all preserved in alcohol. "WaI, -
ne salu, " never thought the dead could be n
V| DO you know" said a GENTLE to n
Jew " now they hang Jew and iackass to-
gether on gallows in England 2"
wen, no., was the reioinder: f" bnt a;n,4
- oiessing both of us amt there, seeino that
,hey might hang one on account of nati6n and
The other ON account of his nature ~ ''''"
OF dandy observed that he had mt ,,o.
of brass on his boots, to keen him pnr;nt. P.a'e
"Well balanced, by jing !" said hearer . hraea
at both ends oiass
Vl- An Irish jury, commisseratinp tho c,so
OIL a poor woman who was CHARGED win a -;
nlng THEFT, agreed TO the following sa apiant -
ulcl-" Not guilty, but we hope she won,t do
so again. "0N 20
EF Why is coachman like n c;.tor,a
Because he holds the reinS.
0E~ The girls in Kennebeck now Dosto ,ho;.
races win white sugar, so that thew NAV ho
sweet when they are kissed. Sosays the sI.uS
derous Yankee. '"e sian-'
-tE|@ Why are the bonneI's worn bv the vo,,,,.
ladies of thepreseut day like persons who s banss
ialien from grace! Because they are LocI
sliders. ~e. w '"c"-
UNF An acquaintance was comDlaininr a
some of his friends of the difficulties thar 6oso,
him in trying to solve the problem of life ssS
was gravely assured by one of them tba, !, ,'.
all " because he had taken no woman in,o ,t,S.
account. '"e
VF 1t you want enemies, excel others g
you want friends let them excel Won. in 81
words give them the preference e-occunv;na,
the highest seat
OF The best motto to guide syounr ,;.l.-
through the mazes of love Is, Do rigIt' 'and.
trust Cod" girl who has done mo wrons-
has little cause TO mourn over the fcklcnass
Il pretended love. Better he should cbanra -
mind before than after marriage. lis us
That is the best piece of common senso -.
ever heard on the subject. 1sS ~e'
o. A student of medicine from Bos,on n,s
attending lectures in London. obseruoJ W, on
: the Kings Evil had been little knou,n :, may
United States since the year I775-a ren,arh
Aoie .is dose @ that yearhavng nearly eradcated it,
6T The crop of peaches has proved an On
tire failure In the neighborhood of AJavsv;IIa9
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