Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-04-30
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- The man who "took the floor" has been
arrested for stealing lumber.


as the schooner said after sailing through a
feet of iron steamships. ..
Simon, seated beside his sweetheart, fish
ing "Saly, I wish l was fish and you was
bait, Lordee, how I'd bite p
When the Irishman first tried peaches,
he said he liked their favor, but the seeds
lay hard in his stomach.
"A man must possess fire in himself be.
fore he can kindle up electricity that thrills
the great popular heart: -,
We converse with those a1lke through
flowers; with those we worship through the
stars.
- Melancholy falls upon contented life
like drop of ink upon white paper, which
is not the less a stain because it carries no
meaning.
The authorities at San Francisco recent
" ordered that all bar-rooms should be closed
at midnight They we're closed; and, in
FIVE minutes, opened for the nert day.
sally said fellow to a girl who had
red hair, keep away from me, or you will
set me a6re.' mo danger of that was the
answer, you are too green to burn
"A person was boasting that he had
sprung from high family in Ireland. Eyes,
said bystander, Il have seen some of the
family 50 high that their feet could not touch
the ground
- Misfortune and misconduct were born
twins. Our faults are oft the parent Of our
woes, and he who most dcclaims at the worlds
frown, has generally done his best to earn
it.
A good book and good woman are ex-
cellent things for those who know how just
ly 10 appreciate their value. There are men,
however, who Judge both from the beauty
of their covering. ...-.
The editor of the Louisville Journal
says that the shape of kiss is ellptical.-
This must be derived from the sensation one
experiences when enjoying the luxury; for
it is certainly alp. tickle.
-Pious parent, who had just finished whip
ping a child three years old. "Now, my
child, hope you will be good, so that I shall
not have to whip you again" Child-"lf
you must whip any one, you'd better whip
one of your i' size.
What man in his right senses, that has
wherewithal to live free, would make himself
a slave for superAuities? What does that
mar want that has enough? or what is he
the better for abundance that can never be
satisfied?
A gentleman Dragging of having killed
young panther whose tail was thrce feet
long, Brown observed that the animal died
seasonably, as the tail was long enough mot
to be continued Brown is sly joker.
In the Senate of New York, on Friday
last, petition was presented from Randall
Breed, asking that his name might be chan
ged to Lyman Breed Randall. The reason
given was that the lady he wished to marry
had an objection to the Breed
-sMay leave few tracts P asked med
ical missionary of lady, who responded TO
his knock. Leave some tracks-certainly
you may said she, looking at him most be-
nignly over her specs; Fleave them with the
heel towards the house, if you please
A lad who had lately gone to service,
having had salad served up every day for a
week, ran away, because, said he, 'they
made me cat grass in the summer, and I was
afraid they would make me cat hay in the
winter, so war off,
"A daguerreotypc taker, few days since,
exhibited likeness of lady which he had
taken to her husband, and asked him if it
was not q very good one. "Very," was the
reply, "and only wish my wife was like it
silent"
"Mamma, if We cross the bridge atnight
must we pay toll" "Of course, my dear,
why do you ask ?" "Why, because the riv-
er will have gone home to sleep" "Oh !!
the river never sleeps" "Then why has it
q bed, mamma?''
-Dibdin had a horse which he called
Graphy. every odd name said Oxberry.-
"Not at ALL" responded Tom; when I
bought him, it was Buy-a-graphy; when I
mount him, it is Top-o- -gmphy; and when I
want him to 60, it is Gee-ho-graphy"
"A tailor, while travelling on the lakes,
was lately asked by a Yankee where he lived,
aud what his business was, &C., to which he
replied that ne lived in Toledo, and that his
profession was ''sitting on the right side of
poverty, and jerking out the cords of atflic-
ton"
1t is fortunate that the geutemen's fash
ions do not keep pace with the ladies', or
else by this time, their hats would have
dwindled down to the size of q charity boys
muffin cap, and their trowsers would have
swollen out to double the size of Turks and
a Dutchman's stitched together!
"A darkie having been to California, thus
speaks of his introduction to San Francis
co :-"As soon as dey landed in the ribbar,
dar moufs began to water to be land, and
soon as dey waded to de shore, dey didn't
see any goold, but dey found such large
supply of nofin to eat, dat dar gums cracked
like baked clay in brick-yard."
TO give brilliancy to the eyes, shut them
early at night, and open them early in the
let the mind be constantly intent
on the acquisition of human knowledge, or