St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-27

when sorrow "has left it's traces"
what has become of the rest of the
harness.
The friends of a wit expressed some
surprise that with his age and his
fondness for the bottle, he should have
thought it worth while to marry. A
wife was necessary" he said "they
began to say Of me that drank too
much for single man."
The editor of the Lynn News thinks
children's games are becoming popu-
ular with older persons nowadays, as
he has recently seen "a large number
Of full-grown men chasing hoops in our
streets"
A Philadelphia paper chronicles the
following sensible reply by merchant
Of that city to his spouse:
"Charles, love, won't you take. me |
to the country this summer 2" "No,
my pet, l can't afford it-times are
dull; but we will have the Schuylkill
water cut of, the gas stopped, and
sleep up in the little fourth story back
room ; that will be a good imitation
of fashionable hotel life in the coun-
try"
During the last moments of VIM,
Rochester printer he was heard to
say, after having relapsed into semi
delirious state: 81 am on my last
stickful-I am coming to paragraph,
and suppose I'll have to wait for old
death to put in the period"
The celebrated artist who crowed SO
naturally that the sun rose three hours
before its time, has recently finished a |
picture Of the moon that is painted
with such wonderful fidelity to nature
that it can't be seen in the daytime.
REBUFF FOR LAwYER.-A knavish
attorney, asking a very worthy gen.
tleman what was honesty" What ia
that to your said he, ameddlc with
those things that concern YOU"
Why is law like an eeltrap2 Be-
cause 1T is very easy to get into, but
very difficult TO- get out of.
There are two kinds of family lars
into one you put your sweetmeats,
and into the other you put-your foot.
Why is close-iisted miser, when
asked to contribute to a charitable OBJ
ject, like a man who refuses an offer /? |
Because he wont give eent-(as-
sent.
SIMPLE DvIsloN.-The other day, |
Jim gave Bob ten cent piece, with |
request that he would go out and in
vest it in two cigars. Bob was off in
twinkling, but soon returned and
handed his companion one, retaining
the other for himself. After both had |
been lighted, Jim says, enquiringiy:
Why, Bob, my cigar don't burn as
well as yours How's that?"
curse not" replied Jim; Ion-
~ ; ~ cents. yours, and eight
for mine N2S two's ten, amt
it," Fact.
Here is the very latest speculation
that we have read Of:
al say old boy" said Paul Pryor, to
an excavator in North Shields whom
he espied at the bottom of yawning
gulph, "what are you digging thcre?'
"A big hole" the old boy replied.
Paul was not to be put off in this
fashion. What are you going to do
with the hole 2" "Going to cut it in.
to small holes," replied the old boy,
"and retail them to farmers for gate
posts"
A Coon MAN.-It is curious how
cheaply one may acquire the charac-
ter Of "good man" with the world |
in general. "Pay your debts, don't !
borrow money, nor twist your kittens
neck of, nor disturb a congregation,
&C." says Charles Lamb, "and your
business is DONE"
vILLAlNous.-We copy the following
libel, only to express our indignation
at the atrocity:
Pampernickle says a woman's heart
is the most sweetest thing in the
world in fact perfect honeyromb full
of sells. Beware.
A kiss, says an ingenious author, is
like the creation, because it is made
OF nothing, and is very good.
A contemporary describing dance
at village in the neighborhood, said:
The gorgeous strings of glass
beads glistencd on the heaving bosoms
of the village bellies, like polished ru-
bies on the delicate surface of warm
applednmplings.
A SUPERSTITION RExovED--A "sub-
editor of twenty years standing" for
the editors shoes y says that when
Luther threw the inkstand at the head
of the devil, it must have been the
printers devil, who had doubtless
been for hours dancing about his ell
bou, Katherine him for "cODy.n