Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-09
SPIRITS N< Ist~@el<ssG 81 s..
.oui, yes. to be sure. my friend!g

Ah, thin, why the divil can't you French
people learn to talk plain. Sure you do ate ;
such square things as frogs; snails and 1
rats; had luck to me, if / saw anything
strange in yer calling for little cats,
Ieetle cats I have eat one, two, six
leetel cats I
tDivil a doubt of it., /,
The grimace which followed the certain J
ty of this fact, may be more easily imagined
than described. The Frenchman quickly
packed up and as quickly made way from
q country that knew no difference between
cats and pigeons. Whether he ever pub
lished his thoughts upon Irish miseries, we
cannot say, as they never were translated.
nM- A Western editor states that horse
and wagon were drowned in the Ohio last
week. They had a hard time of it, espec-
tally the wagon.
LAST OF hi GENTILEs Mr.. A. T.
lGoing, who we believe is the last of the
Gentiles at Utah, announces by letter his
intention to quit hat place. Brigham
Young may congratulate himself that Go
ing is going, but he had better bear in mind
that Cumming is coming.
ET Some funny fellow says, IA little
bark will make a rope, but it takes a large
pile of wood to make a cord" That must
have been In the good old times of honest
measurement, for every house-keeper knows
that it takes a marvellous little bit Of wood
to make a cord nowadays. New men,
new measures.
D6- A young man, who was DESTROYS
Of marrying a daughter of a well known
Boston merchant, after many attempts to
breach the subject to the old gentleman,
mi very suffering manner, said Mr..
o., are you wilhngto ~le.le-let me have
your daughter, Jane 2 s0f course / am,
grufly and quickly replied the old man
'and l wish you could get some other likely
fellows to marry the rest of them
A Young and beautiful, but poor widow
was about to marry a rich old widower.-
Her friends wished to know why she wan
ted to marry him. She replied, s'for pur'
love; I love the ground (meaning the faru
PROBABLY on which he walks, and the yer
house in which he lives" There is pla
tonic love for you'll There is nome of you
school girl romance in that.
SENrIMENTAL4-We find the foIlowin
touching lines, entitled the sKnight an
. Maiden" in one Of our exchanges:
"can'st thou love me, gentle strangsr2"
g Blushing ike a rose she stood
= And the knight at once admitted,
That he srather thought he could"
y Like a bell that's rung for fire ; like
ceaseless auction crier; like, oftimes,
!. graceless liar, misunderstanding t%attlers &C
: stopping you with quaking fear, whispe
ing as you lend an ear-"Mercy on US, d
you hear? Betsey Bean has got a beau
"A B6rAt a political meeting in Pike cou
n ty, Pennsylvania, while the committee we
p out writing resolutions, a sturdy old farr
y er, rose-ani addressed the chair :
Of sMr. President, mout / say q word
ve asked he.
st The meeting viii be proud to hear frc
you, Mr.. Subsoil.'
in Well, Mr.. President, endurin of t
b. time the committees out, could mt yOu /
as all hoac you' ne beddcd yon@ 'tatars 2
re There was a great laugh at Subsoil's
gh peuse, but his question involved = mat
Of more practical importance than such
'ur often come before political meetings.
r Did any Of you ever see an elephar
skim asked the master Of an inf
school in a fast neighborhoood.
Il have T shouted q six-year old at
foot of the class.
VI Where? 2 inquired old spectacles,
: unused byhis earDestuess.
tOn the elephant was the reply.