Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-11-11

- ,ANEcDoTE-A correspondent "JUN1Us," sends the
following to the Kingstree Star: .
The following rich one is said to have actually oc-
CURED in the pretty little town of Fayetteville, Ar
kansas ...-.
The good Tempa.s have there thriving lodge of
that Order which has signs and passwords to ensure
admission only TO the worthy, and prevent intrusion
by the unqualified 1t so happened that on the
ening of the date Of our story one Of the brothers
fit to call at the grocery his way to the lodge,
and presenting himself at the door, and giving the
word to the guardian. was refused admission by that
worthy, who it seems smet rat On being called
upon to state his reasons for refusing to admit the
brother he made the following re;ort that 1.-The broth
er was right in the but wrong in the breath
HARD Hrr-Mr. Finnefrock, a Ohio political
stumper, while making high flown speech recently,
paused in the midst of it and exclaimed:
"Now gentlemen what do you think k?"-Instant-
1y man rose in the assembly and with eye
partly closed, modestly with Scorh brcgue said
"Mr Finnefrock, think, sir; do indeed, sir I
think that if You and would stump the country to-
gcther, could tell more lies than any other two
men in the country, sir, and I'd not sag aoord my
sell, all the time. sir"
Dining ga la squirt" is French idea. In Paris
at cheap restaurants the tin soup basins for the
guests are nailed TO the table From the. cauldron,
in which the stock is seethng, the attendant Leono-
ras draw up the liquid in huge svringes, from which
they drive it into the guests basin He is then ex-
pected to pay for the whole of his dinner; but if he
exhibit any reluctance, the handmade sucks up the
whole of his soup by drawing it into her syrenge
again. The damage" is nine
"There's cheat in all trades but Hours" said
the clock dial "You are a very handsome pun
ster" rejoined the bell "Strike away-it deserves
a0ringing," sung out two aceighty little fellows be-
low. You be "hanged" ~ interposed the pendulum
while have saoing in this affair :" and thus they
t tckled another for full hour, when the key
took hold and wound them all up together.
CAUTION TO COUNTRY DoGs.-An occurrence which
took place E this city last week. should be caution
to all country dogs. \ wagner from Talladega had
his dog down with him, and in the course of busi-
ness it became necessary for that dog to bite Ben
Dexter. However, since that dog had last visited
the city, the Western manufacturers had adopted
the use of strycbnine in making their !iquor-of
which fact Bower was unaware Suffice it to say,
he bit Ben and died !-Hontgomery Nail.
Quick WoRK.-At late fire in Cincinnati, an in
dvidua who happened to be at the door of the steam
fire engine honse thus describes the effect: 1.-THE
fremen who were sitting the stove. sprang in
stantly to their different posts; applied lighted
match to the prepared fuel underneath the boiler
another lit the lamps others got the excited and i'm
patent horses ready who started r their stalls at
the first peal of the bell and in precisely min
ute and twenty six seconds the steam fire engine
started from the house into the street."