Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-04-09
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ID give lessons in music and drawing"
as the donkey said when he began to bray
and drag the cart after him.
The Dutch are as famous for their bulls
as the Irish. Il be lost two cowsh, said
Mynhecr, "unt Won wash calf, unit two wash
a bull"
When you hear young man boast OF
the many attentions bestowed on him by
the ladies, infer that he is conceited pup
py.
Chief Justice fancy has administered
the oath of office to Presidents Van Buren,,
Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce and Buchanan. s. .,
"A witty fellow slipped down on an icy
pavement While sitting, he muttered, 81
have no desire to see the town burned down,
but sincerely wish the streets were laid in
ashes"
"A German writer compares the different
stages in the lives of women to milk, butter
and cheese. ga girl" he says, dislike milk,
a woman like butter, and an old woman like
cheese-all three may be excellent in their
kind"
A parish clerk having, according to
custom, published the bans of matrimony be-
tween loving couple, was followed by the
minister, who gave out the hymn, commenc-
ing with these words:-
s'Mistakcn souls that dream of heaven !"
- The local editor of an exchange pulishes
a punning "market report" in which he
states that "tin plates are fiat, lead heavy,
iron dull, rakes not much inquired after,
champagne brisk, rhubarb and SIENNA are
drugs, starch is stifening, and pare: is STA
tionery. There is no life in dead hogs, but
considerable animation in old cheese.
Give me, to-day, the sincere heart that
perceivcs Christ in me an Almighty Saviour
from all evil, and confess him as such and
no matter how weak or frail am, from here
ditary or other causes, have planted in me
germ that will unfold and take in my whole
nature. 1t will give me heavenly body, a
sound mind, and a loving heart; and sooner
or later, I shall become well-grown man.
The closing scenes of the Nebraska Lc'
gislature were exciting. The Governor veto.
ed six bank charters because it was alleged
that they were corruptly passed. A crowd
of the indignant people pursued remembers
charged with corruption, into the Office Of
the Territorial Secretary, to infict personal
chastisement. A member pulled out his re-
volyer, and the Secretary drove the whole
crowd into the street when the members
made their escape.
The light of the lamp was dying away
in the socket; the midnight clock swung
heavily aloft, and its brazen tones sounded
loudly on the frozen air. 1t was the hour
when disembodied spirits walk, and when
murderers, like the stcalthy wolf, prowl fol
their prey. The lonely watcher shuddercd
as he heard slight noise at the door. Big
drops stood upon his pale brow, the door
gently opened-and in came a strange cat
- The Boston Journal notices at length {
successful missionary establishment among
the Afghans, who arc believed by many tc
be portion of the Ten Tribes of Israel
They claim descent from King Saul, through
grandson named afghan. Their legends
describe the capture of the ark Of the cove
nent by the Philistines, the amounting Of
Saul by Samuel, the battle of David and
Goliah, and other events of scripture history.
which they claim as their own.
"Madam," said husband to his young
wife, in little alteration, which will some
times spring up in "thc best of families, D
"when man and his wife have quarreled
and each considers the other at fault, which
of the two ought to be the first to advance
towards a reconciliation ?" "The best-na
tured and wiscst of the two," said the wife
putting up her rosy mouth for a kiss, which
was given with JUNCTION. She had conquer
ed.
In Egypt young gentleman got vix
en- for wife, and carried her home, wher
the old folks turned upon him. He asked the
kadee of the village what he should do, who
advised him to watch his chance when the
old ones we're out of the way, take stick a:
big as his two fingers, and beat her we'll
The bridegroom did as he was advised, and
having nearly committed murder was
acknowledged as lord paramount, and wher
the parents came back they found thei,
daughter humble as a dove, with one eye
bcaming love, and the other bound up with
rag:
A letter from Franklin says that the
King of Hanover, on being lately received
as member of Masonic Lodge, accepted
the title of Protector and Grand Master o.
all the Lodges of his kingdom. But on the
occasion modification was made in the stat
utes of the order, to the effect that as the
order is exclusively Christian, no person pro
Tossing the Jewish religion can henceforth
be admitted into Hanoverian lodge. Thi;
decision has excited great opposition in mos
of the lodges in Germany, and it is said that
the Great Orient will shortly make an ener
getic protest against it.
Two towns in St. Joseph county, Mich
igan, produce large quantities of pepper
mint, from which the oil is extracted by
manufacturers there. In 1855, $4,000
pounds of the oil was produced, which
brought in the New York market three dol.
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