Smyrna times., 1857-11-04
Miscellaneous Articles.
CL Up PIN GS.

1t is in "varse," of which the following is a
vertable stanza:
Keep your eye ever fixed on the American Eagle.
Waom we, as The proud bird Of our destiny hull;
For that wise foul thou cansi not inveIgle.
b putting handful OF old musty salt on its vener.
able Iall."
HOUSEKEEPING IN KANsAs.-A Kansas letter
says there Is great scarcity of servant Girls in
the Territory, and wages are very high, while
'he matrimonial IN .rket is still more acllve, and
'eIndle domeatlcs readily obtain " situations -
wnere there are but tCo in the family. A mar
rIed lady can hardly keep servant more than
month or Two, before there is an announce
ment that wedding is to come off aud her
ervant-mald Is to be the BRIDE
A HAPPY AND RIcH EDrrOR.-An exchange
says that editors are as a general thing not
overStocked with worldly goods. Humbug.-
Here we are, editor of country papcr. fairly
rolling i'll wealth We have a good office.
double -barreiled rifle, seven suits of clothes
three kittens, Newfoundland pup, two gold
watches, thirteen day and two night shirts, car.
pets on our floor, pretty wife, own corner lot
have nlnety-three cents in cash, ure out of
debt, aud have no rich relatives If we are
"ot wealthy 1t Is a pity. EIurrah for hurrah?
w no Cares tor cash !-Horicon (IFiS0 Argus.
Some writer winds up a knot of human fol-
lies thus 1t young lady has pretty teeth,
she laughs often; 1t she's got a small foot.
she III wear short dress; If she's got neat
hand, she's fond OF game of whist; and if the
reverse, she dlslIkes all these small aifa alrs. -
One Is apt to call this woman's wrong,'-a
wrong education!
The Newark Mercury SAYS: "Kossuth per-
formed at least one good service in his pilgrim.
age through this country. He introduced the
felt hat, which Is rasIdly driving out all the
sllit and ungaCly styles winch were formerly
III vogue. Previous 10 the coming OF the illus
tr'ous Magyar, there were only about ten diff
terent styles and qualities OF telIs manufactured
tor the American trade, while at present there
are from tive to SIX hundred"
"DIED poor!'-as If any body could die
rich, aud IN that act of dying, did not loose the
grasp upon the title deed aud bond, and 20 away
pAuper, out of tune! No gold, 10 Jewels, no
lands or tenements. And yet men have been
buried Oy charitY's hand who did die rich died
worth thousand thoughts of beauty, a thou
sand pleasant memories, Il thousand hopes re-
stored.
lHE happlest man in the world Is the man
with Just wealth enough TO kcrp him ia spirits,
aud Just children enough 10 make him indus.
trIOus.
MURDERERS may congratulate themselves
upon the fact, that The hemp factories IN Brook.
lyn have stopped business aud discharged their
hands
lr has been SAID that chatterinp little soul
III large body Is like swallow IN a barn-the
twlt,er takes up more room than the blrd.
BY dong good with hIe money, man, as i,
were, stamps the Image OF God upon II, ana
makes 1t pass current for the merchandlze OF
heaven.
WHY is hen who destroys her health by
laying too many eggs, like young lady who Is
ANXIOUS ls make herself attractive! Because
she lays herself out" TO please.
PHILOSOPHERS say that shutting the ewes
makes the sense OF hearing more acute. A
wag suggests that this accounts tor so many
clused eyes at church IN service time.
A GOOD old Quaker lady, after listening tu
the eAIraVagant yarns ut Il st"rckecpGr as hong
as her eXtrrnc patience would allow, sa ID Ia
num- "tr'chd, what Pny II is sn 10 Hr,
whrn II seem, =" ""crSs,ry 10 Thy buSucss!"
iN>"LE I''iy pictures good man ar "onc
wnn ,s car't,i oI his ciotnee, don't drtnk sper-
ns, ki' rr'h The O:uI 'lhoui epeuIn' the wur.s,
ana H'n ga cold dinner Un wnsn-ray 10 save
the ",il .nin 'tuIn> tom cnuk,n'"
"ARE those bells ringing for ire !" nqu.rru
SIn"n OF flOerIIS. Nn. Indced," answered
T.be; Ihry have got plenty OF lire, aud The
oe'a re "ow riIs .ng for water
'iow INDIAN WARS ARE PROVOKED --Whru
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