Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28
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There are graves no time can close.

Why IS a retired carpenter like lectu-
rer? Because he's an explainer.
Fishermen, it is said, possess extraordi-
nary medical powers, for they never attempt
to cure fish until it is dead.
A horse dealer describing a used-up
horse, said he rocked Gas ii he had been ed
iting daily newspaper"
What did Adam and Eve do when they
were turned out of Paradise? They raised
CAIN
A young American woman being asked
by boring politician which party she was
most in favor of, replied that she preferred
wedding party .....
A bill is before the Massachusetts, Leg
islature to allow the taking and receiving of
l2 per cent. interest on all notes, &C., hav-
ing not over twelve months to run.
-oTIl handle your witnesses without
Gloves" said one lawyer to another. "That
you may do with safety, but it is more than
I would do with yours" was the reply.
- Every pound of cochineal contains TO-
900 insects boiled to death: and from 6OO to
700 thousand pounds are annually brought
to Europe for scarlet and crimson dyes.
A queen bee will lay 200 eggs daily for
so or go days, and the eggs are hatched in
three days. A single queen-bee has been
stated to produce 100000 bees in season.
With view to collect their web for silk,
1000 spiders were once obtained, but they
soon killed each other Manufactures and
war never thrive together !
-"Shall we take 'bus' up Broadway y
said young New Yorker, who was showing
his country cousin the wonders of the city
go dear, mop said the frightened girl, 81
would not do that in the street"
Young wife.-"Oh, I'm so glad you like
birds; what kind do you most admire r.
Young Husband-Well, I think a good tur-
key, with plenty of dressing, is about as nice
as any"
-"Father," said a little fellow, 81 shan't
send you any of my wedding-cake when l
get married" "Why so?" was the inquiry.
"Because," answered the little fellow, "you
didn't send me any Of yours!'
Two women were having some words to-
gether on the roadside, when the daughter
one popped her head out of the door, and
cried out "Hurry, mother, and call her a
thief before she calls you one."
-"Jack, did you carry that umbrella
home that I borrowed yesterday" "No,
father; you have often told me to lay up
something for rainy day, and as thought
it would rain before long, 1 have laid the
umbrella up"
DR.. johnson remarked that habit of
loking on the best side Of every event is bet
ter than a thousand pounds year. When
Fenelon's library was on 6re-"God be pral-
sed," he exclaimed, "that it is not the
dwelling of some poor man."
Two friends met after long absence
one had waxed fat, the other lean. "Why,"
said the first, "you look as if you had not had
dinner since I saw you last" "And you}'
replied the other, 'look as if you had been
to dinner ever since"
-"Neighbor JONES'" said rigid church
member, Il have been informed that you Of
ten drive your team, and even 60 fishing or
hunting on the Sabbath True, replied
Jones, sbut then on these occasions [ always
whistle Psalm tunes
Napoleon is indebted to foreign coun-
tries for two dear pets in his family-his
wife and his horse-the former being from
Spain, and the latter from the United States.
And for their position they are indebted to
the same quality beauty. When this is
gone, both will make way for others.
ID want to see some of your gimlets, Z"
said a greenhorn, one Gay, as he entered a
hardware store. The dealer took down sew
eral parcels, neither of which suited Dwell,
then, what kind do you want; there is al,
most every variety" "Why, darn it, l want
them what bores square holes"
-"Good morning! ~ said gentleman to
a son Of Erin, whom he met riding on the
road. "Your nag is in good order" "In-
dade, ye may say that, an what tbs makes
her so, tits mesilf, does't know, for she has
nothing in this world to ate but whate straw,
and that atver acas half hrashed."
At country house, where Sheridan was
on visit, an old maid desired to be his COM
panion in a walk. He excused himself at
first on the ground of the badness of the
weather. She soon afterwards detected him
in an attempt to escape without her. DWELL, ,"
he said, cit is cleared up enough for one,
but not enough for two"
Anxious father-"What am to do with
you, sir-what am I to do with you? Do
you know if you continue in your present
course of cruelty and cowardice, you will be
fit for nothing but member of Congress %
Distracted Mother-'Oh! don't say that,
father don't father you will humiliate the
boy?"
A young woman lately drove load of
wood into Louisville, sold it, purchased
some family necessities, threw them and her
self into the wood wagon, with the agility Of
an active young man, and pursued her way
home to the rapid measure of "Pop goes the
Weasel" which she whistled with masculine
taste and spirit. She is eighteen years of
age, and her father has taxables to the a.