Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
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have decided the pint.
An Irishman's description of making
cannon: "Take long hole and pour brass
around it."
"A gentleman in Texas says that he has
a mule that has borne colt; but he is at n
loss to know what to call it.
What man has learned is of import
ance, but what he can do and wiH DO, are
more significant things
Prayer was not invented, it was born
with the first sigh, the first JOY, the first sor-
SOW of the human heart.
There is nearly as much ability rcqnislte
to know how to make use Of good advice, as
to know how 70 act for ones self.
"A farmer, when Aagellating two of his
unruly bows, was asked what he was doing,
"thrashing wild OATS" was the reply.
How to be rich. Having food and raj
ment, and the favor of God, be careful for
no more.
If YOU wish to rise in the world, you,
must not stop to kick at every cur who barks
at you as you pass along.
When man has just religion enough to
make him hate those who profess different
faith, he is not more than half converted,
Never wear finer coat than the mer-
chant you owe forit, or the tailor whom you
have not paid for the making.
BE gentle! Harsh words are like hail
stones in summer, which if melted, would
fertilize the tender plants they batter down.
An affected singer at one of our theatres
the other night, was told bya wag in the gal
lery, "to come out from behind his nose and
sing like other people"
A loving friends rebuke sinks into the
heart and convinces the judgment; an enc
my's or strangers rebuke is inVective, and
irritates, not converts.
What is the difference between a candle
in the Mammoth Cave and dance in pub
lie house? The one is taper in cavern,
and the other caper in a tavern.
To catch mice, place sweetmeats in your
mouth on going to bed, and keep your mouth
wide open. When you feel the whiskers of
the mouse, bite.
- "Nobody ever lost anything by love, "
said a sage looking person" "That's not
true" said lady who heard the remark !;
ofor I once lost three nights sleep"
There is no better stomachic than good
curry. You may curry fowl, chicken, or
rabbit; but, if you desire afrst-rate appetite,
curry horse.
old Mrs. Sykes thinks it a remarkable
think that the printer should advertise for
Ga boy of good moral character" when it is
we'll known fact that he intends to make q
devil of him. ...-s e.
-"Ny son, how could you marry an Irish
girl ?" "Why, father, [ am not able to
keep two women. If had married Yam
kee girl, I'd been obliged to hire an Irish
girl to take care of her.
Young men in general, are little aware
how much their reputation is affected in the
public view, by the company they keep
The characters of their associates are soon
regarded as their own.
The "ruins of the Tower Of Babel" So
called, which a recent traveller claims to
have discovered, were described in the Par.
,iamentary ReSfew, edited by J. Silk Buck
ingham, fifty years ago.
-"'Tis strange" muttered a young man,
as he staggered home from a supper party,
chow evil communications corrupt good man.
ners.' I've been surrounded by tumblers
all the evening, and now I'm tumbler my.
SELF"
A young lady engaged to be married,
and getting sick of her bargain, applied to
friend to help her unite the knot before ii
was too late ooh! certainly" she replied
cit is very easy to unite it now while it is
1ouly bean knot.
- Richard Yeadon, Esq, of the Charleston
Courier, has in his possession the original
commission of the famous warrior Marion,
as Lieut.. Colonel of the U. S. Army. II
bears the signature of John Hanson, then
President of Congress, and member of the
distinguished Maryland family of that name.
The harder man works, the less he
gets. While the poor devils who dig our
canals get five shillings day, the rufled
shirt that oversees them gets five dollars
Queer world, isn't it? No it amt. It is
just as it is made to be. If Mr. Poor Devil
had as much brains as Mr.. RufHeshirt, he
would getfve dollars, too.
"A newly married couple, some years
since, took up their abode in Poplar street.
At breakfast the next morning, the gentle
man said to the lady: "My dear, this is
Poplar, and by putting in (youD it be-
comes popular" "And by putting us in il" /"
promptly replied the lady, 'it will become
populous."
Not long since, "Friend," who rejoi-
ced in the name of Comfort, paid his deVoirs
to young and attractive Quaker widow ma
med Rachel H. Either her griefs were too
new, or her lover too old, or from other eau
ses, his offer was declined. Whereupon a
Quaker friend remarked s'That it was the
first modern instance he had known, where
Rachel refused to be Comforted." The an
ecdote is remarkable, as being the first Qua
der pun on record.
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