The North-Carolinian., 1857-04-04
NORTH CAROLINIAN.

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A QUESTION IN MoRAL PHILosoPHY.-Not
many days since the following conversation
took place in the ladies' hall of the Asy!utna
Miss Dix had passed through a moment before
cad q younger da tighter of our household. just
st wed i her tee,s. sdnadc osse Of - scnst.-
called together by the occasion.
Girl-W.:o was the lady whom we with
the doctor7
Lady-That was Miss DIX the phianthropst
GrI-What is phiuntlropst, please?
Philanthropist, my dear, is word
from two Greek words, siynifyiny a lover Of
men.
Grl-Well then, are not all we women
phanthropiSts,
PADDY AND LAWYER SSAP.-At a criminal
court lately, the counsel, dissatisfied at his
want of success with an Irish witness, complain
4ed to the court. Here Paddy went in with
genuine Irish brouge:
AN sure Pm no law yer, yer Honor, an the
spalpane wants to puzzle me-"
Lawyer Snap.-Come, now, do you swear
you are no lawyer?
"Witncss.-Faix, an do; an ye may swear
perjury!
| STRIKE THE L1AR.-They had Il Fremont song
in California, during the late Presidential
election, which began thus
'Strike the Tyre and sound his farne!"
If every Fremont liar had been struck in this
country. who attempted to Sound his fame
during the late canvass, there would have bee,
| ID
than would have filled that burning lake, 1--WE
read about"
ED1r1NG PAPER OUT WEsr--The editor ol
paper, published at Lake Superior after
having been without mail three weeks, says
! 4-ss,uul1 <he aa.il arriro next week NC
! shall make. oursregular issue next Tuesday; 70,
this number was made up from an old maga
zine and religious almanac of last year. ano
SO long this material holds out we shall bt
independent of the mails"
bEr Boswell once asked johnson if there
Was no possible circumstance under which
suicide would be justifable. "No," was th,
reply.
"Wel," said Boswell. Suppose a man ha
! been guilty Of fraud that he was certain
would be found out?"
"Why, them" said johnson, '.in that cast
let him go to some country where he is no,
known, and not to the devil, where he is known
sG-"Sambo, 'spose dar is six chickens in a
coop, and de man sells three, how many i,
dare Jeff"
What time OBJ day was it?''
| "WhAt hah dat got to do wild it?"
"A good deal. If 'tw.s arter dark, dere
wonld be none left, dat is, if you happened to
pass dat are way"
Look here, nigga, stop dem personalities
or I'll shove brick at dat coffee-colored head
ob yourn."
ra~"Shal help you to some of the toma
tnsses?" inquired young exquisite OF vene
rable physician as he sat opposite to him a
one of our hotel tables.
"No, sir, thank you," replied the learned
savan, ''but I'll trouble you for some potatusse!
it you please"
p6"Come, Bill, it's ten O'Clock, and / thinl
We had better be going, for it's time homes
folks were at home.
"Well, yes" was the answer; II must be of
but you needn't hurry that account
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19-To one who said, Il do not believ
there is an honest man in the world" anotbe
replied, ut is impossible that one man shou!
know all the world, but quite possible tha
one may know himself"
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VERY UsEFUL.-ln pool across a road
tae county of Tipperary is stuck up poll
having affixed to it board with this insert,
e ton: Take notice. that when the water
over this board the road is i,ppass2ble.'
TEMPTING OFPER.-AN advertisement rea(
as follows: "Stolen, q watch worth I,rndre
e dollars IF the thief will return it, he shall
:. Informed where be B,ay steal worth two
d it, and no question asked"
: An Irishman meeting q coaBtry man. ineluI
= ed his name.