Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-19
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The following is plain English version Of


The following is plain English version of
Excelsior:
IheshadoEs Of night were comm down sWifsr
And the dazlIu' snow lay drift on drift,
Az through village youth did go,
A earryin' nag with this motto
His hosea Roman, compexion fair
Ger an eagle eye an auburn lash,
Add he never stopped shoutn' tLro' his moustache
He saw thrO' the windows she kept gettin' upper
number OF families sitting at supper,
But he eyed the slippery rocks very keen
"Take care you there I" said old woman stop!
It's bloWiI' gales up there top
/ You'll tumble on on the other side 20 = AK, 3
Higherl
SHn n g sh @sdSS
On his Roman nose n tear.drop come.
But still he remarked as he upward clumb-
"LoOk out for the branch of that sycamore tree,s
Dodge rOlln' stones Ifany you see lss3si; ass5
Saying which the farmer went home to bed,
And the singular voice replied oEerhs4a ai,S.r
About quarter past six the next afternoon,
Aman accidentally goin' up soon,
Heard spokeh above him, as often as twice,
t so 800 = Higherl
And not far, 1 believe, from quarter ofseven,
Found the stranger dead in the drfted snow,
Still clutchtn' the dag with the motto
Yes IifeIess defunct, without doubt,
On the dreary hill side the youth was layin",
And there was no more use for him to be sayin
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ADVERTISING HusBAND.-A Mrs. Smith, hay
ing lost her husband, concludes that the best
plan is to advertise:
"LosT, STRAYED, Oh SroLEN-An individual
whom /, in an unguarded moment of loneliness,
was thoughtless enough to adopt rs my hus-
band He is good=looking and feeble individu-
al knowing enough, however, to go i'll when it
rains, unless some good-looking girl offers her.
umbrella. Answers to the name of Jim. Was
last seen in company with Julia Harris, walk
ing with his arm around her waist, up the plank
road, looking more like fool Gf poSsible) than
ever Anybody who catch the poor fellow,
and bring him carefully back, so that may
chastise him for running away, will be asked to
/ stay to tea by HENRIErTA A. SHlTH"
5TuE pathos of this expression is hardly COM
pGrable to the Irishman, who brushing tear
| from his eye ut the memory of his youngest son,
said in sobs: Jenny was always good boy
| to me-! he never would strike me Solten L toGS
doom. II Louisville Journal
/ MEN who complain of the miseries of this life,
are, for the most part, such as are unwilling to
practice self-denial or submit to those rules Of
their animal and moral economy upon which
salutary and uniform happiness is founded.
l CHOULD W I1ih1hS w u IAil1l VI
other thin lady, you needn't describe the party
4 alluded to as a '.scraggy old maid. J"
EACH moment makes thee dearer-as the par
simonious tradesman said to his extravagant
wife. itlL z
BEAUTIFUL Extract-helping young lady out
of mud puddlc. -.-.5,
/ DoS'r blunt your razor to open another mans
/ oysters.
KEEP your wit as buckler to defend yourself
and not as sword to wound others.
TnE more polished the society is, the less
formality there is in it. .lIl
Betting is immoral; but how can the man
who bets be worse than tue ono who is no hot
ter
The future blights more regulations than it
ever ripenS.
Ara great bargain pause awhile. u
BEAUTY is the towering of virtue.
SCANDAL will rub out like dirt when it is dry.
PoyEaEy is the mother of all arts