Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-23
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1t is said that the man who "burst int

! Modesty, says contemporary, adorns
woman, but ruins man.
What is the difference between a cash.
ier and schoolmaster? One tills the mind
and the other minds the till.
TO quell the pride, even of the greatest,
we should reflect how much we owe to 9TH
ers and how little to ourselves.
Somebody has called childhood "a rosy
lawn between the cradle and the school
house."
/ ID know two tunes-the one is Auld
Lang Syne, the other isn't. / always sing
the latter"
An old maid, speaking Of marriage, says
it is like any other disease; while there is
life there is hope.
The velocity of light according 10 Her
schell is million of miles in five seconds,
requiring 10000 years to reach the earth.
"A poet in the Boston Post, while cele-
brating in lofty verse the inns of Chicago,
finally concludes by saying that "Chicago is
an inn.famous city"
Why is the bridegroom more expensive
than the bride? Because the bride is al
ways gi;cen array, while the bridegroom is
usually sold.
"A sick glutton sent for the doctor 81
have lost my appetite" said he, in great
alarm" "AH the BETTER" said the doctor
"yeull be sure to die. if you recover it." >
1t was not the magnitude of the Grecian
army, nor the martial skill of Achilles, their
leader, that conquered the city Of Troy, but
ten years perseverance.
- Some genius has conceived the brilliant
idea to press all the lawyers into military
service in case of war-because their "char'
ges" are so great that no one could stand
them.
1t having been suggested that the rate
of messages over the oceanic wire will be a
dollar word, the New York Times estimates
the dispatches for the press at abouta thou
sand dollars a day.
"A jolly doctor of this city, told us the
other day that people who were prompt in
their payments always recovered from thcll
sickness, as they were good customers, and
physicians could not afford to lose them.
The most remarkable case on record is
that of the Yankee Soap man, who, in avio
lent storm at sea, saved himself from death
by taking cake Of his own soap and cash
ing hinaseV ashore. -. .,.
-"Doce" has discovered new sense in
which the ucw cents are a nuisdncc-the
bird looks like carrier pigeon on various
ue,c scents, bearing ne'es hence; but then as
he is one sent, it is proper device for on'
cent.
-pPray, Mr.. Hume" said Lady Wallace
to the philosopher, "when l am asked what
is my age, what answer shall | give r.
"Say, madame" replied he, "what be-
lieve to be the truth, that you have not YET
come to the years of discretion
-"Can you give me two halves for dol,
lar?" inquired loafer at retail store
"Certainy, sir" said the accommodating
clerk, placing the two halves on the coun,
ter. "To-morrow will hand you dollar,
said the loafer as he pocketed the halves.
Among the company who left Memphis
lately for the purpose of building wagon
road to the Pacific from, Little Rock, there
were eight printers. When was it that an
expedition of an exciting or romantic NO.
ture was set on foot, that printers we're not
found enrolled as members?
A young miss having accepted the Of
fer of youth to gallant her home, after
wards fearing that jokes might be cracked
at her expense if the fact should become
public, dismissed him when about halfway,
enjoining his secrecy. "Don't be afraid"
said he, "of my saying anything about it,
for 1 feel as much ashamed of it as you do.
The other day, coming down Broadway,
we noticed large party of workmen enga'
ged in raising an entire building, in which
was jewellers shop, by means of immense
screws placed under the floor timbers. We
didn't say anything to the police at the time,
but it struck us as being the heaviest opera
tion at shop-lifting that we had heard of for
some time.
"A Western editor and his wife were
walking out in the bright moonlight one
evening. The wife was of an exceedingly
poetical nature, and said to her mate "No-
tice that moon; how bright, and calm, and
beautiful" "Couldn't think of noticing il" ,"
returned the editor, 'for anything less than
the usual rates-a dollar and fifty cents for
twelve lines
The late Commodore Stevens, once pub
lished the following advertisement: "For
sale--the bay gelding Powhattan. He was
sired by his father, and damned by the last
M n that ounel him. He is true in all
kinds of harness, providing it don't make
him vicious. Terms, whatever he'll bring.
Parties applying latest will get the best bar
gain"
The durability of oak may be known
from the fact that the throne of Edward the
Confessor is 800 years old-one Of the oak.
en- coronation chairs has been in the present
situation in Westminster Abbey about $40
yee rs; and the oldest wooden bridge of
which we have any account, is of oak-it is
that famous for its defence by Horatius Coles
and which existed 400 years before Christ
-"Well, Doctor" said chap suffering
with Tho toothoce elbow much do you Ak for