The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-23
Wit ua1 n ulIl or.

f fSA .RoH THE SERrrrEas The
knlckerbocker says the following story
t used to be. told by the lalnented Henry
: lnnaafs with .inimitable effect, of an litter
g ate English minister Of the wes.a who one
night at meeting related the followiipaasaf-
q fecting circumstance
. ....Itsis but little while -ah. since I was
travelling along one of the great rivers ah,
I surrounded by deep forest .ah stop
) ped at a rude shanty by the rive side-ah.
;, They. wefeall sick their children were
shiyering and starving. their head frowsy
and dirty; and was informed BY Their
mother that that they had lost their fine
tooth eoma5-ah Thsywcre ignorant Of the
gospel. and diduT Seem to care about it
'ither; for when / reasoned with them ab.
the woman was all the time lamenting
the loss of her fine tooth comb ah.
" Have you the Bible in your cabin ?''
said to her. says alb. Yes. theefit
is up theer Oh the catch all -ah," pointing
to a narrow shelf over the smoky fire.
place, but we don't often read in it-ah,
han't read any but onct; when little Bill
died Of ager, fur as much as two month
al" got into die tub that stood in
the corner, and took down that blessed
.book all covered with dust-ah. What do
you think it was that ! opened to-ah
What do you think it was that found
there ah, to satisfy the longing of that
poor womanah? It was the long lost,
the long wanted fine tooth comb ah! OBJ.
my hearers, sa-a rch-the sk,ipters all 1t
she had only sa -a-ehed the skripters. how
her mind would been eased ah.''
IN the City of Providence. was a large
audience collected in the walls of the Old
Theater. The performance had reached
the crisis wherein the dreadful william of
| the play was to be shot-the fatal pistol
was even pointed at its victim, the house
was brought up othe intensest excite
ment, and all was still us death. At this
breathless period highly respectable
citizen in the stage box arose, and adj
dressed the hero of the pistol, while his
wife sat by his side. her checks ashy pale
and thumb thrust into each ear. said -
+" Mr. Duffy. Mr.. Duffy. Mr.. Duffy. don't
shoot the villain just yet For loves
sake desist - Mechita5is 8 ofrax of
gunf Hat till soo retire from the ttedteri
| The gun didn't explode. but the audience
did. Duffy waited. but they couldn't.
A young man who was desirous ofmar
rying a.daughter Of q well-known Boston
merchant. after many attempts TO broach
the subject to the old gentleman, in
very suffering manner commenced -
$ Mr.. o. are you willing to let me
have your daughter Jane ?'' f1Ofcourse
am," gfufl1y replied the old man aud
wish you would get some other likely
fellows to marry the rest of them r
A Coop ONE.-The following Is re-
ported to US as having happened in Bris-
tol county "A witty clergyman being
aecosted by an old acquaintance BY the
name Of Cobb, replied, q don't know
you sir" q My name is Cobb" replied
the man who was about half seas over.
Alb. sir" replied .he clergyman" you
have SO much corn on you that | didn't
see the cob
AT the election in Pittsburg, a voter,
too much in hurry to examine his vote,
dropped into the ballot-box a slip Of pa
per containing the following words -
:. Dear Miss: l cannot meet you this
evening-my wife suspects keep shady.
Yours affectionately, " 1t was
natural enough we presume, for person
in su a state of mind to poll the wrong
candidate.
At a christening. while the minister was
making out the certifcate.he happenedt to
say-'Let me see-tllis is the thirtleth'
The thirteth p exclaimed the indignant
mother, indeed it is only the elev
enth p
One of the boys tells OF a searecrow
made by Uncle Ben. It not only. seated
off every crow thatsaw it. but one crow
was SO frightened that he brought back
the corn he stole three days before.
Nor OF THAT FAMILY.-A man whose
appearance indicated that he was stagser
ing from the excessive weight Of biiok
in his hat, being asked II he was " Son
of Temperance, replied, . Hic.no mo
relation, not even an ic-acquaintance.'
The Grand Jury OF one hoss town IN
Ohio have presented the Sewing Society
Of that town as a nuisance
A down east editor advises his readers
il they wish to get ~teethlnselted gaa,is''
10 go aud ste al frait where his watch dog
is ON guard