The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-30

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their way into the papers as facts for
everybody's perusal.
In this manner Cairo has obtained
much of her bad reputation.
HEART-RENDING SUICIDES you
had a bad suinscide at your house lass
mite, Sam" said colored gemman, on
meeting his colored crony, waiter at
| hotel.
ooh, yes, Lemuel, dat we had-it al
NOSE scarf me into takin drink. He
wus gis from California, wild heeps of
newspapers. He cub ober de Jerecipelus
by the Niggerauoer route, and put up to
our house prebious to his rival. tort
de man wus out OBJ he he'd kase he gave
me q shillin' as soon as he laid eyes on
me--from dat mint I stuck by him fur
fear sum interested pusson might git
hold OBJ him. De next morning as the
chambermaid was agwane up stairs wild
SHUTTLE oh cole for her breakfuss, she
smelt ltdlun, passin' de mans do'--soon
as she smelt dat she smelt a rat. She
nocked to dc mans do but no answer
Den she broke de do doun, and dar laid
de man wild he boots on, and in he throat
WIS stickin in bottle OBJ ludllm. She
hollered and we all kotched hold of de
bottle and tryes to pull it out, but it
wassent no use. We had to send for the
sturgeon. De sturgeon cum, and made
decision here in de neck ME the Borax,
which reached as far as de equilibrium
reached isto de sarcofogus-and putting
a cortven in de decision, CUB it poke wild
adispatchius, when out flew de bottle and
all wus safe I"
> ssWhat was safe, Sam, de man ?"
aNo, de bottle-de man wus ded atore
de sturgeon cume-but he had to do
sumfn to earn a feeler."
"Wus dere ennything found in de
pockets, SAM"
GLOW you suppose / know ?" DO you
tink I'd put my hand in to feel. What do
you mean to sinewate?"
E go! nuffin-only nebber seed you
hab SIGH good close ON afore OATS all"
UsURY IN THE sURAL DIsTRIcTs.-
Rual Money-lender- You want hun
bred dollars? Here's the money; charge
five per cent month, and as you want
it for year, that leaves just forty dollars
coming to you"
Innocent Borrower" Then if | want
it for two years, there'd be something
coming to you, eh2"
Many persons utter an offensive witt
cism in reply to friend, for no better
reason than the boy gave for knocking
his father down." He stood so fair |
couldn't help it.
A gentleman in conversation with DR..
johnson having, to some of the usual
arguments for drinking, added this "You
know, sir, drinking drives away care,
and makes us forget whatever is disa-
greeable; would not you allow man to
drink for that reason?" johnson replied,
g Yes, if he sat next you.' -
In recent ride to Peoria, says west
ern editor, we discovered the following
placard upon gate post" for Sail
too story Hows And ben the Oner Xpex
to Go 2 callifornny
Prentice says that the fault with the
female Yankee teaches who go westward
is, that instead of teaching other peoples
children, they soon get to teaching their
ownl
GooD.-Seeing upon his wife's shoul-
der large shawl pin, Mr.. D. said: "In
the military, eh--got to be captain?" Shs
instantly remarked, pointing to third
baby in her lap: "No, recruiting sergeant
In the third infantry"
A gentleman of the name of Pepper
had been several times thrown from
spirited young horse, and was relating
the circumstance to a friend, and at the
same time observing that he had nevsr
given his horse name. ri think, re
piled his friend, 'you should call him
Peppe,caster.
1t was the saying of Sir Robert Peel,
II never knew man to escape failure, in
either body or mind, who worked seven
days in the week. ...
A lady who was in the habit of visiting
the poor for benevolent purposes, took her
little daughter with her. The child saw,
heard and was interested But there was
something which the child could not ex-
actly make out. So, on the road home,
she said, mamma, when you are out vi
sitting the poor, you always talk about
Jesus Christ to them, but you don't talk
of him at home"
A son of Galen, who was very angry
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