St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
Wit and Sentiment.

VIII dUu StIlllIIlcHt.
There is on exhibition at Chicago, live
horse, with snake in his eye There are
many people in Chicago who think they see
snakes that are not "all in the eye
To square circle--scttle up your wife bill
for hoops at the dry goods store or milliner's.
What kind of swcetmcats were most preva-
lent in Noah ark? Preserved pairs.
Why is roasted pig on spit like mis-
sionary' Because it is going round doing
good.
"a woman is at the bottom of all mischief,
said Joe. YES" said Frank and when
l used to get into mischief, my mother was at
bottom of me
Jcnney-" Well Annie, how did you get
along with that lover Of yours' Did you get
rid of him." Annie-"Oh, yes very easily.
married him"
Prodigals are born of misers as butterflies
are born of grubs.
When are writers like cattle! When they
are driven to the pen.
A parent who strikes Il child in anger, is
like a man who strikes the water; the conse-
quences of the blow are sure to fly up in his
own face.
Patrick when will the water stop running
down hill?" When it gets to the bottom,
sure, you spalpccn.'
| .Sam how did you like that knife sold
YOU last week 20 " So so. II is not very
sharp but you managed to shave me with ii. y
Beautiful Helping a young lady
ont of a mud-pudtilc.
II say, Sambo, supposin' l glib you a bottle
oh whiskey, corked shut with Il cork, how
would you get the whiskey out without pullin'
the cork OF breakin' dc bottlc?" II gibs
dat up" why, push de cork in. Yah,
Yah!"
To prevent your hair from coming out,
never let your wife catch you kissing the SER
want girl.
It's aisy enough to build chimney, says
pat-ye yist how'd one brick up and put an
other unther it.
Gently the deus are DER me stealing" as
the man said when he had five bills presented
to him at one time
"Ihcre is not mite in the world" say.
Iavatcr, but what thinks itself quite tn,
cheese
a fellow coming out Of a tavern one frosty
morning, rather top heavy, fell on the dool
step; trying to regain his footing, he remark
ed, If it be true that the wicked stand on
slippery ground must belong to different
class, for it's more than can do
A servant asked her mistress whether sh,
could oblige her by going out on a particular
afternoon, as she was going to have party o
friends, and wanted the loan of the drawing
room.
| W nl rs u bI'iStt ikc iittic SHI INC
cause it becomes woman!"
A large fellow lying down on the grass, said
"Oh how l wish this was called work an,
well paid
Daddy, why is beer house like bad
! ';":--D" r'Pnn NV worn, u"ri nnv",
replied daddy, after puzzling for five minutes
" Because you can't pass it, said the boy.
Why was the first day of Adams life til,
longest ever known? Because it had no Eve
Sambo bought patriarchal turkey. a.
took him home" says he, my wife bile hin
tree hours and den him crow! My wife der
pop him into dc pot with six pounds O. taters
and he kick them all out he mus a bin as old
as dat Kefooselum.
did your fall hurt you9" said one Pat.
the top of a two-story house. mot in the
Taste, honey twas stoppin' so quick that
hurt me-"
The conversation at Holland House turning
upon first love, Tom Moore compared
it to a potato, " because it shoots from the
eyes" "Or rather exclaimed Byron) be-
cause it be comes all the less by pairing"
What was the use of the eclipse ?" asked
a young lady. "Oh, it gave the sun time for
reflection" replied wag.
Jury" said an Arkansas Judge, "you
kin go out and find verdict. If you cant find
one Of your own, get the one the last jury
used" They returned verdict of suicide in
the ninth degree.
An old bachelor, after his matrimonial fail
ures, exclaims, when l remember all the
girls I've met together, feel like IL rooster in
the fall, exposed to every weather. feel like
one alone who treads some barnyard all de-
serted, whose oats are fed, whose hens art
dead, and off to market started"
An editor says, If time is money" II,
would like to exchange little of his for tn,
"hard"
A grabbed fellow says he always looks undel
the marriage head for the news of the freak
Kit North says that it is no wonder thai
women love cats, for both are graceful, ant
both domestic-not to mention that the,
scratch.
!
The more striking proof of the intrinsic
worth and excellence Of Dr. Halls Ralsam fo
the Lungs, is shown in the general rapidity