The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-04
Our Olio.

1Hieo 1huSS W Iofo-Couit'Sc, ScHtio-
ness, affectionateness. (af s
Three things to admire - intellectual
power, dignity, gracefulness.
Three things to hate-cruelty AFRO
ganee, ingrattude.
Three things to reverence : religion,
justice, self denial.
Three things to delight in = beauty,
frankne,s, freedom.
Three things to wish fer = health,
friends, and cheerful spirit.
Three things TO pray for-taith, peace,
and purity of heart. SIS.
Three things to suspect-fattery, pu-
rltan;sm; affcctation.
Three things to avoid-idleness, To-
quacity, profanity.
Three things to culti,atc-good books
good friends, good humor.
Theee things to contend for-honor,
country, friends.
Three things to goyorn-temper, i'm
pulses, the tongue.
The ignorance that is bewitching in a
young lady is ridiculous in IN old one.
They say parson first invented GUN
powder, but one cannot believe it till one
is married . .
Be kind to your sist;r. If YOU haynt
got any sister of your own; be kind to
somebody's else.
"Pompey, what am goes when de wa,
gon stops, it am no use to the wagon, vet
de wagon can't 90 without it 2" a CUBS
dat up, Glenn" Why de noise, oh course,
"D6 try to talk little common sense"
SAID q very conceited youth to young
lady. ooh, but wouldn't that be taking
an unfair advantage of you," she replied.
r Dutchman being called upon for a
toast, said, Here ish to dc heroes who
tit, pied, and tied at the battle of Punkcr
ltill-of whom lam one."-Drank stand
ing.
Jerrold, at a party, noticed DOCTOR in
solemn. black, waltzing with q young lady,
Who was dressed in silk of brilliant blue.
LAS l live! there's blue pill dancing
with black draughtr'
An Irish post-boy, having driven
gentleman long stage ride during tor
rents of rain, the gentleman said to him:
Paddy, are you not very wet?''
''Arrah, don't care about being wet,
B'st phase Yer honor, I'm very dry"
The late Rev. Daniel Isaac was both
great wag and a great smoker. "Ah!
here You are, cried lady who surpri-
sed him one day with pipe in his mouth,
cat your idol again !' eyes, madam"
replied he, coolly, " Jurning it,"
at is, our opinion" says cotempora-
rary, "that if a number of gentlemen are
sitting together, talking seAsibly upon
some sensible subject, and lady enters,
they Immediately commence taking fool
ishly, and keep it up until she makes her
exit"
They are having controversy among
the Virginia papers. One of them asser-
ted that n very modest lady in Richmond
refused to go to bed while n copy of the
-Eranaine1 was i'll the room. The Er-
Gminer declares this incorrect, as it was
tie Observer to whose presence she OBJ
jected.
A clergyman of country village de-
sired his clerk to give notice that there
would be no service IN the evening. as he
Was going t. otiiciate for another clergy
man. The clerk, as soon rs the service
was ended, called OUT 81 am desired to
give notice that there will be no service
this afternoon, as Mr.. ---~ is going a
fishing with another clergy man.
81 wish to procure the biography of
Pollock" said student to the bookseller
at the corner of Water st.
"We have not got it, sir" was the re-
ply.
"Can YOU inform me where l can OBJ
tain it!
81 cannot sir; but dare say YOU will
tintl'it in the Course Of Time.
A gentleman of color had a sewers at
tack of rheumatism, which finally settled
In his foot. He doctorcd it and nursed
Il, bat oil to 10 purpose Finally tearing
away the bandagess he stuck it out. and
with shake of hissfist over it, exclaimed,
"Ache away, den, ole feller-ache away.
l shan't do muffin moro for yer. dis chile
can stan it as long as you Kin, so ache
away"
A manufacturer of tomb-stones IN q
fleurishing village in Illinois, lately recei-
we'd call from countrvman, who wanted
a stone to place over the grave of his
mother. After looking around for some
time. and making sundry remarks about
the taste of his deceased mother, he finally
pitched upon one which the stone-cutter
had prepared for another person. q
like this, one" said he. But" said the
manufacturer, that belongs to another
naaa~ and has Mrs. Perry's name cut on
it.: il wouldn't do for your Mother
sob yes, # would" said the eountryman,
q she couldn't read And besides" he
continued, as he observed tho wonder
ment of the stone-cutter, "Perry was
slways faYorite name of hers anyhow"