Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-03

- OIcttH may W fi'>>. ~ cs".f'@
| puttiue iti n glass vessel, and then
| placing II in an Old baeheiof's bosom.
rrA- The young gentlemen who few
into a passion. bas had his wings
Iclpped. N &3
bz-Some person says there are two
kinds of family jars--in one you put
sweetmeats, and In the other you put
npur foot u
s0- A Western editor having publish
16d long leader on "Hogs.' q rival ps
per In the same village upbraids him for
obtruding hss ffmily matters upon the
public.
sss-A Btsls saitpr p yhs int<rs>a,.
thinks that we ~eat bad corn: Proba-
i bly, he lives upon mean whcat-for he
is bearded, ahd chaffy and smutty.-
Prentice.
/ s6rAh Indian. seeing belle dressed
out III full crinoline breadth Of fashion N
pass him in the street. was heard 60
ex,ahim. Much heap Of wigwam.
ugh !"
s~-The Illinois Journal asks If we
can "throw any light on kissing" We
don't care to. The thing is just as well
in the dark. Prentice.
sS-"Did you say my brother jim did
Mot know as much rs Smiths yaller
I&gg"
SNo; I said Smiths yaller dog knew
more thin your brother jim"
rg-A paragraph has been going the
rounds about lady who has mus
tache on her lip. tits not uncommon
Il for YOUNG ladies 10 have mustaches on
| theif lips, but rare they grow there.
pay-At a late trial, the defendant, az,
ter hearing Witness, Jumped up and
said -
Them allegations is false, and that
alligator knows It,"
sarA st. Lons paper says that the
grasshoppers have eaten up the entire
crop of tobacco in Franklin county,
land th0 last that was heard from
them they were seated on the corners OF
the fence. begging every man that pass-
ed for chew.
B0~A young Tennessee clergyman
seems to have compressed the whole
body Of his sermon, on deceit, " in tho
! following: "Oh, my bret hren, the snow
, iesi shin t-front may conceal an aching
bosom, and the stiffest Of all.rounders
encirclc throat that has manya a bitter
pill 10 swallow" 4
p4-A young lad recently ran avex
from IA ome and vent 10 n tavern, wnerS
he was found by n friend, with cigar
in his mouth. what made you leave
homer" said his friend. "Oh, confound
IT," said he. "father and mother was 50
saacy / couldn't stand it any longer,
and quit en-"
lss-An anxious mother in Maine thus
writes to her SON in CALIFORNIA;:
i "My dear someone home. A roll
ing stone gathers no moss. Your affec-
tionate mother" r4.
To which Young America, with equal
laconism, replies
i My dear mother-come here. A
setting hen never gets fat. Your ahec-
tionate son"
nara California paper has an article
on the old maids Of the Eastern
States, commencing with the startling
aWhy do old maids multiply"
We should be sorry 10 think them gull
" Of any such immortality.
ns-A little boy. whose father was
miserlv in his habits, took II upon
himself 70 say "grace," as follows:
.Four slices OF bread for four Of Us;
,, we bless the Lord the aint any no moro
OF US"
aay-.why dear, me, Mr.. I.ongshal-
1 low" said n good lady, show can you
drink quart OF that hard CIDER, a. y
single draught2"
As soon as tho man could breathe
! again, he replied; l beg pardon, mad.
am, but upon my soul, IL was so hard
couldn't bite It OFT"
ray-A Western poet, says the knick-
! erbocker, composed the following IN
Just one hour by Conrecticut CLOCK.
ljrhere can be no danger while therets>
much spirit in the country:
What burst this glorious Union ur,
An' 20 on drsviA' .triggess,
/, Just for thunderin parcelof
'4 Emancipated niggers2
The Eagle Of America,
That Hue across the seas,
An throwed the buddy British lion,
Ker slump upon his knees;
/. Say, shall We rcnd him linn from Inn.
Nun wing one way an one totbor,
. An every sepperitt pin feather
A Ayin AT each others
lt5can't be did
sSy-The Washington Union says that
Y 40 err is human No doubt that -
d true, but il seems pity tor the editor
I of the Union that his errors seem 10 bt
d the only thing human about him.--Le-
Jour.
-yaaWe bear apprebensions expressed
s lest news coming along the Atlantic
a Telegraph wires, will not be fresh when
a L gets here, after coming two thousand
: miles through salt water.
a rarThe man in Jail, who looked out
;. of his cell and exclaimed: This is
. qrote country is now gen, rally admit
u ted to have spoken within bounds.
ma The subject Of the propricty Of
> admitting females into the University
g of Michigan is now before tho regents.
: Just put II before the students for deci-
ri sion, and II viii soon disposed Of
s, psrOn tho marriage Of Miss Wheat.
a :. ,,as \ ored that her path would Be