Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-22
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Uninvited guests sit on thorns,
Decisil tDthe woman who bites the ends Of her
gloves or t..
Tell woman nothing but what you want to be
told again.
: my dear wife, wish you would try and keep
YOUR temper" my dear husband, l wish you
would try and Sc, rid Of yours
A. Coroners jury in Georgia, recently returned
the following verdict in the case Of man who
had been killed by lightning
I'VE are opinoned that the deceased came to
his death casually by an accidental stroke ofthun-
DER" n
GksERors CHILD -Mo,her.-IIerc, Tommy is
somc nice castor oil, with orange ice in it.
Dootor.--NOw, remember, don't give it all to
Tommy, leave some for me.
Tommy, (who has "becn Their" 1-Doctor's a
nice man, ma, give it all to the Doctor
A gentleman passing through one of the pub
lie Offices. was afronied by some Of the clerks,
and was advised TO complain TO the principal,
which he did thus IL have been abused by some
Of tho rascals. ofthis place. and | came to nc
quaint you Of II, as understand you are the prin-
cipal"
On q grave-stonc, in q southern burial ground
is the following very popular inscription
As am now SO you must be;
To which some cautious individual reveren,ly
added, in pencil mark:
ITO follow ynu III not consent,
~ Until know which way you went
A Mans ANCESTOR IN AMMO DOWN. l.-Ifa
man has two parents.
4 grand parents.
: ancestors in the 81 degree.
l6 ancestors in the 4th,
he had OF ancestors in the Goth degree, tor about
L.. It,u., att.,,,9
years.
and has had twice at number Of ancestors. tall
but p if you add together all in all Go genera.
tons.
A Dutchman's defence upon an indictment for
bigamy, rs stated in the following. has nj lens,
merit Of being ingenius: you say" says the Judge
that the squire who married "" 10 Your first
wife, authorized you 10 take sixteen What do
you mean by that ?" Well" says Hans no told
me that should have four peter, four vorscr,
four richer. and four ppor-and in my country
four dimes four always make sixteen
THK SLAUGHTER WHICH DAlY SrsrAlNs U.s.
When we,yide, we sit upon the skin Of the pig;
when We walk we tread upon the skin Of the bull
lock; We wear the skin of the kid upon our hands
and the feese Of the sheep upon our backs. More
than half the world are human beings in Sleeps
clothing. We eat the flesh of creatures of
bOmc VIC uTlnk tNe Hllk, upon otHeTs We uTeueiftl-
dent for the cultivation of the soil; and il it ia
pain for us to suffer hunger and cold VIC should
scrupulously avoid infictng wanton misery upon
the animals by which we are warmed aud fed.
GoNE UP UNDER THE IIoor.--Thc West Point
(Ga.) Citizen tells the folloying OF married man
at the commencement exercises Ut acertan college
in Georgia this sumner:
He started up the stairway at aswift pace not no.
ticing any further until he came nearly to the top
Of the steps, when he says = strange sensation
came over him. and suddenly he found himself en-
veloped in darkness, though the lights had been
extinguished. He was astonished and bewildered.
But the mystery was soon explained; and it ap-
peared that lady, wearinga very large hoop, had
met him at the top Of the stairs, and was Just in
the act Of descending, when our friend, being
small! man had, without noticing, actually gone
up under tbs hoop.
TAE GOOD THINGS OF THIS LIFE