St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-22

hdppiheSS ; anu ny one WHO nau tHc
pleasure of attending at the Centre ON
that day, it will be long remembered
and often referred to.
vocalist says he could sing" way down
on the old Tar River" if he could only get the
pitch.
Boys are like vinegar when there is much
mother in them they are always sharp.
A fellow who got drunk on an election-day
said it was owing to his efforts to put down
party spirits
1t is said that IL man who is hung does not
pay the debt Of nature, but he simply gets an
extension.
An i'll naturcd editor says the women all use
paint, and he sets his .tacc against 1t.
When does modification cnsuc When
you pop the question, and are answered 81 no. Of
Vegetation is 50 scarce at Cape Cod, Massa-
chusctts that two mulen-stalks and Il buckle
berry bush are called grove.
4 late London paper has the following a, :
vcrtisemcnt, which is uconic and pointed =:
Two sisters want Washing"
\ paper giving an account Of Toulouse in
France, says: 1t is large town containing
| 60 900 inhabitants built entirely Of brick.
Lawyer Did the defendant knock the plain
tin down with H",',crp,pcaseI Witness No,
sir; he knocked him down with a Rh Iron
Washing shirts, says an exchange paper,
wears them out. When they get dirty rub
| them over with chalk. Economy is wealth"
! The word debt is composed Of the initials
e Dunn Every Body Twice" Credit is formed
of the initial letters Of ''Call Regularly Every
Day-Tll Trust"
"Wcll. but dear said an uffcctionatc wife
anxious to fathom the secrets of Free Mason
nv, lido tell me one thing-do they put you
into coffin -
" say, friend, your horse is a little contra
nv is he noti" No, stree What
makes him stop, them" "Oh, he's afraid
somebody'lI say whoa, and he shan't hear
it,"
- | would not marry an eastern nun, il |
had to live an old mail all my life J." cx-
claimed buxom country lass. Why not -
demanded her astonished companion. Be
culse every paper you pick up contains an ac-
count of the failure of the eastern males,
(mails.)
paper out West has for its motto-''GoOd
will to all men who pay promptly devoted
to news, fun, and making money"
A lady who is a passionate lover of flowers,
begged a boquet OF a gentleman gardener.
pretending that the gentleman was IA partcu-
lar friend Of hers placed it in the horticultur-
al exhibition, and received in her own name a
gratuity from the Society for her display"
rs though the flowers had been of her own
raising.
Punch had a dream and thought he was
Rarey, the horse tanner. Among other horses
brought to him to tame he says:
! Lastly came Yankee horse named Prcsi-
dent Sly Boots. The moment he entered he
deliberately winked at Mr.. Punch. The latter
went gently up to him. and, being master of
the American language addressed him us fol-
| lows I r,li, La, oil hos al, IN,
want of teaching from me. l"okin rcound
after Cruiser, air, you Never mind about
cruisers. That all square yes, Stree. And
you know it all fired well, old boss Ycw git
out " added Mr. Punch, with one Of Mrs.
Barney Williams most brilliant squalls.
President Sly Boots set up such an uncom-
mon horsc-laugh that Mr., Punch awoke.
The late DIR. Augustus Taylor, of East Fell
ciana Parish Louisiana, took his little son of
some eighteen or twenty months Of age, to an
artist for his dasaencotype. While in the
chair he was restless and out of humor. The
! likeness was taken. carried home, and handed
to his little sister of some three years. She
was asked if she knew who it was.
Yes, tbs Buddy, but him mad. "
"A few days before Christmas | took a
three-ycar old, distant relative, without
having intimatGd to him what was about, to
a store and purchased pair Of boots for him,
which were put upon him and sent home. 1t
was amusing to see and hear him. Every ac-
quaint,lncc he met he d pull up his pants and
See my new boots was his cry. 1t was
with the utmost difficulty he could be persua
ded to take them of when he was put to bed
A week or two after he had the boots his
mother observed him in great study, when
he woke up and said,
-. Mudder, when die will you give my
boots away
"'Wcll, l suppose I'll give them to some
little boy
'.sDen, mudder, I II die mid dem on.
- Jones was coasting on the Lower Mis-
sissippi with trading boat. A colored wo-
man came on board to buy dress. Jones
having some unsuitable remnants, offered her
piece of calico at "A price which he assured
her was less than cost The darkey was not
to be taken in that way and took Mr.. Jones
entirely aback with the remark,
"'oh lor! massa, wonder you sto' keepers
isn't all broke up long go; youse alters sellin
less en- cost "
The old Niger woman S wit is quite as ap-
plicable in the chief cities OF the continent as
on the shores of the river of the West.