Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-10
NO. A.
co,rectts of tbe selssors.
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r6y- A Southern paper thinks the
neutrality Of the Atartic cable, which
was so earnestly begged fer by Pres
ident Buchanan. has been fully estab-
lisbed. II hasn't word TO say on eth
CIR side.
p1y a woman has been arrcste1 in
Albany for stealing old irou; she h9d
800, lsss,sss Gsspss ~ = sses e Ed 6 s.I
( I{ upon her thnt She onboeor1ed ksr-
|.<clf tas ;t Is doubted whether sIo ncds
= e'saa btea-S Of i.
CO. a bridal pun With a dad
saduea< When the friends 81
beauty who bad Just married cid y i
|al PeIlisser, in France. were ad1nifing
with her the splendid wedding gar
mems presented 10 her by the Empress,
she said-r..Yes, ! like the present bet
ter than the future"
r9- my dearest Maria," wrote quito
an aifectionatc husband to bis wife, q
strong minded woman She wrote him
back, "Dearest,- -lct-me correct either
your grammar or Jour morals. You
addressed me, Ny dearest Maria Am
l to suppose you have other dear Ma
ria, p t4Hi sfts szsis'd
RE~ a druggist sent his Irish porter
into darkened cellar; soon after hear
ing a noise, he wentto'the opening, and
called out: Patrick, keep your eyes
skinnedl" "Och niyer an. eye" roar
cd Pat, "but IFS my nose that's skint
entirely" ~ ais-
n0r "Nassy, DO you know why dem
noisy birds ain called carrion' ciows?'
"Of course, it is because they feed
upon putriG carcasses." "Yis, dat's it
Its Cause they curry on so ober' dead
boss"
9sa- Marriage resembles a pair. OF
shears, says Sidney Smith, so joined
that they cannot be separatea, often
moving in opposite direetions yet al
ways punishing any one who comes
between them.
r1y- Suffering man, at u Pahlie ta-
bic had occasion to use pepper box
Aftcr shaking il with all dne vchemenfe.
ana turning il in various ways he foathd
tiat tue pepper WAS III iiO "io~ i,t@t9@1
ed to come forth. 49,
"Tsth-tlis p.p-peppcr box no 81
claimed, with a sagaeious grln,. 'le ~
lsop,clhine Ike myself = - - -
cdsasAei Scr. i : poor poor q &
|As szI =! -. 6 - 8
rey~ The following vofdict was ~}ens'
dered by a-coroners's jury, and IS now
on file in the clerks Office in one Of tho
counties of Iowa: afsfs
we find the deceased came. to. his
death by Il visitation from tod, and
not by The hands Of violence. We find
upon the bsly . pocket-boek, contain
ing 60, check on Flctchers bank for
$3.50 and two horses, wagon, and
some butter, eggs and feathers.
a FlTaER Ap1r.
lie laid him down and scpt-and from his side
woman in her magic beauty rose;
Darzlcd and charmed, he called that woman bride,
And his first sleep. became his. last repOse.
s1A- Mrs. Partington inquiries what
kind of razors are employed in shaving
notes? Mr. Pic respectfully informs
her that they are generally raisers of
money.
R-g- When a Kentucky judge, some
years since, was asked by an attorney,
upon some strange ruling, "Is that law,
your honor?' he replied, "If the court
understand herself, and she think he
do, il are p s-.l,.
gS- A miller had couple os cons
| wi n lx-tt. Inl, m
said the old man one day, have you
tOlled that grlst?" yes. "SaHr have
YOU to!led that grist ?'' "Yes.s' s'bs"You
will lie so like the evil one. that can't
bolieve you, l will toll itmyselfto it make
sure Of it,
rs5- 1t is believed that the father Of
mankind never reproached his wife but
once for the unhappy cause Of their ex-
pulsion from Paradise. She Ditterly
and recklessly responded. al don tscars
Adam = He never again mentioned
the subject.
no We have hcard:it remarked that
i j, hen David hurled thc,stone at .Golliah
The latter must have been surprised, ss
such a thing never entered his head be-
fore
B- An Oregon correspondent OF the
knickerbocker says 1t rains there TWEEN
six hours per day for seventeen
months in a year.
sss- "Henry, love, wish you would
throw away that book and talk to mo
me- feel so dull. (A long silence
an no reply) "''h, Henry my foot's
: 4 sleep
"Is it2 Well don't talk, dear. you
might wake it"
ri woN4S's LOVE-.
wonans love is like nca;
We feel il bite, and think we've gait;
, But when raise our hands to see,, o
Awayh goes as if you'd shot i'll
: rsA- Which five letters may form q
sentence expressive of forgiveness Z l
X @ S U.
Hss- Why is a retired carpenter Ikea
lecturer 2 Because he is an ex-planer
, sSa- The individual who was cup to
4 snaii, has como down TO tobacco.
rea- Lightning never strikes but
once in the same place-theretore let o
man whose rrst wife was good one
never marry asdin