The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-09-03

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n-f solitary confinement, said that out Of
ar 90 persons sentenced 10 endure this pun.
'e.shment for life, only fifteen survived it,
EU~A0lictions are the same to tho soul
IS the plow to the hllow ground, the
pruning knife TO the vine, aud the fur
i mace to the gold.
~ Rs-rho latest cause Of singularity Of
!, conduct reported. is that Of man IN Lowell /
who "dycd" for the benefit of his chairs"
It Eg-Ambition oeton puts men upon do
Iting the moanest offices; so climbing Is per- |
/ formed in the same posture as creeping. |
a Eg-A country editor thinks that Go. |
4 lumbus is not entitled to much credit for
4 discovering America, as the country is so
large that he could not well have missed
RE' An Irishman caught hornet in
= his hand, but dropped it and exclaimed,
! "Be jobers, what kind Of teeth do your
y birds have in Ameriky|
EB-A, great many persons undertake
to build fort.,nos as Pat tried to build his
chimney. They begin at tho top and
build down.
Rs-In selling Newfoundland dog,
do you know whether it is valued accor-
{ ding to what it will fetch, or WHAT il will
bring?
. Rg-Women arc fond Of telling VS. that
4 they hate handsome men: but you may be
: sure that it is only to ugly men that they
say so,
Eg-"what did you give for that horse,
neighbor" "My note" "Wel that
d, o0as cheap"
d Rg-The Printer says that compositors
d have right TO complain Of dullness, for
J. their business is constantly at "stand."
1 A Yankee baker has invented q new
d kind Of yeast IL makes bread SO light
9 that pound Of it only weighs four ounc'
9 es.
D Ey~"Sam," said tender-hearted
J. mother to hor little son, "why on earth
u did you throw that kitten into the wells?
, 30, coz | was crazy" "Come 10 ma
n you sweet little cherub."
- Rg-An old lady, reading an account o
4 distinguished old lawyer, who was sale
i to be the father of the New York bar, cx
;, claimed: "Poor mani he had dreadful
set Of childrenl"
i edging the receipt of a bottle Of brandy
- forty.three years Old says; "This brandy
nd is 80 very old hat we very much fear tina
ii cannot live much longer"
a RU~"My dear" said a smiling spous
an to her other half "I'am going shop
t, ping to-day, and want little change"
l Pooh" responded the savage. "tha
h would be no change at all; you go a SHOP
ID ping every day"
80 EE-"My learned friend" observed al
a advocate during a recent trial, practice
70 his arguments before a glass" "Bette
40 a. practice them before a glass than after
:. - glass" was the reply.
: EE-"Jim, I believe Sans got no trutI
in him"
= "You don't know, nigga; dar's NOR
AS truth in that nigga, dan all de res on d.
or plantation"
GLOW do you make dat?"
as "Why, he never let any out"
1e Ry-An old lady being afflicted will
a Mysteries, imagined she could not breathe
10 and appealed to her husband with. "Mr
.s- -----, Il can't breathe" "Wel, my dear,
1 returned the afflicted husband. II woul,
le not try; for nobody wants you to-
ut RE-Itis told of Charles Lamb, that en-
no afternoon. having taken a seat in a crowd
sh ed omnibus, a stout gentleman looked il
and politely asked:
ne CAN full inside?"
ID 'I don't know how il may bo with tn
in other passengers" answered Lamb, "bu
A. that last piece Of oyster pie did the busi
10 ness for me-"
r. EZRA bevy of little children were tel
ne ling their father what they got at school
The eldest reading, spelling and detni
so tons. "Aud what do you get, my it'll
~ ono?" said the father to a rosyoheeked liz
~ tle fellow, who was at that time silly driv
T, ing a ten-penny nail into the door pane
,at "Me? Oh, gets readIn', spellin', an
al spankin's."
III a WINDY WELL.-In Smith county
k9 Mississippi, about a month ago, ma
Itb named Blugh was boring for water IN th
of piney woods, and when ho had bored a
bout forty feet, "mghty rushing wind
came out Of the hole, which continue
VS. for several days. He quit boring an
ias waited to sea what would come Of IT, II
placed bottle over il, and the wind make
oat q noise in Il which can be heard a milk
lp- It blows for about week at time. an
Of then II begins to suck in, which il oontr
he ues TO do for about tie same time, whe
om It takes 10 blowing again.
A GREAr OmaINAL SToRY "A dar
frown oyorspread the handsome and cour
ate " features of Fernando, the Rover
'ed "Why. Why" he asked, brandishiug hi
silver handled sword furiously around
eI ''will you not believe me, my beauteou
Tor Maria de Argyle? BY this good sword
vas do swear l love thee--truly, wildly, pa'
iad sionately love theel Then why stand s
9d' coldly aloof from this bosom which
tn bursting for thee?" The beautiful gi
NJ essayed to speak, but could not. "Eal
&C. exclaimed Fernando, the Rover, and
sardonic smile liz up his face, "thou low
bio another?' "Nol" she tremblingly y,
Fan with dignity replied. "Then why n
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