Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-12
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by young man,swho commenced sere-
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,,.e,rt You stupid Jake, - .-...
Ard have been a,t,hc night, . -
,Gaa Ja TSbG,ss S%s'r sons nnst ts,Ir,.t, IA lIDT6 n
,of eliessRd Billy fright; I donr
.I9fTU nimakes but little difference
To either You or l.
es4a ,,aj Big pig. little llg, ii 50 8li.t..i &!
Root hog or die. .,,4 ,,.--' 1874 4 /
IA Wfks, PBAcrrcaL JoKE.:ZzLast Sat
urday evening, a gentleman. residing at
Jamaica Plain, was sitting with his wife
and some friends at, their lPaTlor fire, when
She door bell was yiolendy rung. The
hdy rose, but then suggested that Ms the
girl was out. he had better go to the front
doorsagA Accordingly he opened it,aland
found Toone there; but there was a nicely
done up basket covered with white linen. at
his feet, and he thought he heard the rus
iling of a female dress departing. After
looknig.yainly up and down the street, and
around tie portal, he took the basket H.
totheparlof., On the covering being re-
moved "a beautiful little child appeared
some six months old. The lady screamed; !;
one of the ladyyisitors took the baby, and
found a0note pinned to its dress, which
charged he,gentlemap Of the house with
being the father, and implored him to sup
port It," ~ "1. -.a1' s'd'1'@-'t 80 L-s ,...t
"A rich scene ensued between the inju-
red wife and indignant husband, the latter
utterly denying all knowledge of the little
one, and, asserting his innocence. The
fiends- interfered, and at last the wife was
induced to forgive the husband, although
he still stood it like Trojan, that he had
always been faithful husband. Finally
the lady very roguisbly told her husband
that II was s-sstrahge he should not know
his. own, child, for IL was their mutual off
spring, which had just been taken from its
cradle up stairs by the nurse, for the very
purpose of playing the Joke; and the sur
prised husband finally joined in the laugh,
whichwas raised at his expense.
s1s SrMpLE EDWIN BooTH.--The young
tragedian, Booth, is man whose mod
'esty and good taste are almost commen-
surate with his genius, which ia paying
them as high praise, rs is possible; yet these
very; traits brought- about "a very funny
contretemps two or three weeks ago, when
he was playing in Detroit. The proof of
,thesplay bills was sent to the Theatre while
he was at rehearsal, so that he CHANGED to
see the announcement Of "Richelieu-Mr.
Edwin Booth:" now, he always insists on
having his name inserted without the Mr.,
80 he erased that word in the proof, and
wrote in the margin sprint simple Edwin
Booth" The printers maxim is, follow
copy if it goes out of tho window, and
accordingly the next day bills were posted
all around Detroit" Riche, ieae-6y SIM
pile Edwi,a BooM." s'@ 10 '-.
When people read flaming announce
ments of 'the hope of the living DRAMA"
the "Star of the hemisphere" and other
ridiculous stuff in the play bills were Mr..
Booth is acting, it is TO be hoped they
will remember his Detroit adventure, and
not layat his door the sin against good
taste which he abhors as much as the most
fastibious-N Y. Lay Book.
A ScR1PTURAL MorTo.--Down at St.
Genevieve is an old stone church, and
built to lasta thousand years. The sculp,
tor was directed to engrave above the grand
enterance this passage of Scripture
my house is the house of payer" And
30 he did, but having read the Evangelist
to some purpose, he went steadily on with
chise and graver, and completed the verse.
Hardly had he put period to his work.
when it was discovered by the architect,
who ordred him to fill up the offending
clause with cement. This done, the beau
tiful inscription was read of all MEM
"My house is the house of prayer But
rs the years went on. even like the writing
on the wall with an unseen hand, new
words appeared, one day, and the passage
raa, "My house is the house of prayer,
but ye have'--and there the phrase, like
White Nile, was lost to view. The
months elapsed, and with the sentence, still
the wonder grew, AS the cement fell out
particle by particle:-"My house is the
house of prayer, butye have made it,
another winter finished up the work-"a
den cjfMisoesi i'-B. r. Taylor.
A SUFFERING LETTER.-A certain old
woman took from the post Office in the town
of c.. letter. Not knowing how
TO read. and being anxious to know the
contents, supposing it te be from one of
her absent sons, she called on a person
e nearto read the letter to her. He accord
ingy began, and read
charleston, June %, 1851.
- \ Dear Mother:1 Then making a stop to
fndout what followed, as the writing was
rather bad, the old lady exclaimed, 20, tits
from poor Jerry, he GlaOays stuttered.'
IL RE-An old lady was asked what she
thought ofoneof her neighbors of the name
of Jones, and with knowing wink replied:
"Why, don't like to say anything about
my neighbors; but as to Mr.. Jones, some
times think and then again don't know;
but, after all, rather guess he'll turn out
10 be a rnnd deal snnh a sort Of n man az