The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-14
How JOE WON THE PENcIL.-Joe b
is Enthusiastically the handsomest mar

| is unquestlonably the handsomest mar
ried man in Cincinnati.
Joe sports wife, besides several other
creature comforts. Well, he and his
wife, Harry, john, and George,
-, and their wives, all board at the
same house. A day or two ago, while
they were at table, luxuriating on detach-
cd portions of boiled turkey, which had
been stuffed with oysters, the converse
ton turned on Christian names, when
Mrs. Harry commended that she could
name more distinguished men who had
borne the name of Henry, than any gen.
tleman could of his own name; and con-
cluded by offering gold pencil as wa
ger, against a suitable equivalent, should
she win.
The trial commenced. Mrs. Harry
started off with "Harry of the West" adj
ding upon dozen others.
George-now gathered upon George
Washington, the four Georges OF Eng
land, Lord George of Franks, &c.
"Now, Mr.. John, what have you
to say ?" said the charming Mrs. Harry.
"Oh l can give you a hundred-the
two Adams-Lord John Russell-John
Tyler-John, John, bring me some wat
er, john"
"Stop, stop, you can't win. Mr. Joseph
-, now your turn comes, continued
the juicy little gamester.
Now, if ever bashful man lived, it is
my friend Joe. He dared not look up
He had been racking his brain for an an
swer, but to no purposes nd in despair, ne
made one grand effort, and raising his
head replied:
"My dear madam, have lost. l can
not now think of any gerry distinguished
men who ever bore the name of Joseph,
except the gentleman we read about in
the Sacred Scriptures-he who was such
favorite of Mrs. Potiphar, but l will not
offer him, for Think he acas he-tool
euer did hear off,
Here's the pencil" said Mrs. Harry,
tossing it over to him, as she and the 9TH
er ladies scud out of the door.
How THE HARD TIMES AFFECTED
YOUNG AMERICA Fenno, the cour-
teous parquette Office keeper at the Bos-
ton Theatre, relates the following good
one: For couple Of years or more
smart little specimen of Young Ameri-
ca has been in the habit of attending the
afternoon performance at the Boston
Theatre. When he first commenced
his patronage he remarked to Mr..
Fenno that he should like to occu-
ply certain seat in the parquette, and so
regular were his visits, MIR Fenno laid
aside the check for the desired seat with
as much ceremony and certainty as if the
occupant of the seat was principal
stockholder. For several weeks during
the previous winter the cheek has not
been called for, but on Saturday the
young gentleman appeared at the win
dow, which he is just able to reach by
standing on tip-toe, and demanded the
favorite seat Mr. Fenno at once recog-
nized the applicant as an old custo-
mer, and expressed regret that he had
been sick. mo-" replied the young
America, ''but the truth is, Mr.. Fenno,
financial embarrassments have kept me
away. l can assure you, sir, this is the
first quarter l have had for four weeks
The fact is. Mr.. Fenno, the hard times
have knocked me higher than kite. =
Boston Bee.
A KENTUCKY correspondent says-and
probably he is right about it-that Tom
Marshall is now made the father of all the
good hits have been made in that region
for half a century past, and then he tells
the following:
"General Herkins and Tom Marshall
were canvassing the State in hotly-con-
tested election. The General was
roaring Democrat, and by way of CATCH
ing the flats, was fond of boasting that
his father was a cooper by trade in an OBJ
scure part of the State. The great failing
of the General was his fondness for old
whisky, but the more he drank the more
of a Democrat he became, and the proud
er of being the son of cooper. Of this
fact he had been making the most, when
Marshall, in replying to his speech, looked
at him with great contempt, and said:
"Fellow-citizens, his father may have
been very good "COPPER" don't deny
that; but do say, gentleman, he put a
mighty poor head into that whisky-bar-
rel! ="