, 1858-08-13
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versation, not the web.
To ascertain the weight Of horse, put
your toe under the animals foot.
Some modern writer has said that power is
buthalf power, unless intelligence guidesit.'
The iron has entered into my SOUL said
the stage carpenter when nail ran into his
foot.
Whatever may Be the reputation Of man
while alive, when dead he is generally allowed
TO be finished gentleman.
LeiRh Hunt was asked BY lady, ct des-
seYt, q he would not venture on an orange.
'AIsdam,' be replied, j should Be happy to
DO %, but I am afraid ] should tumble off,
A merry Andrew, on being asked why he
played the fool, replied, For the same rea.
con that you do-Out Of want; you do IL
fof want Of Wit, and ! do il for want Of
money
Il is oaen said that the character Of public
men Is the property Of their country. II
there Be truth n this, we have great deal
Of property in our country that il would be
well to get nd Of
Have you fellow feeling in your bosom
hr the women Of utahf asked friend Of
ths sister Of Mrs. Partington. Get out,
you insulting rascal = said she; 'Ph have
you TO know don't allow fellows 10 be feel-
ing in my bosom. Oh, dearP
Hans, said Dutehnnan to his urchn son,
whom he had just been thrasAing for swear
ing At his mother, watts dat you're linking
60 wicked spout IN der corner deTeP Il
amt tink not'n.' You lie, you vagabone
you, you links Cot danl-and now I'll vip
you ioS daA'
An mfithful servant 3 smoky house, q
stumbling horse, sOOlding wife, an aching
tooth, an empty purse, an undutiful child, an
inocssant talker, hogs that break through en-
closures, dull razor, mosquitoes, a fop, and
ssubseTibr ahafpOnf pay JOS k'S paper, ere
bad things. ai.i
"A clergyman, observing q poor man by
the roadside breaking stones with pickaxe,
and kneeling 70 get At bis work better, made
tie remark, An, John, wish could break
the stony hearts Of my hearers as easily as
you are breaking those stones The man
replied, 'Perhafs 8, master, you do not work
on your kness.'-
A paper published in Tama (Fla.) relates
the following accident :'-'While Capt. Par
kill was returning 70 his camp from this
place, Tie horse bis servant (a strapping ne
gro man) was riding took fright and threw
the ri6cr. The head Of the negro, in bis
descent, struck the leg Of Parkill's horse,
breaking Il, Whenit (the negro's head) glanced
and struck q tree on tbe side Of the road,
peeling Of ne bark for several feet. The
negro was. stupefed for an instant, but re-
seir1d noinjulyl h Is supposed that he be-
longs 10 The haTd-shell persuasion.
One Of thoso magistrates sometimes de-
nominated bass wood Justices in q New
England town, imagining himself insulted
b enc Of his townsmen during q dispute,
threaitnod 10 arrest him for contsmptoi court.
The plain citizen replied that IL could not be
done, As the bassWood justice was not acting
officially bnt the latter reioined that he was |
q Justice of the Peace continually, from the |
rising q the s1n TO the setting Of the same,
uheIh1r IN court or out of Il, and an Object
q eoHisupi sse'ylshere!
A boy IN freak Of mischief chopped OF
tho tail of bis fathers dog. The poor animal
runabout, bowling and bleeding, until he found
secule retroat from The eye Of man, and
fhere he lay untl hunger compelled him to
have bis hiding place. Then he came out
toward To. kitchen IN search Of food. His
naslC had taken The dismembered member
Nnnd PLACED L on the railing Of the kitchen
porch. The dog saw Il, and doubtless recng-
nizing 4 a. his soun, he took L down, licked
Il lovingly, and thoi deliberately sat down
viii he stump upon is TO see il il would
BfQN On a8aln - lilrf-
uh9o i . good story told Of party Of
verinnt individuals who attended court for
he 6st time during criminal trial, pressed
IN ct tho door, and gaining toe-hold upon
tho extreme edge Of IN outer bench, took 81
survey 81 the scone around the jndge's stand.
WHO ere themtu twelve men aetiin' there elust
togcthcrf Whispered one q he party 70 q
wnggi1t hysl1ndft, pointing 70 tie inry. box.
Ihose are the prisoner, WAS the reply. IL
aosgh sor WAS he reioinder: sfIUasI
onthe jury, I'd convict every one Of EN- from
their looks alonel Look at That hoad fellow,
(pointing 70 the foreunn) soe him watch
what's goin' ont He knows al about it,
III W1Tlnt youl Well, they'll get it--tsl
yoar1 apieoa, leart calculNtionP To adopt
noysl expression, comment Is unneoessary.'
ANoruegian fsble satisfactorily accounts
Or 10 shoIt tail Of tho bear The bear. Il
seem, was once mst By fox which carried
q load Of fab, and Who, IN answer 70 the
quc11on how II had obtained them, replied
thal be capgAt them By angling. The bear
ezprc1.od derlre - know IN AT 70 ussfnl.