Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-03-25


| s0r The street boys in New York have a
couplet for the benefit Of expansively dress
ed promenaders. 1t runs thus ....
Ladies' legs am growing SO thin.
Them's forced to the erin -s.lin." ~
An exchange says January 1st there
were in the Illinois State Prison 651 ras-
Gals exclusive Of the keepers and other
officials"
Are you looking for any one in parti-
cular2 as the rat said when he saw the cat
watching him.
ABoUT So.--A bachelor says "Awo-
man will cling to the chosen object of her
heart like possum to gum tree, and You
cant seperate her without swapping strings
no art can mend, and leaving portion of
her soul on the upper leather ofyour afec-
tions She will sometimes see something
! to love where others see nothing to admire;
and when fondness is once fastened on
fellow, it sticks like glue and molasscs in
bushy head Of hair. eg5
! A jealous husband threatened to chas-
tise the evening star" for blinking at his
wife. fed
What makes you spend your time SO
freely Jack2' tf if
Because, replied Jack, lit is the only
thing have to spend
Piccolomini replied to seranade in
Toyo: M moa
"Shentlemen II am veer mooch obligee
for dis compliments. l am veer poore
speak Anglish aunt feels shleepy.
BeA. One hundred and seventeen slaves
from different parts of the South, manu-.
mitted by their owners, are to 20 to Liberia
on the first of May, by the Mary Caroline
Stevens packet, Baltimore.
reA- "Amelia, for thee--ycs at thy COM
mand, I'd pluck the stars from the frma-
ment-Td pluck the sun, that oriental god
of day that trayerses the blue arch Of
heaven in such majestic spendor--I'd tear
him from the sky--"Don't Henry, it would
be very dark"
The oldest couple in VT, is said to be liv-,
ing in Hardwick; the old gentleman being
81, and his wife 80, the two having lived to-
gether in wedlock for 70 years. The old
lady says she can now do more house. work
in day than halfthe girls in town, and her
works prove it. .f fae.-tlra-
Ra- When is bed not bed Z? Ans.
When il is little buggy. 1893
n@- When are women fathers? When
they are ST. hers (ress), which is no unfre-
quently the case.
sea. Why is dough like the sum- Be-
cause when it rises it is light. '-'"
say- Why was the FIRST day of Adams
life the longest2 Because it had no Eve.
B0- The worst feature on mans face
is his nose-when stuck in other peoples
busin ss.
neA- Moderation is q silken thread rum
ming through the pearl chain of all the
virtues.
p6- Why is a young girl of sixteen like
pity? Because she is achin' to love.
Rea- True eloquence consists in saying
all that is necessary, and nothing more.
NO. Want to know--if the girl who
clung to hope hadn't a slippery hold2
nA- There is healing in smile, and
laughing is medicine to the mind.
s1- It's the last ostrich feather that
breaks the husbands neck.
RsN- The gentleman who kissed the
ladys snowy brow, caught severe cold,
and has been laid up ever since.
, r6y- Funny-to see a milkman looking
over the price current" to find out how
chalk is going at wholesale.
sSr A gentleman having engaged a
, ck-layer to make some repairs in his
cellar, ordered the ale TO be removed be-
fore the bricklsyer commenced his work.
"Oh am not afraid of barrel Of ale, sir,
said the man; "but l think a barrel of ale
would run at your approach"
car Mother, 1 shouldn't be surprised If
our Susan gets choked some day" "Why,
my~son2" because her beau twisted his
arm around her neck, the other night, and
if she had not kissed him 10 let her go, no
would have strangled her"
neA- Booth, the tragedian, had his nose
broken. A lady once said to him, II like
your acting, but | cannot get over your
nose.
mo wonder" replied be, "tke bridge Is
gone"
If a man could bequeoth his virtues by
will, and settle his sense and learning upon
his he irs, as certainly as he can his lands. a
brave ancestry would be mighty priyil-
eye.
no. Edward Everett has paid to tho
treasurer of the Mount Vernon fund, up
to the present day, 800, ,S93,si.
ss- A Paris letter asserts that the
| Americans these ase making an effort TO