Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-06-25
Wit AND SENTIMENT

~~ VIII: is \ nlutf like 4 fool? Be
cause il holds 3 lady's hand withou,
squeezing it.
1T a Yankee should meet death
on the pale horse, he wonld banter
him to S,cup" crittcrs
No cat, has two tails Granted.
Then, a cat has one tail more than no
cat? True. Well, then, we have
proved that cat has three tails
No poultice has ever been dis
covered to draw out a mans virtues
so fully az the sod which covers his
grave.
-"Aly LAp,'' said y lady to - boy
carrying an empty mail bag, ''aro You
mail boy?'' ''You doesn't think lin a
female boy does yc, a'am?''
"A negro boy was driving a mule
when the animal suddenly stopped and
refused t" bud g.. "NVon't 20, hcy?''
said tho boy. '"Fcel grand, do you:
Guess you forget your father was a
,jackass!"
An 1rishman's description Of a
fiddle cannot b. bcat:-" 1t was the
shape Of turkey, and tho sizo of a
goose; he turned it over on its back
and rubbed its belly wild schtick,
aud och St. Patrick, how it squaled.' ~
- Convcr.ing, one day, with fash.
iona 10 ami pretty belle, tic f,s:i.lion>
MIR. Spriggs observed that "I.adics
that lisped wished to be kissed" The
young lady had before spoken unnt:
tectedly, but now replied, ;" Tho I'vt
heard t5ay."
-" Why, George, what arg yo,,
hoeing in the garden for at this time
ofnight 90
well, l wa. awful dry, mother
AVID don't the Biblo say: H0, every
one that thirsteth p
The old lady drew her head in,
closed the window, and collapsed.
Two old maids were convcrs;no
with young lady, who was about to
be- married !; one exclaimed petulentlv:
swell, if You will do it, you must
'oear the responsibility"
."Cer,ainly," modestly replied the
Young lady, ~ expect to bear several
responsibilities"
\ wag thus concentrates his de-.
scription III a visit to the White Noun.
tail,s:
Nine weary uphill miles 70 sped
The setting sun to see
S;.lky and grim he went to bed, fr
Sussv and grim went VIC.
Seven slecple>s hours We tossed. aud then.
The rising sun to SEQ
Sulky and grim We rose again,
Sulky and grim rose be-"
"You arc from the country, are you
rot, sir?" said dandy clerk in book
shop to handsomely dressed Qua
ker, who had given him some trouble.
"Yes." "Well here IL an essay on the
rearing Of calves :'That," said Amin
aaab, as he turned to leave the store,
thee had better p, esent to thy mo
Their"
An English Admiral, being about to
engage Il Spanish vessel, thus ad-
dressed his men: 'sAly good fellows /!
Never let it be said that we, who
live on prime beef and mutton, were
beaten BY those who have nothing to
cat but oranges and lemons"
At lecture lately delivered at
Liverpool, Lola Monies said it she
were a man she would rather Airt with
MI American girl than a female of any
other country. "You British men,"
said she, think that counting in Eng
land is delightful business, but man
who has never engaged in that pas
time in America don't begin to know
anything about it,"
"A Virginia negro boy, who pro.
fessed to be dreadtully alarmed at the
cholera, took to the woods to avoid it.,
and was there found asleep. Being
asked Why y, he went to the woods, he
said: ITO pray" But" said the
ovcrsccr, 'how was it you went to
slccp:" "Don't know, ,massa, 'zactly,
but ! spec ! must have ovcr.prayed
myself" said the negro.
"A Quaker intending to drink a
glass of water, took up small tumh-
Ter Of gin. lie did not discover hi>
mistake until he got behind tho door
anc; swallowed the dose, when he lift.
I'd both hands and exclaimed, "Verily,
l have taken inwardly the balm Of the
worlds people,! What will Dorothy
say when she smellcth my breath ?"
~ Let us be careful to distinguish
modesty, which is ever amiable, from
reserve, which, is only prudent. A
man is hated sometimes for pride.
when it was excess of humility that
gave tho occasion.
Yesterday afternoon q rather gen.
teel looking young man walked into
the bar of the Woodruff House, and
called for whisky toddy. l1e was
served, and after he had drank the
toddy, lie obtained a cigar, and sat BY
the fire and lcisurcIy pufed it away
lie then called tor another toddy, and
having placed it beneath his vest, he
calmly button.d his coat, pulled on
his rr1nvno md %urninr IN tho hor