The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-06-30
VOL. vII....xo ~.
Gatherings.

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A farmer charged hired man with
having an offensive breath. "Light-
ming" said the man, do you expect I
man to breathe musk roses for six dollars
month J" M M
At hotel table one day, boarder
remarked to his neighbor n" This must
be very healthy place for Chickens
/" Why 7" asked the other. " Because I
never see any dead ones about.
A pickerel was caught the other day
with a squirrel in his stomach. Query
Did the squirrel go into the water after
the pickerel or did the pickerel 60 up the
tree after the squirrel! A question for
debating societies.
You cant even tell who made the
Monkey, for all you pretend to know 20
much" said an impertinent fop to . cler-
gyman who had reproved him for his pro-
family. "Yes, can,9. said the clergy.
man. "Well, who did make the mon
key 2" He who made you I"
The Clcaveland Plain Deale, says, 4
novel method of collecting oldfdebts has
just been introduced into that city. The
fences and walls in various parts Of the
city are ornamented with handbills.. illus.
trated with train of cars at full speed.
offering judgments against sundry indi-
viduals for sale "at bargain"
An Irish clergyman having gone To
visit the portraits of the Scottish kiugs
in HOlyrood House, observed ole of the
monarchs of very youthful appearance,
while his son was depicted with a long
beard, and wore the traits of extreme old
age. "Sancta Maria," exclaimed the
good Hybernian, is it possible that this
gentleman was an old man when his fa.
ther was born r. o
Southey, in his "Omniana," relates
the following: when ! was last in Lis
bon, a nun made her escape from the
nunnery. The first thing for which she
inquired when she reached the house in
which she was to be secreted, was look
ing glass. She had entered the convent
when only five years old, and from that
time had never seen her own face
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There was some excuse for her.
DON'T Despair. =
Rejected suffers may now hold up their
heads, and bid farewell to suicidal blum
derbusses, "dark rolling waters" and bed
stead ropes. They need no longer 90
about whining with broken hearts under
their vests, or huge bricks in their hats;
for, verify, we, who have travelled the
dark and dreary road, have found conso-
lation in the history of our country
Hope has rooted out despair and cpnsola-
tion, like white-winged angel, hath still
ed the troubled waters of our soul.
And being of an unsel6sh disposition
we shall not hide our light, under 4
bushel,' but say, unto all forlorn and
hopeless lovers, come We and drink the
waters of life. Stick up your ears in
listening attitude, for the mighty revela.
tion cometh: Sometime in the seven
teenth century it came to pass that young
man by the name of George Washingt0n
was smitten with love for one Mary Cary,
called the Beautiful The father was
hard of heart and the maiden was haugh-
ty, and young Washington went away
sorrowful indeed, But it came to pass
that the young man. Washington, neither
slew himself nor sank in the "slough Of
despond," but went straightway and
sought and won another maiden equally
fair, aud they journeyed together. and
the young man Washington became
known and loved throughout the land.
MoRAL-Na Despeyandam