Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-02

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Tor fevers-sheep sorrel or horse sorrel.')
mere, slr-ain't that plain enough 2
Why, doctor,' said the man and his
vile at once, it don't mean a sorrel sheep
or a horse, but
well, know what l am about inter
rupted the doctor-'that's the way we
doctors read it and we understand it.
The House was in a roar! Now, con-
tinued the member, unless my friend, the
sorrel doctor, can be one of the professors,
10 which his great talents certainly cntitle
INN, must vote against the bill.
The blow most eftcctually killed the bill,
tits needless to state.
ED Dentist to his patient /" Ahem ,
very odd, | must have made some mistake /:
there's nothing the matter with this tooth.
Never mind, III try again. OF course,
won't charge you for pulling more than one
OF them-nom matter how many | take out. "
EFT Lager-beer, ike the flea, is subject
to hops" And again, lager is like a bear
each Is a 'bruin.' Moreover, beer is
like a bird-being a swallow.
re" An eating match is to come off in
Cleveland for the championship of Ameri-
ca lhe two contestants are to 90 beyond
the city limits and eat mpsh and milk till
one of them bursts-the n~on-bustcr to be
declared the victor, and receive the badge
of honor. Q
Eg- 1t is not IN unusual sight in Sar
Francisco, to see a Chinese woman navioa
ting the streets under a full pressure o
crinoline.
The Chinese women adopt the foreign
fashions much more readily than the men
HALF-CnALK.-"Madam," said a con
ductor, "your boy can't pass at half-fare-
he is too large"
"Singular," replied the lady; a guess
SIT, he must have grown somewhat on thu
road, for he was reckoned small enough a
starting--I only paid for a haIfticket then
Perhaps your road is famed, sir, for grow
ing boys"
Exit conductor muttering, Sorry
spoke"
Exs- An Irish servant was sent to mattel
a china plate, returned with one of an en-
tirely different pattern. After scoldin.
tor some time, the mistress said
Stupid! do you not see that the tw,
are entirely different"
mo, num-" replied the servant, "onI,
one of them is different"
Eg- Prentice wishes that the individu
al who invented what was called the "pay
ing out machine" of the Niagara and AGA
memnon, would get up a little machine c
the sort to be used in the case of ever
newspaper subscription.
We cordially second that. A paying-i
machine would enable many an hone,
publisher, not only to burn up c~onsiderabl
useless trash about him, called the delhi
quent-list, but also to pay his honest deb
and keep his poor head far above the al
CRY surges of bankruptcy.
The genius who shall invent such a N;
chine may be sure of having a niche in IL
Temple of Fame reserved for him. A
more-will receive the thanks of the who
profession. And would not that be {
honor! For why Because the print,
is the gAtest of all menl Nuf ced. p.
your printer.
Ey A Young lady who lately gave
order to a milliner for a bonnet, said
you arc to make it plain, but at the sal
time smart, as sit in a conspicuous pIa
in church,
Ahem. Selfesteem largely develope
Fully matched by love of Appreciation.
And why shouldn't it! There's a lady
it-think of that.
Gy~ An advertisement lately appea
in the Dublin Evening Post, headed, Ir
bedsteads and bedding
Of course the linen is meant to be
Sheet-iron, too.
SIMrLICIrY.-When Professor Lizars "
one of the examiners in the University
st. Andrews, in Scotland, q candidate
the healing art was asked chow he wol
proceed to detect arsenic Z"
The young student, a h~omespun-looki
customer, Immediately replied
He would mix it with some meal a
give it to the 'chuckies,' (chickcns,) anC
1t killed them, he would know it was al
| nicr
: Whether the learned Professor sent b
I home to feed his mothers 'chuckies,' d
= not appear, but It's very likely he did.