Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-09-08
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THE RELIGION OF PAYING DEBrs.-One
of our religious exchanges has the following
strong remarks on this subject They drva
the nail in to the head and clinch it:
Men may sophstcate rs they please They
can never make il rght-and all the bank
rupt lawsin the universe can not make it right
for them not to pay their debts. There i.
a sin in this neglect as clear and as deserving
church discipline as in stealing or fslse swear
ing. lie who violates his promise to pay, or
withholds the payment Of debt when it is
in his power to meet the engagement, ought
to be made to feel that in the sight of all hon.
est men, he Is a swinder Religion may bs
a very comfortable cloak under which to hide
but if religion does not make a man dca' just
ly, it is not worth having"
gJ"A girl, sitting in u fellows lap, will,
her arms around his neck, and looking at tho
fireworks on the Fourth. asked him if she
was not heavy. No. he replied, my yoke
is easy and my burden is light -
\ young man who bad spent little of his
own time and good deal OF his fathers mon
ey III fitting for the bar, was asked after his
examination, how he got along.
"Oh, we'll, said he, Il answered one ques-
lion right"
"Ah, indeed. said the old gentleman, with
looks Of satisfaction at his sons peculiar smart
ness And what was that"
They asked me what quitam action was'
That was hard one! And you answer
cd it correctly, did your"
YES: told them. didn't know"
LoNG TAILS AND SHORT TAILs--A lady
observing the following notice on bes.s.--,
"Horses taken to grass; long tails, three shil
ling and sxpence, short tails, two shil,ilgs,"
asked the owner Of the land the reason Of the
difference. Why, you see, ma'am,' he. re-
piled, long tails can brush away the flies,
but the short tails are so tormented that they
can hardly eat at all.
The Eastern Argus say there is man in
Exeter whose memory s so short that it only
reaches to his knees. Per consequence he has
not paid for his last pair ofboots
a teacher wishing to explain to little girl
the manner in which lobster casts its she'll
when it has outgrown it, said, "What do
you do when you have outgrown your clothes?
You throw them aside don't you?" '"Oh, mol"
| replied Tie little one, eve let out the tlcks!'
A man who passes throul life without mar
rying i, like fair mansion left by the bull
iSi ''HhhioilCtI. INC tiIhb 10 NOihplStO
runs to decay from neglect without the addi-
ton Of that which makes the whole useful.
A lady asked noted doctor if he did not
think the small bouncts the ladies Wore had Il
tendency to produce congestion the brain.
"Oh, no" replied he, "ladies who have any
won't wear them"
A dandy, with cigar in his mouth entar-
cd II menagerie, when tho clown requested
him to take it out Of his mouth, as he might
learn the other monkeys bad habita.
REs" A Texas paper says that squad o,
Ciinanchcs lately got after baidheadsd white
man who was hunting on the San Saba river,
end had nearly over taken him. when his ha.
blew off ard exposed his shining bald pate to
their as'onished gaze. The savagcs halted,
cried, "Scalpcd! scalped' and stood wonder
ing SO long at the phenomenon, that the hun
ter escaped.
EEy""0h, dearn blubbcrcd an urchin whs
had been suffering from the application of .
birch. Oh my! they tell about forty rod.
making furlong, but | can tell bigger st1-
ry than that. Let em get such plagucv
licking as I've lad, and they'll find out ths,
one rod makes ali acher"
n<3-A wag wrote over the door OF school
house "The New England whaling insiir-
ton.