Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09

The District Court in one of the north
ern parishes of Louisiana was in session.;
twas the first day of the court; time after "
dinner. Lawyers and others had dined, :
and were.sitting out before the hotel, and q
a long, lank, unsophisticated countryman i
came up and unceremoniously made him Al
self one of'em, and remarked: p,
Gentlemen, | wish you would 90 on IS
with this Court, for ! want to 90 home; I
left Betsey a looking out" Sc
'Ahp said one of the lawyers, and pray, in
sir, what detains You at court? m
why, SIR said the countryman, 4 am m
fetched here as a jury, and they say if l
go home they will have to find me, and
they mount do that, as l live a good :,
piece :
what jury are you ONT asked a lawyer.
'Whatjury? :
yes, what jury? grand or traverse juryT n
Grand or travis jury? dad fetched if \
know
WELL said the lawyer, did the Judge !
charge youp I
well, SQUIRE said he, the little fellow
that sits up in the pulpit, and kinder bos-
ses it over the crowd, gin US a talk, but |
don't know whether he charges anything
or not
AGRoAN.-The Augusta Ca Despatch
is responsible for this. Two c%ountrymen,
who bore the aspect ofhaving been born
and reared in the piney woods, entered,
lately, one of our city churches. They
went up into the gallery and took a seat
in the immediate vicinity of the organ.
The organist commenced using his skill
on it, causing it to breathe out its sweet
melodious sounds. Our friends in rapt
amazement sat. Their eyeballs strained
to their utmost tension, seemed as if they
would start in horror from their sockets,
while every hair on their heads assumed
an Independent and perpendicular position.
The organist happening to strike a deep
bass note, our friends, with fear depicted
on their blanched countenances, made a
Decline for the door. AS they arrived at
the door, one of them said to the other,-
"My goodness, Sam, what a grOan that
aUas"
How do you do, my dear Mrs. Town.
ley9 Have you heard the the news abou-
Mrs. Luddyr
why, really, no. What is ito d.
tell
%, 1 promised not to tell for all tn
world. No, | must never tell ont as lon
as | live, as true as the world
% dear, what is it? Come tell
Now, you won't say anything about i
will your
No, I'll never open my mouth about
never. Hope to die this minute if l dc
y well, if you'll believe it, Mrs. Func
told me last night that Mrs Todd told h,
that her sisters husband was told by a pc
son who dreamed it, that Mrs. Trouble
eldest daughter told old Mrs. Nichens tn
her grandmother had heard by a lett
- which she got from her sisters seco,
husbands Oldest step-daughter, that it W
reported by the captain of clam-boat j
arrived from the Feejee Islands, that t
mermaids about that section wear crinoli
made out of sharks SKINS
A Coon ONE.-Said a gentleman
SOWc dIllDlClOH W one WuOm he SuppOS
the to be we'll acquainted with the numer,
flor towns of the State,
4 wish to settle permanently in so
II d locality where | can be useful and do 90
cen do you know of a place where one co
her practice Iaw-preach and use his SURF
.ows means to profit in sharing notes!?'
Rejecting a short time, the other
'"S piled, There is but one place that | 7
remember
the where's that?' asked the interroga
e to Hell; and it is already filed with just S
characters
her interrogation bowed and retired.
and atlanta Amer1ca1
nth PRETTY GooD.-UncIe Bill Fidd W
,ked drover from Vermont. Being expose
air all kinds of weather, his complexion su
h ed somewhat; but at best he was nor
saw the whitest. Stopping at a public hous
~ of man Of VIGOROUSLY bad character thou
as Uncle Bill came in, he would make
10 in the butt Of a joke. AS the black face Of
weather-beaten man appeared in the
and he exclaimed:-Mercy on us, how da
trug. grows p Uncle Bill, surveying him
/ was head to foot, coolly rcplied:-" Yes
rn- your character and my complexion
the enough to darken any room"
meath Mps Firms AMI Nh F,,npo-Cop
u up VIEWS OF THE FoRMER.-'Fubbs, |
a out to talk to you awhile, and l want y
vi IL listen while / do it. You want to
Oh lie sleep but don't; Pm not one of the S
IL, kind. It's a good thing for you Mr.. F
ii gInrl' that you have a wife who imparts info
Inc ton by lectures, else you would be s
ing OF feet ignoramus. Not a thing abou-
e mat house to read, except a little Bible til
'hSred Christian Association gave you, and a
very which that fellow called Potter lef
day entitled Light to the Heathen.'
only well he left it, for you're a heather, ]
our lie you may feel thankful you amt Mo
eterni, Yes, | understand that insinuation
w. ana you profane wretch! You mean
hgness. glad you havn't but one wife. You
whlch would have known there was a Nc
Oh our Mr.. Fubbs, if l hadn't told you,
'ad uh- you're too stingy to take a paper!