Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-21

couretta OF tbe 4ctssors.

man hus right 10 stoal % kiss or an
mbrclla whenever he has y chance. =.
Dss- Beauty nipped in tho waist 10
like rose nippod in the bud. IL IL the
shortest lived, and falls off the quick
est. '''t~'t"
~ "Can't wc make your lover jeal.
Gus, Miss p "Oh, yes, sir, i think We
can five put our heads together" ls'4
Sa- The young Qucen OF Portugal
lately asked her husband at dinner
what vino he preferred. .'Port-you-
gal !" was the reply, sk.>
~ Foote expressed the belief that .
certain miser would take the beam out
lof his eye, IL he knew hecopId ee1l IN
res- Why is a man that marries twice
like the captain Of n ship7
Kaze he has second matc. v
cf5- A joker upon sad facts says that
several banks like the Aalantic tele.
graph cable have become embarrassed
in paying out" and are now all At
sea. , aa '1A rs3'f
BS- No doubt there is room enough
in the world for men and women, but
II may be d serious question whether
the latter are not taking up moro than
their share of it just now. az, fr4
No. Although one swallow will not
mako summer. still, ono pin. malio-
iously inserted in chair will make
one spring.
B6- There is an observing man about
town who says he always took notice
that, whenever he lived through the
month Of May. he always lived through
the year e =. s'saiSl
nag- The lady who was nearly killed
BY the accidental discharge Of her duty,
is slowly and surely recovering :
ss- "Tomny, my son" said fond
mother, "do you say your prayers
night and morning ?'' "Yes-that is,
nights; but any smart boy can tal<s
care of himself in the day time" cor
sa- Most articles fuctuate in valuS
but it has generally been observed that
pen, ink aud paper are always station
cry.
p@- A love sick swain in describing
kiss, says II is n draught which pass-
es through the system like bucket Of
water through a basket Of eggs. Won
dcrful. riss -
Ds5- A fellow found guilty Of 6urgls-
ry, before Justice Day,.-inIrciand, OBJ
served that his fate was singular, a. be
lost by Day what he got bynighs, srss
s5- A dandy lately appeared in Iowa
with legs so attenuated that the author
titles had him arrested because he had
no visible means Of support.
ss- A story is related OF person
who told Quaker that that silence to
meeting of the Society Of Friends was
enough to kill the devil; 10 which the
Quaker replied, that il was the very
thing they aimed to do. s.. .,.fr.
pss- "IIow beautiful" sail n lady
who roughcd, "does the face OF nature
look after n shower L. "Ycs, replied .
fair friend, "but you could not say tho
same of all faces -.
b1r. What is that hich supposingits
greatest breadth TO bc four inches.
Icngth nine inches, and depth three
inches, contains ssolid fooS A shoe. e
pss- A romantic father whose name
was Rose, named his daughterrWhd
so that she grew up under the appellee
ton Of Wild Rose But the. romance
was sadly spoiled in q few years, for
she married man by tho name Of
Bull s a''is' .r' -"
M. Matthew Henry says "Wo-
man was made Of q rib of the side OF
Adam; not made of his head TO top him
-por out of his feet to he trampled up
on by him--bat ont of the side. 70 be
equal with him-under her his arm TO
be protected; and near his heart TO bs
loved" ftf''fH
nSr A boarding Miss. deeming meat
n word too vulgar for refined ears, de-
fines I. thus: l4a
ssTo inscrt nutricious pabulum into
the yenticulated orifice below the nasal
protuberance, which being mastIcatod,
peregrinate through the cartiIagInous
cavities Of the lavynx. and is finally
domiciliaIed in the reccpticlc for di.
gcstiblc partacles. paanoraa issf7rqmi
pS- Not long since gentleman tels-
graphed to a fricnd at Cleveland an in
tcresting family affair, as follows; sr
"Sarah and little ono doing wei"
The telegraph reached its destina-
ton. when II read thus
"Sarah and litter all doing wsll."t
The recipicst telegrsphed back the
folio wing startling query: 81 iiue.a
'For heavens sake how many has
she got ? a as fs.,h
ray Dress docs not make the woman
but when n woman 10 made she looks .
good deal better dressed. .t
rsn- The Cleveland Indies are wcar-
ing water proof boots which are said 20
roach tho knees. 1900.
sS- Here's to internal improvements
rs Dobbs said when he swallowed dose
of salts. .4 .,y e....
pa- The locomotive is the only good
motion that can bc gives for ridings
man on rail. ,..r.ft.t.
rg- We have heard OF . fellow who
was determined to commit suicide, svsA
IL 10 pcrisLed in the attempt. ..,.f