Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-03-15
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EB-A pawrbroker is like an inebriate;
he takes the pledge, but cannot always
keep it.
EH Most Interesting companions-girls
in their gigglehood, and boys in their
boobyhood.
@Longfellow' beautiful phrase,
"sutler and be strong," is now Familiarity
rendered grin and bear it,
E9- We have often heard Of a man being
in advance of his age, but who ever hea rd
ofa woman being in the same predicament?
W-A Spanish writer. speaking of a
lady's black eyes, says: They were mourn
ing for the murders they had committed.
@"A chaplain at State prison was
asked by q friend how his parishione RS
were. All under "conviction,' was the re-
ply.
GE Among tie epitaphs to be found in
the burying ground at Rindge, is the fol-
lowing:
"This bed is Geld; but OH. I love it,
For colder were my friends above iI!''
ES-A writer on etiquette observes:
"When you are seated next to a lady, you
should be only polite during the first
course; gallant in the second; but you must
not be tender till the DESERT
EE-M Men are like bugles; the more brass
they contain, the further you can hear
them. Women are like tulips; the more
modest and retiring they appear, the bet
ter you love them.
~ Let the wheels Of railroad train
run over your dimes and quarters and
halves, and there will be an expanded cu-
rency; let them pass over ten dollar cd
piece, and you will have a spread eygle.
&yAn exchange paper very gravely
informs us that a young m an who was re-
Gently bathing in the Mississippi river,
seeing number of ladies approach,
drowned himself from m olives of delicacy.
EB-"Massa, do you know why dem
noisy birds am called carrion crows?"
"Of course, it is because they feed on
putrid carcasses." Eyes, dat's tits
cause dey carry on so ober dead hoss.''
Eg-We should really like to know how
far Oft some of the newspapers will finally
get. Every little while they announce in
capitals Further from California, Fur
ther from Europe" and so on. Where
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Gss"A fellow who lives at boarding.
house, where they give the toughest Of
tough beef steaks, staggered his landlady
the other day by handing his plate, and
asking in ii very loud voice, for little
more of his daily BOARD.
ES-A correspondent of the esprit of
the South" sporting paper, says that
the best hunting dogs are brought from
Europe. He probably thinks that pointer
or setter Is Of little account until he has
had his 'bark upon the sea-"
Ey~A Bachelor friend of ours, saws a
correspondent, returning the other evening
from ball, in a crowded coach declared,
with groan, that he had not the slightest
objection to rings on his fingers, " but he
had a most unequivocal aversion to ''bells
on his toes"
Ey"Very touching and beautiful were
the words of the old schoolmaster, as life
passed away; "It is growing dark--the
school may be dismissed" Down to the
very gates Of the unseen world, he carried
his love and regard for the children whom
lie had trained.
Two Irishman were going to fire of
cannon just for fun; but being of rather
economical turn of mind, they did not wish
20 lose the ball. So one of them took an
iron kettle in his hands to catch it in; and
stationing himself in front of the loaded
piece, he exclaimed to the other who stood
behind it with lighted torch, Touch it
easy, Tommy''
N-Parson Brownlow, who publishes
the Knoxville Tenn. "Whig," calls upon
his subscribers to ''pay up" He says he
is willing to take shanghai chickens, hoop
skirts, boot jacks, broom m-corn, baby-pigs, |
frozen cabbages, old clothes, Colts revol-
vers, second hand tooth-brushes, ginger
cakes, parched corn, circus tickets, or any
other article found In a retail store.
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