The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13
GatherinGs.


| The Shylock who with head erect with
honest people minglcs, should cease to
shave his fellow-men, and go to shaving
shingles.
| The lawyer would be better off, his
conscience far less plant, who owned
little farm in fee, and made that farm bis
client.
We have some doctors in our midst,
whose talents they should use, by prac-
tising the healing art--healing boots and
shoes.
The minister, whose sage advice use
ful moral teaches, should mind and
watch as well as pray" and practise
what he breaches.
The world should have its docket call
cd, and sluggards all defaulted, and those
should be the "upper ten" whom labor
had exalted.
CLEAR TITLE-A New Zealand chief
maintained that he had good title to
bis land because he had eaten the former
owner.
"Fellow-citizcns!" said North Caro-.
lima candidate, II am q Democrat, and
was never anything else. There are
three topics that now agitate the State:
The United States Bank, the Tariff and
the Penitentiary. | shall pass over tho
first two very briefly, as my sentiments
are we'll known, and come to the Peni.
tentiary, where | shall dwell for some
time -
A notice of recent steamboat explo-
sion ends as follows -
1.-The captain swan ashore. So did
the chambermaid. She was insured for
$4,000 and loaded with IRON"
@In Marion County, Illinois, a young
lady offered the following toast The
young men Of America Their arms our
support, Or arms their reward.
Women are all alike. When they're
maids they're mild as milk; once make
EN- wives, and they lean their backs
against their marriage certificates, and
defy you,
Why does drake put his head under
water I For divers reasons. WHY does
he take it out again For sundry rea-
sons.
Charity is such lonely creature, my
blood comes up when see a set of ras.
Gals trying to impose upon her.
He kissed her, and promised. Such
beautiful lips Mans usual fatc-he was
lost upon the coral reefs.
SECOND MARRlAGEs.-I've heard it
said weddings are like wine, not to be
properly judged Of till the second glass.
I'm losing fesh,' said butcher,
when he saw a man robbing his cart.
The mummy Of an Egytain Princess,
from Egypt, was short time since Ian
ded in England. 1t was intended for
exhibition. An emblamed cat was found
in the same case with the lady, which
fact is considered sufficient evidence that
the lady was never married.
A scotch lady entered store, and
inquired for table-cloth of dam-broad
tern. eve have sun pretty broad.'
was the reply of the astonished salesman,
bnt none quite so broad as that" The
lady explained that " dambrOad was the
Scotch term for cheekered pattern.
A friend of ours was travelling, while
afflicted with very bad caugh. He an
noyed his fellow travellers greatly, till
ono of them remarked, in tone Of dis
pleasure: Sir, that is very bad caugh
Of yours Z" True, sir" replied our
friend. !" but you will excuse me-it'sMe
best Ire got.
The hat-A sharper, who had
lost his hat, going out Of theatre in the
middle Of crowd, snatched mans hat
from OF his head. The poor fellow find
ing his hat gone, cried, "They have sto-
len my hat The sharper, Immediately
putting the hat On his head, and cover
ing it with both hands, exclaimed, "Haye
they !? / defy them to take mine -