Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-10-18
G9-"Copy-right Democrats" new
name given To the pouglasites. ---,

GD-"Copy-right Democrats" = new
name given To the pouglasites. ,,--,
GE-They who spine in their youth
can never look "spruce" in old age. 400
EY-It is a remarkable fact that how.
ever well young ladies may be versed in
grammar, very lew of them can decline
mauimony. ,ssr,st'
OWING FOR HIS MUSCLES. Cant you
credit me, Mr.. Butcher, for allitte meal
this mornmg?'a 'sNo, you owe me fol
that already on your b. n's." f%.a geo
E1-A dram, generally, speaking. is a
small. quantity taken in large quantities by
those who have few grains Of sobriety,
and no scruples Of conscience.
" ET"I hope you are not disposed to
question the character Of my milk" said
alandlord to his guest "Oh, no indeed.
itghas evidently, been pumped enough al
ready t-<ltt tsE.E ftltfb
G%One of the railroads in New York
is SAID to be the safest in the world, as the
superintendent, keeps boy running ahead
OF The trains 10 drive of the calves and
sheep aul3.ai st4E.> a.,oA "a ,
E9-A outside passenger on a coach
had his hat blown over bridge into the
stream. "True to nature" said gentle
man who was seated beside him, "a Jea-
Ger naturally takes to the water."o 90
EFLathrop saws when he came on the
steamer to California they kept the chick
ems in the hatchwoy, the beef in the bull
warks near the steerage, and when they
ran out Of eggs the ship lay t'oo. 5as&
~"You are an old sheep" said a
promising specimen of Young America to
his mother, "Well, you young 'aseal," ex
claimed she, seiz'ng the broomstick, "if
Pm an o!d sheep, l land you, and I'll
lam you again" s.vf a.l~@La
:, Eg- George Colman, getting out of a
hackney coach one night, gave the driver
shilling. This is bad shilling" said
Jar,ey ''Then It's all right" said
George with his inimi,able chuckle; "yours
il bad coach"
EyA friend of ours says, that he has
been without money so long that his head
aches "ready to split" wher he tries to
recollect how a silver dollar looks. He
says the notion that 1--WE live in world of
change" is great fallacy.
w"Joe, why were you out so late last
night?" alt wasn't so very lale only a
gu; rter Of l2." "How dare you sit there
and tell that lie? | was awake when you
came IN. and looked at my watch-zit was
3 o'clock" well. isn't 8 quarter Of
l2." "yHaa.l ~tt grn t}I,e.us HH &
NEWSPAPER PuFFs.-The "local' Of
one OF our country exchanges gives the
following schedule of tolls for the benefit
of those who need and seek after "puffs:
"" For modest puff. 3juleps.
A ,olerable good one, ! box icigsrs.
"A good one, pair boots.
A very good one, 3, l vest 2 shirts,
A "kplended" one, %, l,cloth coat.
, - A perfect sockdolager,,- > whole suit.
Es-A quaker lately popped the ques-
ton to a fair Quakeress thus: =. -
o "Hum-yes and verify, Penelope, the
spirit urgeth aud moveth me wonderfully,
to beseech thee to cleave unto me, flesh Of
my flesh and bone Of my bonel'' ~
"Hum-truly. truly, Obadiah, thou
hast wisely said, and inasmueh as it is no.
good to be alone. 1 will sojourn with thee!'
EE-The Postmaster at Warren, Ohio.
writes at therequest of Mr"rimothy Brad
ley Of johnston, Ohio to say that tliestory
ofa correspondent announcing that MRS.
B., was the happy mother Of eight chill
dren at a birth is malicious hoax, and
adds: s"Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, are both re-
spectacle persons of respectable families
have been married about six years, and
have never had any children : E :.