The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-12-09
VOLUME VII.---NO. 81
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The quickest way to make "eye.wat is
to run your nose against a lamppost;
May the person who makes one pouud
two day be said to double his capital7
1t is shame, if any person poorer than
you is more contcnted than you.
Fools are ruled BY ,ii;eir Ii; i; hu,nor but wiss
men by their interest.
The man Who was benmed in bv i
crowd has been troubled with stitch in bis
side ever since.
We suppose that man who uevef
speaks may be said always to keep lis
| word.
"A FASHIONABLE PRovERB-Heaven sent
US woman, and France-crinoline.
IHE VALUE OF s1LENcE.-A woman has
often committed herself by talkng-nevef
by holding her tongue.
Why is Chauncey Burr very good
tempered man because be always geeps
his collar (choler) down:
A lecturer asserted that alTbitter thinngs
wcro hot. "No,nn suggested Brown, ahiot Il
bitter cold day." 5's''
Whose best works are most tramnp1le;d
uponY shoemaker's-because good shoes
last longer than bad ones.
A Terrible REvERst.-No children
nowadays. All our children are men and
all our men are childish:
A Frenctman, wishing to speak ofstbs
cream of the English poets, forgot the word,
and said ode butter Of poets"
The poor tailor who tried to cure his
wife's temper has given it up as bad Job.
He found TIE experiment was not "wortI
the salt"
"Do you know who built this bridgea''
said person to Hook. "No," replied
Hook, "but ifyou 60 over you'll be tol:
led?"
"Will you be second" said a gentle!
man; who proposed to fight duel. "No;
indeed, for you wouldn't stand q second
yourself"
There is man in town so oknowwing, that
people who don't know their own minds,
come to him for Information on the sub:
ject.
The vain man idolines his own person, and
here he is wrong; but he cannot bear hls
own company, and here he is right.
A secret is my slave as long as keep il
under;a secret is my master the moment il
escapes from me.
Love is better than pair of spectacles to
make everything seem greater which is seen
through it.
What is the difference between matt
who keeps dogs, and one, who has nine
walkingsticks? One owns ca:uiues and the
other nine canes.
Bautru presented poet to N. de Hemsry
saying, "sir, present you with an indi.
vidual who will give you immortality but
you must, meanwhile, give him somethiugto
live upon"
""ell; fartnet, you told It's your place.
was good place fot hdhting now We have
tramped it for three hours and found no
game. Just SO. Icaculate, as general
thing, the less game there is; the mora hpu4
ting you have" "
"ALL THE WORLDS A sr4dE."-Tbe lifs
OF miser is a bad drama, the only point Of
which is in the end. All the effects ard
crammed into the stag"
The TOP or HIS rRorEssIos.-tf We. ,
were asked what physician stood at the
top Of his profession, we should say Il was sA
the gentleman WHO was in tie habit IF ats'A
tending patients OH bionument. = :, ''@49
A gentleman in ohio, who died,recentIy4,o
to his wife a hsndsotns SUN; ~
providing in his will that in case she mar
r'cd again i shoald Be doubled. s - -,
BsAuIrsga winds The Sisye earodiaddR,
hc. .tfes to the c,sg the moss pstehsoots.,
70 cliugs my constant sonI % tfsef my own
ny beaptifalws'y sgytAssAl segtsAl II 80 s,s,u
youevould enjoy 5ouf sigst; md ss-ss
he sases time The society oftbsilsdis tba
bould Invite none but widows, for ,thsy
vii bring tAssr g o'gn " needs. F 80 d,
Ayoung lady, fond of dancing, i;sy, tr5ssssvslsss t5sssvs
b The course Of q season aba,pt, sfoyrs e.,
lred miles. Yet 10 IAdeaonid tEisk 81
'an!lihng Nm Z, that: 'I' :dsasos isssx moutG.,
! iaesstssnen,' !, said q s4,srs:lsspsfesLs3s
ussts, af nnidfigh 20 don't ksowsSBssltrd
81 have talhsd enough ~ Aot, ,.las1s SE*.