Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-12

FanaySraphs.
Nj. ]. ". Barrow, OF Alabama, announ-
ces that he has been opposed to the slave
trade, but that he 10 now in favor of it. lie
10 . wheel. bsrrow.-Louisuilh Journal. -
~ How Ia It that, If a number Of gentle.
men are sitting together, talking sensibly
upon some sensible subject, and q lady en-.
tiers, they mostly commence talking foolish
y, and keep It up until she makes her exit
ABour woMEH.-A very good kind of wo
man often spoils herself by trying to become
man. The best woman in the world il .
female wouan--sll others are as sounding
brass.
~"Don't you think, I" said vain fellow,
"that am fit to become King Of Great
Britain or Emperor of France 70 mo, but
you might make Doge of Venice, It the
title were only cur tailed of . letter."
a. A theatrical company was playing, in
one of the interior towns Of the West,
Shakespeare's Othello, and Othello deman-
ded of Desdemona "the handkerchief the
handkerchief - A greeny called out i'm.
patiently s'Never mind the handkerchief !;
blow your nose with your fingers, aud 60
ahead -
TThe last number of Hall's Journal OF
Health, which claims to be very high au-
thority in medical science, contains strong
article taking stand against married people
sleeping together whereupon Prentice,
high authority for wit, says:
1--WE understand that Hall is in danger Of
being mobbed by the young married women.
The older ones don't care much about it."
VsRDlor OF Memo INoUKsr.-"We the
undersigned, bein' Kurnet's Jury disgust
to sit on de dead body OBJ de niger Sambo,
now dead and gone afore us, have been sit.
tin on de said niger aforesaid. did on de
night Oh de fusteenth Oh November, cum to
def by tallin' from de bridge ober de rib.
Ter in de said rihher, whar We find he war
subsequently, drown'd and arterward wash
ed on de ribber side, where we s'pose he
frose to deff.'
NJ SAKE, tho punster politician, 10 runs
ming the gauntlet of all the wits in the
country, since he has consented to be the
democratic nominee tor Governor of Yer.
mont. Here is the last jibe;
fHs POLLS "a v. sxonr.
"Ths Democrr..s will win" said Smith
Vuoth y q, II shouldn't wondef- i.
ATesedy they are running with
dig Sazs to hold the pluuder.S
1rA Pixies Psaksr relieves himself in III
folio wing msodious style:
"I'm setting on the stils, Mary, .
Away up in the mines,
Looking out for Jumps Of gold,
And rockets al finds:
Bat tho Jumps ind are very small,
And precious few ct that;
And feel that have been, Mary,
A most orlmighty Nat
| @ Biddy Fudge says in her history o.
the Fudge Family, that, salthough an ange
should write tits devils must print" ant
gives the instance of the havoc made by .
printer of ono of her illusions:
But week or two since
In my ode upon spring,
When meant to have msde
| A most beautiful thing,
| When talked Of the DEVELOPS
| "From freshly blown roses"
| The nasty things made it
| "From freshly blown noses.'
| WEALTH AND 1NTRLLRCr.-The Buffal'
Republican says: We lately picked up tn
following memoranda which we saw drop
ped by young lady attir. in an smbroi
dered velvet Talma, an exquisite Honitol
lace collar, y white hat and plume, and
painfully brill: Mt silk dress, with sxaggera
ted fiounces:
"I mrst get a.
Vail. Brorn hoes,
| Ssrcket, Laise.
Gluvs, Shimmyzet,