Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-01-06
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of men been wrecked? Ans. Courtship.
Persons walked across the Mississippi
ou the ice, at St, Paul, on the Sd ultimo.
= The San Antonio Ledger says there are
six Mexicaus there whose joint ages foot up
6lS years.
When Samson had slain the Lion, there
came honey out of the lion by Staying sin,
we get this honey of peace.
- Three things that never agree-two cats
over one mouse, two wives in one house, or
two lovers after one maiden.
The strongest kind of hint-a young
lady asking a gentleman to see if one of her
rings would fit his little finger.
There are more lies told in the brief sen.
tauce, sglad to see you,' than in any other
sentence in the English language. g.
- Can a mans pocket be empty when he's
got something in it? Yes, when lie has
big hole in it. ....
Three young ladies, of Anderson, Ill,
were married a few days since to three broth.
ers by the name of Ice. Cool, that !!
Men, however poor, should not be
slaves. Few men can afford to have their
own carriages-every man can afford to have
his own opinion.
Among the VOWS that a man has to make
in Japan when he is married, is one that he
will find plenty of tea and rice for bis wife
during her life.
- Hannah More said to Horace Walpole,
eff I wanted to punish an enemy, it should
be by fastening upon him the trouble Of con-
stautly hating somebody"
.-"Mr. Brown, why do you wear that bad
hat ?" "Because, my dear sir, Mrs. Brown
VOWS she will not 60 out Of the house With
me until get new one."
The leaf of an album on which Lord
Byron had written four lines of poetry, was
recently sold at Venice, Italy, and a Russian
nobleman gave 81 800 for it.
The best bank ever known, is bank of
earth it never refuses to discount to honest
labor And the best share is the plowshare,
on which dividends are always liberal
The good will of any enterprise may
be likened to the wag of a dogs tail. You
can buy the tail, but not always the wag
thereof.
"A woman died recently in Cincinnati,
who had accumulated IS, 900 in her business
of playing on hand organ and singing iu
the streets.
A waggish candidate coming in the
course of his canvass to tailor's shop
what we look for here said he, 'are mea-
sures, not men,
An angry woman in room is as bad as
lighted cracker-for when once she goes
off, there is no stopping her, and when she
does 60 out it is to be with bang.
If you want to spend fortune, publish
a country newspaper; if you are fond of scan.
dal live in boarding house !; if you. have Il
taste for law, buy horses, and be sure you
have guarantee with each.
The Newcastle (Ind.) Courier says that
a new groggery in that place was 'dried up
summarily and without any fuss, the other
night, by the ingenious process of boring
holes through the floor and continuing the
boring up into the barrels
- There is man out West so forgetful Of
faces that his wife is compelled to keep q
wafer stuck on the end of her nose, that he
may distinguish her from the other ladies; ;
but this does not prevent him from making
occasional mistakes.
- sMr. Smith, said a little fellow, the
other evening to his sisters beau, Il wish
yon wouldn't praise our Ann's!,eyes any
more. You have made'her so proud now,
she won't speak to cousin Laura. nor help
mother the least bit'
Jones while engaged in splitting wood
at Morphet, struck false blow causing the
stick to fly up. 1t struck him on the jaw
and knocked out front tooth. :sAh ! said
Bill, meeting him soon after, you have had
a dental operation performed I see.' yes
said the sufferer, accidental.
A young lady recently remarked with
much simplicity, that she could not under
stand what her brother George Henry saw
iu the girls that he liked them so well, and
that, for her part, she would not give the
company Of one young man for that of twen-
ty girls.
"A gentleman stepped into store where
none but "mourning goods" were sold, and
inquired for slate.colored gloves. The po-
lite clerk informed him that only black goods
were sold in that room for slate. .colored he
must step in to the mitigated affection de-
partment!
A waggish husband recently cured his
wife of divers ills in this wise He kissed
the servant girl one morning, and got caught
at it. Mrs. i. was up in an instant She for
got all her complaints, and the man Of The
house declares he has never had to pay a
cent for "help" since.
Afectionate wife-"Do you know Mr..
Brown dear?" Husband-"Yes." "Well,
don't you think him very deserving man 2"
"Yes, very deserving. He deserves a
good thrashing, and the next time he gal