Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-26
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n~A Cockney lunch-A slice of am
six hegs, and quart of hale.
NJ B9-A a man is most properly said to be
ssripe for anything" when he is little
mellow.
Rsa- The beauty of behavior consists in
the manner, and not the matter of your
conversation
psA- The man who came to town in a
hurry, is supposed to have gone out in
the same vehicle.
Bag Let friendship creep gently to a
height. Ifit rush to it, it may soon run
itself out of breath.
HA. Wanted for the ornithological de-
partment of the Museum, the beak and
claws of tolna hawk. r
n@-A popular writer says that men,
like children, are pleased with rattle.
Not if it is at the tail of snake
G9-"You seem to walk more erect
than usual my dear sir. es, | have
been straitened by circumstances.
@A juvenile was asked what meek
ness was, and replied -''mcekness gives
smooth answers to rough questions.
Why is beautiful lady's foot like
a romantic tale of olden times? Because
it is most truly an interesting legend.
ns Ten poor men can sleep tran
gully upon mat; but two kings can't
live at peace in quarter of the world.
> B1 Somebody has discovered that,
when betting man says he'll ''take"
you, he means that he will stake you in
if he can.
baF"A wife should be like roasted
lamb-tender and nicely dressed. =
s:True, said an old bachelor, ''but
without sauce!'
BG-"Massa," said Sambo, cone of
your oxens is dead fodder, too 'fraid
to tell you both at once, fear'd you
couldn't bore it.
n@ There is man out west whose
memory is so short that it only reaches
his knees, and consequently he forgets
to pay for his boots.
p@"I dinna ken, said scotch girl,
"what makes brother Jamie like the las
sizes SO. For my part, I'd rather hae
one laddie than ten lassies.'
BarA chap out west, being asked
what made him bald? replied, that "the
gals had pulled his hair out while pull
ing him into their windows p
pA- There is village in Michigan
where the church bell is rung every day
at twelve o'clock, for the people to take
their quinine, as they have the chills and
fever all around them: =
pA-A A lady's cheek is described as the
poetical abode of the rose; but we are
not told what kind of a rose. When an
ardent lover steals kiss, we can sup
pose it is a cabbage rose!''
n@-A sangrado practitioner observed
to Dr., that ''now men will not bear
so much blood letting as formerly" To
which the doctor replied, "Well, you
know more ofyour profession now than
formerly
Bg-ln fishing, we have occasionally
seen big pike watching bait, and
evidently weighing the chances between
getting a good diunner and being a good
dinner He should have been able to
weighvery accurately-he had so many
scales
nA When your friends are laid up
with the rheumatism, always press them
to come over and take tea with you
While such acts of kindness entail no
expense, they procure for you large
reputation for sympathy and neighborly
kindness.
gA-A A. quaint preacher in Alabama
was accustomed to distinguish the I. and
II. Epistles of St. John by giving out
"John with one eye, and "John with two
eyes" It was some time before the peo-
pie got the hang oft, but when they did,
the distinction answered very we'll. g,
nA- DR.. Adam Clarke, who had
strong aversion to pork, was called upon
to say grace at a<linner. where the prin-
cipar dish was roast pig. He'is reported
to have said: 80 Lord, ifthou canst bless
under the gospel what thou didst curse
under the law, bless this pig!'
s@-A lady, paying a visit to her
daughter, who was young widow, asked
her why she wore the widows garb so
long?
"Dear mamma, don't you seer' re-
piled the daughter, ait saves me the ex-
pense of advertising for husband. as
tver5 one can see that am ON the list,
for lie by private contract"