Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-31
Gait and ddisdum.
,pA. Marrying a lady for her beauty is

,p@-Marrying lady for her beauty is
likezeating bird for its singing.
s@. aFriend, the Bible tells thee not
to swear at all "Oh, don't swear at
all; I only swear at those I am mad at. "
A REFoRMER!-"Jane, giveethe baby
some laudanum and put it to sleep, and
then bring me my parasol. I am going
to a. meeting fors the anne Ewat ton of the
condition Of the human race" - = -
e@A fop in company, wanting his
servants called out: Where is that
blockhead of mine?" -
"a lady. present answered, Son your
shoulders, sir!'a I u ! = y - ;
sEg Four hundred years have elapsed
since the invention of printing, yet books
are not in circulation all over the globe;
while the use Of tobacco became unirersal
~ithns ffty ycqrsef It's cdiseoeerys sss
ga" Ya- "A young lady appeared in male
attire in Baltimore, and one Of the edi-
tors Says her disguise was so perfect that
she might haTeE3passedl off fora man
chad she q little more modesty." ,.....
s@-A lady in New York, quite over
come by visit from the erenowncd chess
champion, wishing to do the agreeable,
ssaid:' e'eWill Mr.. Morphy take seat on
the sorphy and accept cup of.eorphy@
= The Best SERMoN.-That is not the
best sermon which makes the hearers go
away talking to one another, and prais-
ing the. speaker, but that which makes
them away, thoughtful and serious ,and
Fastening to be alone. .-5-sr.a -,.7.H
ga- Man was bornfor society, not SOL
'itude Solitude is artificial, and is of
monkish origin, with comparatively few
exceptions, and mostly adventitious-
Man cannot, properly speaking, become
reclusc. saz 7..f "l'
1SA little girl, nine years old, hav-
ing attended a soiree, being asked by her
mother, on returning, how she enjoyed
herself, answered: II am full of happi-
.nessl couldn't be any happier unless l
could grow" Si4s5 ,..at..1 s@. e
.kay-.sHoM very seldom it happens, y
said one friend to another, ''that we find
editors who are bred to their business. I"
"Very WE'LL" replied the other, sand
have you not remarked how seldom the
business is bread to the editors!'
l. 1@rC Chesterfeld's maxims are out of
date, They answered very well in their
day, but the code of manners, like the
legal code, is liable to change. He rec
ognized a gentleman by his hands and
boots-mind tells the story just at pres
ent.
pA-A popular writer says it is not
the drinking, but the getting sober, that
is SO terrible in drunkard's life. To
this Prentice adds: ''Some persons, in
fuenced probably by this important con-
sideration, seem deliberately resolved
never to, get sober. ~. l :. =. ...~.
1@A late celebrated judge, who
stopped very much when walking, had
stone thrown at him one day, which
fortunately passed over him without
hitting him. Turning to his friend, he
remarked: "Had l been an upright
judge, that might have causedm death"
S9-An old man picked up half dol
lar in the street. ''0ld man, that's
mine said keen looking rascal 'eDid
yours have hole in it?' asked the old
gentlemen. "Yes," replied the other,
smartly. "Then it is not thine, replied
the old gentleman i'thce must learn to be
q little sharper next time. % =, ,.,.. -
RAJ A gentleman who has for two
years refused to contribute anything to-
ward the support of the. "sstated preach
ing of, the Gospel recently surprised
his friends by contributing to the pur-
chase of bell for a new church edifce.
On being asked the reason for this exer-
else of liberality, he replied that he
never put his money where he could not
hear, It ring. r-..t,,ri..sa,I. .-a,aE -.;3 II
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