Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-11-09
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4 @tt and Mltsdon1.
saSay whatyou will, marriage by
advertisement must, after all, be the
union of two corresponding minds.
s@-A man who avoids matrimony on
account of the cares of welded life, is
like one who would amputate leg to
save his toes from corns.
w~A young man having devoted
himself to the special entertainments of
& company of pretty girls for whole
sTeniug, demanded paymeat in kisses,
when one Of them instantly replied:
"Ceatainly, sir, present your bill
HgA facetious boy asked one of his
playmates how hardware dealer differed
from boot-maker? The latter, some
what puzzled, gaveit up. "Why," said
the other, "because the one sold the nails,
and the other nailed the soles.
nA-A man stopping his plper, wrote:
II think folks doant ort spend thare
mummy on papers, my father never did
and eyry body sed he wss the smartest
man in the konntree, and had got the in
telligentist famely of buoys that ever
dug taters.
eddie" said a mother to her
hopeful SON, as she was reading to him
about Pocahontas, in the History o.
Virginia-aEddie, do you know whs
pocahontas was?''
aYes, ma" said hopeful, who's
2l <a-a@ ]
'.she was fast racker.''
The Attorney and the Negro.
"Good morning Pompey u said Law
yer. "Good morning, v.assa." "Whs
makes you carry your head down 81
Poupey; why don't v ou walk with yor
head erect, like me-, Massa, you eve
been tro' field Of wAeat when he ripei
"Yes. PempeS> '.Well, you take n
tice some of ee heads stand up, and son
hang dawD; dem dat stand up got !
gxaia IN 'em.''
ss% Aa Paris gives the fashions
eses,j place boasting of high civuizatic
u ia fair to presume that the days
= crinoline are numbered. A new style
skirt is meeting with greet favor the
as it supports the dress without wha
bone or steel, relying for this purp
merely on the harm' ,nious and skill
disposition of the plated muslin
which it is composed The multipl
skirt, or jupon yaultiplsg as it lis call
supports series of volants, tapersd
grouped like fan, which are moved
will by means of metallic eyelets.
travelling it is quite agreeable, as it
cupies little space. What boon
crowded horse-carf-
Bern Again.~
A humorous old nran fell in ~.
ignorant, and rather impA-., .,nent v,
preacher, who prooec.aed 10 inform
old gentlem"-. in very positive tel
tnat ne would never reach heaven un
he was born again, and added, with
parent solemnity, and no small self-c
ceit--1"I have experienced that char
and now feel no anxiety"
"And have you been born agai
asked the gentleman.
eyes, trust have.'
WELL" said the old gentleman, {
ing him attentively,~ "Is don't thinl
would hurt you bit, young man, te
born once morel
Preachersilistantly made tracks '
Q flea iaehis ear.
Aata0tsiSsng Fact, Objection OF a cler
man to a large Salary.
Ministers in our day rarely object
en- increase of salary, but we find in
exchange capital story of an old c
necticut pastor who declined it for S
stantial reasons:
His country parish raised his sal
from $500 to S400. The good man
jected for three reasons:
First" said he; "because you c;
afford to give me more than $780,.
Second" because my preachingi
worth more than that.
Third" because / have to collect
salary, which, heretofore, has beens
hardest part of my labor among you
"If had to collect an additional b
dred, it would kill me-"
D@-A An amusing incident took pl
in one of the largstdry goods stores
New York short time,sinee.~
A good-looking, houesssfaced coun
girl came to town with her sfsller"
do little trife of shopping.
magnitude of the store, the piles
goods, the dazzling array Of artic
the fitting cash boys, quite over-powe
our good friend, who scarcely kr
what to do. Her "feller" obstinat
refused to 60 in, but loitered towa
the door.
The clerks being all busy just tn
the young lady was obliged to rem
standing for few moments. At len!
gailydressed little fellow came bow
and smiling up to the blushing Gus
mer with
"Anybody waiting onyoa, madam
The color deepened in her cheeks
she pointed to the door a::a faltered ou'
"Ycs, sir, he is
= The clerk "wilted. y