Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-09-01
Drintings.
A little pot is soon hot.

Visible means Of suPporI'-big feet.
A bride anticipates grief, for she con.
santly dreams Of ringing her fingers.
Ada Clara saws "ihat men are too often
like rats, they have an irresistible desire
10 pick the bones of the sick ones OF their
race"
TO friend or foe alike 1t praise be Civ.
en- when praise is due.
Every second of time throughout the
busy hours Of day, and during the silence
Of night. an immortal soul is passing from
time into eternity.
True friendship increases as life's end
approaches, just as the shadow ieng'hens
every degree the sun declines toward The
seiring.
Fast youths are now called young gem
llemen Of accelerated gait.
WHY are Presidents like vagabonds
Because they are associated with vices.
They have got To growing chickens so
large in Massachusetts, that farmers havo
to sell them by the quarter, like pork.
These are chickens TO crow over.
A young fellow whose girl told him
she didn't want him any longer, wears a
SO weight in his hal W prevent him from
growing more.
Pants procured on tick may be coasid-
cred "breeches Of trust.
rhe man who embraced favorable
opportunity, last week, emboldened by
his success, attempted 10 embrace an old
maid but was put hOrS de combat, and
came off with black eye.
They are very particular in Schenecta-
dy. Before a merchant takes cent he
runs through the "deleclor" TO see If il is
counterfeit.
A Bachelor lately deceased has left The
large sum Of $4,000 for the invention OF
shirt without buttons.
The man who threw up a bargain CSme
near having his hat crushed when it came
down.
When you see girl with a novel in
her lef, hand and fan in her right, shed.
ding tears, you may put il down that she
is sOlt and unfit for wife.
Thou shalt not steal" Recollect hi,
s one Of the ten commandments, and let
our wood pile alone
There is too much truth in the follow
ing: wv here money is there is tho
devil, and where none is, there ne istwice
over.
An exchange says that the last thing a
man does is TO repent. This is mis-.
ake-the last thing done is to pay pIin-
ter's bill.
If man deceive you, trUs, him mol a.
gain If he strikes you thrash hip like
smokc-if you are able.
Learning is the dictionary, but sense
the grammar OF life.
The carver at a dinner table should
help the ladies' in the order OF their do
meslc rank that is, lle mother before
the daughter. the aged Before the young.
The married before the unmarried.
FAcrs.-Put this and that together
The Springfield Republican says: I'VE
DO nOI believe ibeTe Is one case IN thou
sand OF fall from virtue, in m1uI, lie
or out Of it. in which the nan is Hoi pr.
msrily or manly 10 blame SGmebuGy
else says : "a sour faced wife EiIs the
Iaverns." good deal of truth III both.
Every woman wss made for mother.
consequently babies are just as necessary
to their peace Of mind as health. II you
wish 10 look al melancholy and iudiges-
ton, look at an old maid. If YOU would
take peep al sUnshine, look in the Gacs
Of a young mother.
Life is a journey, and they only who
have travelled consiJersble way inI,
are 6t TO direct those wIo are seuirg
out.
Under a long dress you have perfect
right 10 suppose there lies large foot.
How 10 raise Geese-Send your daugh-
lers 10 fashionable boarding school.
The easiest ~ to 'reduce the fair is
to feed girls on. sgis and SIENNA.
To get the most work out OF your
them out OF your pockets.
An editor down east describing fsmi.
Iy OF bis acquaintance, says thatlhey were
SO mean they had 10 die by subscription.
Why is ragged coat like an iron pot :
Because il is specimen Of hard ware.
Why is lady's hair like a beehive I
Il holds the combs.
An exchange thinks that young lady
looks very fascinating when she wsIksss
IboUgh aea was biting her on each hip.
Fever and sgUe is one Of The moss, in
nariial of diseaaes-it aluaxs nixes iia