Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-26
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able bodied man as a washcr-woman.'
:" 4 man, when he is 'hard up is most
ly dOwn in the world.
=" \ diapers advice to his son, in selecting
"a wife is, Get piece of calico that will
wash
Never condemn friend unheared, or
without letting him know his accuser and
the charge preferred against him.
-. The man who 'ook walk the other
day, brought it back again the next day
he took ride and went off with it.
=" Why was Herodias the fastest woman
of her day?-Because she got head of
John the Baptist on a charger.
3" So long as men are imprudent in their
diet and business, doctors and lawyers will
ride in carriages.
-. An English missionary now in Sum-
atra lately wrote home that he had had the
satisfaction of examining the oven in which
his predecessor was baked
g. Why is man climbing up Mount YES
uvius like an IriShman who wishes to kiss
his sweetheart ?-Because he wants to get
at the mouth Of the 'cratur.'
-. 1t is sad commentary upon the course
of instruction pursued in young ladies
schools, that the graduates seldom know
how to decline an offer of marriage.
." An old Grecian philosopher advises all
men to know themselves. That's advising q
good many to form very low and disreputa-
BILE acquaintances.
-. Moliere was asked the reason why, in
certain countries, the king may assume the
crown at fourteen years of age and cannot
marry before eighteen. 1t is said Moliere,
because it is more difficult to rule a wife
than Kingdom
-. In literature, as in morals, there are a
certain taste and grace, which confer digni-
! ty on moderate requirements and there
are negligence and grossness that digust,
even when accompanied with incontestablc
superiority.
-. \ chaplain was once preaching to a.
class of colegians about the formation of
habits Gentlemen said he, 'close your
ears against bad diScourses' The students
Immediately clapped their hands to their
ears
''. Let you be ever SO pure, you cannot
associate with bad companions without be-
coming addicted to some of their bad habits
Evil company is like tobacco smokc-you
cannot be long in its presence without car
rying away taint of it.
-. The following sentence contains all the
parts of speech Power of speech is facul-
ty bestowed upon man by his benifcent
Creator for great and most excellent uses
but alas . how often do We pervert it to the
worst purpose.
-. \ man was arrested in Virginia few
days since, and being informed that he was
suspected of having been engaged in the in
surrection at Harpcr's Ferry, replied 'he
didn't know Harper nor where he kept his
cussed old ferry He was acquitted.
." Let youth cherish sleep, the happicst
of earthly boons, while yet it is at their
command for their comcth the day to all,
when "neither the voice Of the lutte nor the
bird" shall bring back the sweet slumberS
that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as
as the dews. .-BuIwr.
:" The aggregate vote of the whole United
States in 1928 was but 100000 The
seven Northwestern States now poll that
number The entire vote Of the nation now
exceeds 100000. There are more voters
in the Cuion now than there were people
in the days of the Revolution
The latest dog story is of two dogs who
fell to fighting in saw mill. In the course
of the tussle, one of the dogs went plump
against saw in rapid motion, which cut
him in two instantcr. The hind legs ran
away, but the fore legs continued the fight
and whipped the other dog
80. 4 few more smiles, few more tears,
some pleasure, much pain, little longer
hurrying and worrying through the world,
some hasty greeting, and abrupt farewel*,
aud our play will be "piayed OUT, and ere
long forgotten. Is it worth while to hate
each other?
-. \ Schoolmastcr, who had an irveterate
habit of talking to himself, was asked what
motive he could have in doing so! He re-
piled that he had two good and substantial
reasons. In the first place, he liked to talk
to sensible man in the next place, he
liked to hear sensible man talk
-. s.In the midst of life we are in DEATH"
This line of the English Burial Service,
50 far from Scriptural is derived from Il
Latin Antiphon, said to have been composed
by Notkin. Il monk Of St. Gall, in y. y.
OIL, while watching some workmcn build
iug bridge at Martin>bruck, in peril Of
their lives.
, :. \ Methodist cxhortcr, once resident
of the Wolverine State, upon certain &C.
! casion bantcrcd friend of his, something
! of Il wag and poet, to write him an cpitaph
whereupon the following was got olf i'm
promptu:
/ Here lies james d. Potter.
Who lived A. he hadn't Urtcr:
But aS a Methodist cxhortrr,
Was regular ring tail Suor,cr.
-" \ storckccper purchased Of an Irish
woman quantity Of butter, the Jumps OF
which, intended for pounds, he weighed in
the balance and found wanting. Sure it's
your own fault, if they are light said Bid
dy, in reply to the complaint of the buyer,
.it's your own fault, sir, for wasn't it with
a pound of soap bought here myself, that
| had weighed 'em:' The storckcepcr had
nothing more to say on that subject.