Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-10-26
COLT and dlliisdom.

&c ir.s4 W Iue-aWake, OoyS! hlue-dWahe! ta
.''7s' dalit and d0lisdom.
.ss & Grandnla, = said little urchin,
s'your specs are upside down-do you
wear them thus tozsce to sew?''E "No,
mydear, I wear them soto see. s
DgA little girl hearing her mother
speak of going into half-mourning, said,
/. why are going into half mourning,
mamma7-arez any of our relations half
dead?"
nT \ soldier being asked if he met
With much hospitality while he was in
Ireland, replied: :S'sThat be was in the
hospital nearly all the time he was
there. +" ~
sea- ''That baby" said the delighted
mother, ''we look upon as. the flower of
the family" Being boy and robed In
yellow flannel, she ought. to have called
him the sun flower.
pg-A witty fellow slipped down on
an icy pavement. While sitting he NUT
fered, 81 have no desire to see the town
burned down, but I sincerely wish the
streets laid in ashes
s6rA a lawyer, being sick made his
last viii and testament, and gave all his
property to fools and madmen. Being
asked the reason for SO doing he said,
"From such I got it, and to such I re-
turn it.
sa- Jerrold was enjoying a. drive one
day with a jovial spendthrift well
Jerrold,'', said the driver of "a, very fine
pairsof grays; awhat do you think of my
grays?" "To tell you the truth" said
Jerrold II was just thinking ,of your
duns!"'
sa A man in iowa had his nose Bit
ten off the other day in an affray begun
by-himself.g 'Ofcourse} }he-is in no dam
ger of being indicted for getting up the
quarrel Any grand jury that will have
to examine his case and face will have to
report, "No bill found"
sA- After O. 'Connell had obtained the
acquittal Of horse-steafer, the thief, in
his gratitude, cried out. gIia,4as-ss- sa f.g
aOch! Counselor, in troth I've no way
to thank yer honor, but 1 wish't I saw
you knocked down in me own parish, an
sure wouldn't I bring few to the res
cueto stfne gssf lis T aazais r 'asss
.3tlI ,...5g
16F1He's young man after my own
heart" said lady to caller, of one
who had just passed her window
Then he told Mary an awful story last
night, mother, after he thought I'd gone
ITO sleep .lon the sofa, isaid little Pete
tffof hefsaid he wasn't after anybody s
heart but hers sslsaiaxa s'ge g s.efs5iasfa5
sD Paul Pry, one day ,espYing mar
who was digging in large pit, and being
ssdispbsed to rally him, asked him whai
he was digging?
=. - g big hole. was the reply. 81. : 90.
land what are you going to do with
l.suchsae big. hole. said Paul. .as.6r4nf ed
asT tsGbing to make It into small holes
and retail .e,Il i i to you fellers to set fence
post in. & 'isa17.+
MAsSome graeeless scamp sent to the
LouisEilie Presbgteriian Heraldsan obit
nary Hon. VIC. ,Whitthorne, one O
She Breokinridge Electors of' Tennessee
The notice stated that the funeral .seryi
ees we're conducted by the Rev. N. G
Taylor The facts in the ease are tha
the Rev. Mr.. Taylor is Mr.. Whitthorne'
competitor, being an Elector;on the Bel
ticket, and that the two had q discussion
1.-THE place where Mr.. w. lis said to hav,
i died, in which he got the worst of tn
mss tIaI - lfiw d9idW haaf .9bs1C ss-s
7a4 MA traveller whogrode a horse o
very large size, and especially of uncom
amon length, lately stopped at a pubH
( house In the western part of Massachu
setts, and ordered his steed to be put il
the stable. Feeling anxious for tn
comfort Of his four footed companion, h
afterward inquired of the hostler if h
had put his horse up as he directed.
"Why, yes, I've put up one end o
him; he's so long Ihad to leave the othe
end in the orchard"
b~"Fellow sogers,'' said a newl
elected Lieutenant of militia, I'm ali
q fred obliged to you for this shove up il
the ranks you have given me. Feilo1
sogers, I'm not going to forget you
kindness soon, not by darned sight; an
III tell you what, it is, I'll stick, to m
post like pitch TO a pine board, so lon
as there's peace, but as I go in for rota
tion in Office, and if we should come t
blows with the British, darn d if don
resign right off, and give every fellow
fair shake for glory, and all that ere.
na+Two dandies were, some time acc
taken before : a Dublin 1nagistrate
charged with "intendingto fghta duel
The Justice, who was shrewd and wac
gish man, had strong doubts as to tn
really pugnaeious INCLINATION Of Of eifthe
. ,iof the belligerents; SO he dismissed ther
upon a, promise iinot to carry the matte
further, = but f added, l@Gentlemen, I le
you off this timea but, upon my scon
sience, if you are brought again befor
me, I'm blest fl don't bind you bot
down to fight" They did not offend
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