White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-05
Prentieeana.

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The following are few specimens Of
the contents of the new work BY the edi.
tor of the Louisville Journal. entitled
"Prenticeana." just published by Derby
i Jackson, New York;
A Mr.. Archer has been sent to the
Ohio Penitentiary for marrying three
wives. "Insatiats Archer would not
one suffice -
A PittsbuTg papere says. in an obitua.
~ notice of an old lady. that "she bore
her husband twenty children and never
gave him cross word" She must have
obeyed the good old precept-"bear and
forbear"
A Buffalo paper announces that DR..
Brandreth has introduced bill into the
Legislature. Is the editor sure that he
minded his p's in his announcement?
The editor of the Boston Liberator calls
upon the ladies Of the North to make use
Of nothing that is produced by slave
labor. He needn't expect them not to
use cotton. They will not expel so old a
friend frem their bosoms.
The common opinion is, that We should
take good care of children at all seasons
of the year. but it is well enough in win
ter to let them slide.
A writer in Virginia paper dsvotes
three columns to describing the great
Blue Ridge Tunnel. We hardly know
vvhioh ip fha cvraafaak hora tba knnnal ~.
the description Of it.
W. II. Hooe, postmaster in Virgins,
publishes that two hundred dollars of the
public funds are missing from his Office.
and he asks "who has got the money ?"
Possibly echo many answer-Hooe?
The editor Of an Indiana paper says,
"more villSny is on foot" We suppose
the editor has lost his horse.
The New York Evening Post says, q
man "cannot be active and quiescent at
the same time" There may be some
doubt ofthat Some fellows hustle about
terribly and yet lie still.
A Rocky Mountain correspondent of
the New York Evening Post. who writes
himself Henry Z. Land" describes
Orosen as the most delightful country in
the world. Our citizens, if they choose, can
go out there, and see hon tie Land lies.
We were considerably amused by an
account that we lately saw of remarks-
Die duel. There were six men upon the
ground and six misses.
The Ohio river is getting lower and
lower every day. 1t has almost ceased
to run. All who look at it can at once
perceive that it exhibits very little speed
but a great deal of bottom.
A New England writer says that it
has been found that negroes can be better
trusted than white men, not to betray
secrets. We suppose this is upon the
principle that they always keep dark.
Mrs. Lucy Hill complains in an Ar
kansas paper, that her nephew has tram
pied upon her rights, and feelings. The
graceless young rascal shouldn't be al
lowed to trample upon his aunt RW.
A woman in Florida, named Cross,
lately gave birth to an infant son which
weighed only one pound. That Cross
wasn't hard to bear.
Two men, Joseph Sparks and Oscar
Flint, were assaiied in the suburbs of
Baltimore, few nights ago, by a gang Of
shoulder hitters. Flint was knocked
down, but his companion escaped by
fight, When the scoundrels hit Flint,
Sparks feaO.
Mr.. William Hood was robbed near
Corinth, Ala, on the 18th inst. The
Corinth paper says that the name Of the
is unknown, but there is no
doubt that he was Robin Hood.
The best definition we ever heard Of
clearing false witness against your neigh |
bor," was given by little girl in school.
She said it was when nobody did nothing. |
and somebody went and told oft.
What is the difference between a man
who keeps dogs, and one who has nine
sticks =? One owns CANNES
and the other nine canes.
An Irishman angling in the rain was
observed to keep his line under the arch
Of bridge Upon being asked the reason,
he replied "Sure and won't the fish be
crowdin' there to keep out of the wet, ye
spalpeeu? In course they will, by tun-
Her." .- |
A young lady of New Orleans. who
recently performed q remarkable feat in
rowing, has been presented with q besuti-
tul yawl. A smGck would have been
more appropriate. III, 80 -s-ss ,77
BIr. ]. s. Fall. Mississippi editor,
asks when we shall get wise. Undoubt-
sdly before Fall, fever.
Mr. Henry A. Rhuls says. in Missis-
sippi paper, that he has "worked zeal
ously for the administration" Now let
him turn and work faithfully against IL.
'Tis poor Rule that won't work both
ways. 'h'i
Some slanderer asserts that papermak-
ITS are the greatest magicians Of the age.
iuasmuch as they transfer beggar's rags
into sheets for editors to lie on. 49,
HEAR Hm l-Mr. Ivsrson, Of Georgia,
-. ~ tba ovthodax 9onkiarn Darnoerafa