Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-15
How to Enjoy she Springs and Stay a, Ham.

How 70 Enjoy she Springs and Stay at Hsme
The Southern Literary Messenger gives the
i.dowing directions by which the above named
I'D rlay be obtained. The experiments ce--
would surely prove successful =
WuIrE SgLPHUR.-Tie q roll of birthstone
"dder your nose, and drink freely of thick
YARN water. Break some doubtful eggs in
TouT pocket, and run round till you are ex-
-austed. Procure a secondhand diabetes.
-hanse your linen six times a day, and strut
,oftily under tree. =
oLD SwEEr..Get large tub, and put some
white pebbles in the bottom. Sit down in il
? and blow soap bubbles. Dress your best, and
don't know anybody -
- RCD SwEET.-0btain some iron filings naint
'em red, put 'sm in q tin pan or pitcher, and
look at EN- in solitary silence. Eat much mut-
. ton, and go TO bed early. Whisky julip eight
times a day. 80 sta'. II
sALr SULPHUR-Call yourself South Caro-
linan, and take things easy. Live well. STAY
isSn One place a long time. Tincture of brim-
stone occasionally. :
coat and look at mulsttoes frequently. Eat a
great variety OF raw meats aud undone yege-
tables. Play at faro and draw poker.
YELLOW SULPuUR.--Get good living on thu
top Of hill, where you can't see anythins
whatever. Dominoss, draughts and baekgam.
mon. .... e = -
ALLEGHAxY.-Sit down in hard chair in a
deep: hot hole, and drink citrate Of magnesia
and EPSON salts. Gamble some with dyspep-
tics. r.
CoYSER's.-Tske the Lynchbure nsner,,
and gaze with melancholy pertinacity al the
eide Of naked hill. Whist and religious
tracts. aa.a. f..... .. a. 8 = =
RocxBRIDGE ALUN.-Select some cages of
cancer on the face, with few necks scrofu-
lously raw, and dine with them daily on ipdif.
fsrent victuals. Then catch the drippings
from the caves Of q very old house, in q tin
cup with a long handle, thicken the drippings
with powdered nutgalls, and drink three times
a day. = =
ALL-HEALrSG SPRINGS. s.-Throw a green
blanket in a shallow pond, and wallow on ia.
Cut Oh strip Of blanket and clap il to your
ribs Read old novels and talk to pious old
ladies about death and chronic diseases of the
digestive tube. .-sss. .-t -
WARY SPRINGs.-Diet yourself on the una.
dultsrstsd juice Of the tea-kettle.
Hor SPRIsGs.-Wear full suit of musta I'd
plasters, and walk about in the sunshine at
MONDAY, swearing you have got the rheuma-
: -rism. :,
BERKELEY SPRINGS Keep your shin clear
and know nothing but Baltimore ten-pins. =
PEAKS OF 0rTER.-CIimb a high pole on
cold dry at sunrise. Shut your eyes and whistle
WEIRs CAvE.-Go INTO the cellar at mid
night-feel the edges Of things, and skin your
shins against the coal-seuttle. Sit down on
pile Of anthracite, with tallow candle, and
wonder.
OLD PoINr CoNFoRr.-Build a hog-p in
mud puddle; fill Ii with cookie burs and this
ties, and call il sarf bathing Drink bad
brandy. Don't sleep. Lie down with your
uindO~s wide open and no clothing on. Come
hOme with fshbone in your throat, an oyster
shell in yOsr hand, pain in your stomach,
and ten thousand musquito bites in your body
CAPE MAY.-Penetratea an immense crowd Of
male and female rowdies, drop some salt water
is both eyes. Shoot pistols. Eat some Toe cream
and eisrst, and send up one sky rocket every
! night. Have yourself insulted often by niggers.
At midday smell OF an oven with a dead pie in
it Fiil your pockets with cut glass broken
into minute fragments.
YANKEE WATERING PLACES GRSrRAtxy
Keep q stale Goldfish under each arm. live on
onions aud pumpkins, 70 In strong Tor the
Union and freesoil, and dance the round snces
. in big breeches.