, 1860-03-02

The following Is copy Of handbin printed
and circulated some years agOin the city Of Cork,
Ireland:-
CHEAP WHISKY At nEE sIGS or THE sPDER AND
TEE ELY.
The advertiser takes this opportunity Of inform
ing bis friends and . discerning public, that he
continues the trade Of making drunkards pau.
perA thieves and beggArs on the most reasonable
terms at the shortest notice. And hO may be
found ct I'll hours In his shop. whether BY night
or BY day Sundays not excepted)
The advertiser is certain that no man sells
more active poison, or breaks more hearts, or
beggars more families than he doeA In order TO
do business In genteel way, he has taken his
new license from the custom house, 50 that he
has now fun power TO wound, main, beggAr and
kill, just - many - the public good requires.
He Is particularly anxious 10 sec the Cork trades
men on Saturday evening, after they receive their
wagesi and he begs 10 assure those poor fellows
that they shall have warm reception, and
hearty welcome In his house o. long as their money
lastA The advertiser being particularly anxions
10 keep snug cheerful house, he requests that
no tFudesmauS wife viii darken his doors, by
coming inside them to look for her husband.
Her appearance might alarm conscience, which
1t Is the advertisers interest to keep sound
asleep.
n. B.-Satisfactory references can be given to
the poor house, the lunatic asylum, the hospitals,
and the city JAIL the convict hulks at Cove, or 10
the gallOws.
AT recent meeting Of negro debating So
ciety In Alabama, the following subject was
brought up for discussion -" Wich Is de nose
probable to de human family, do Hos or de OK 7"
We have not room for the ingenious and inter-
esting debate which followed on both sides Of
the question, but annex q part Of the arguments
Of two Of the speakers, together with the decision
Of the chairman.
First Speaker. Mister honable gcmmen, I'm
restonished at dc gcSnmen wat war up dar talken
bout de HOs-yes I'm restonished, and speak
VERY cam.
Whar do you 60 FIR your beef3 Do you 90
to de Host No, you 60 to de Ox-But speak
gin and tell you mOre-jst tink bout eaten Hos.
honable geInmen.
Second Speaker. Well, make my 'pcarance
fore dis Bord agin for de Hos, kos, I likes de
Hos, andso does you, honable gemmen. Why u
dey karried dc mail wild dc Ok, you neber get
yer letter. Why I'm restOnishcd at dat ropolent
taken bout goin to de Ok for beef War cum
frum we 60 to de Butcher. But won't say no
more, for, I'm sartin de Hos docs de caper.
Chairman. Elm very much restonished at
dat genImen talkcn bout karricn de mail Wid de
Hos or deOx. Whar de LOcOmOtiOn Go way,
de OK get de subjec.
We have two touching specimens Of affection
ate relatives. The first: A youth Of seventeen
recently met an acquaintance In the street, and
accosted him with
"Guess who's deadi"
"Mr. Jones, suppose; heard he was very
sick"
"No, Il amt; it's my mar She died this
morning"
The other: "A man from the country called
In at hardware store in town, and asked iOr .
new kind Of Tcaping machine recently introduced.
He was requested 10 walk back into another
part Of the store, and Il would be shown 10 him.
As he was going on, he saw . huge circular saw,
and. tapping Il with his hand as he passed, he
said
II had IN old daddy cut In two with one Of
them things the other dAyl"
A Democratic paper, in noticing recent de.
monstratiOn Of that party, says the cir was rent
with the snOuts Of three thousand people" Aher
which We suppose the band played Root hog
or die"
ana sst down On Jour hands and knees .
minute, please"
"Wky, what On earth shall do that Cor, pct 2"
"CausO want 70 draw Q nClephanE"