Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-17
Wlit and 0dlisdum.

Guilt anu 0QllSu0nl.
-Ry Borrowed garments seldom fit
we'll a
nA-He is only rich enough who hath
all that he really needs.
BY IF cheese comes after meat what
comes, after cheese? y mouse. >s---Z.-.>r.
sx sgs- The happiness of man arises more
from his inward than from his outward
condition..
Ha Repentance is the only remains of
sinful pleasures. What an ugly sting
it carries, too!
sa- Some people carry their hearts in
their heads; but the majority carry their
heads in their stomachs.
80, aeA-The shortest act on record was
the act ordaining the Fast, for it was an
act of no provision at all.
HG- The sheep in the meadow, and the
axe in the forest alike contribute their
''chops" for the benefit of man.
p@- Did you ever know red-haired
man who had very clear notion of where
scarlet began and auburn terminated?
sgThere is a man in Exeter who
labors under the delusion that "Hon.
before mans name stands for honest.
bay A poet says "the wind kisses the
waves" That is probably the "kiss for
blow, which the Scriptures commend.
pm- Most articles fuctuate in value:
but ii has generally been observed that
pen, ink, and paper arc always stationery.
sa-A lady, Advertising for husband,
wants him to be not only ''strictly reli-
gious,' but of 'tgood moral, character y
wAn avaricious man is like sandy
desert, that sucks in all the rain but
yields no fruitful herbs to the inhabi-
tants.
pa- Tom, what in the world put mat
rimony into your head?' We'll, the
fact IS, Joe, 1 was getting short Of
shirts"
sea-Some one says that human heads
are like hogsheads; the less they contain
the louder the report they give Of them
selves.
rA-The n. Y. Colonization Journal
says more free colored men are now ia
vorably contemplating emigration than
ever before.
BdS Fish, at least, ifno other sort of ami
mails, have cause to believe that it is bad
practice to think of rising in life upon
somebody else's hook.
b9>A fellow found guilty of burglary
before Justice Day, observed, "That
his fate was singular, as he lost by Day
what he made by night
@-An alderman having grown enor,
mously fat while in Office, wag wrote
on his back. "Widened at the expense
of the corporation!"
sA-We don't know exactly what the
height of ambition is, but we have seen
many fussy little specimens of it not
more than FIVE feet high.
s@-We might pardon the ungrateful
if they would forget who are their ene-
mics as speedily and completely as they
often forget who were their friends.
B@reWhat is that?" asked a school
teacher, of little girl, pointing to the
letter K. "Why that's papa's name;
I've seen him write it ever SO many
times"
S pa-A gentleman observed to anothe,
that an officer in the army had left his house
without paying his rent.
"Oh!''' exclaimed Frank Matthews
"you mean the left tenant" -
s9A cockney at tea party, over
hearing one lady say to another, II have
something for your private ear" inme-
diately exclaimed, II protestagainst that
for there is a law against privateering. y
BG~ A landlord went, some time since,
to call on several of his tenants, to tell
them he intended raising their rent
One of them seemed exceedingly pleased
on hearing this, and thanked the land
lord. at is so kind" he said, ''for ]
cannot raise it myself"
a Juvenile Philosopher. .-..-..
"Well, Charley, what have you beer
learning today" @
"Rheumatics, gran ma; and can tel
you such dodge! IF I was to put yor
uisder glass receiver, and exhaust the
;ir, all your wrinkles would come ou
as smooth as gran'pa's caulifower wig.
A scuffle between some Irisl
laborers took place On bridge, and ;
fattle-royal ensuing, one of the Hiber
mans was aotey tumbled over the bridge
While he was foundering in the water
he loudly exclaimed to his opponent:
"Och, ye spalpane, come and hit mt
'ao,o, if ye dare"
n@A Yankee from Maine, being a
Buena Vista the night before the battle
and somewhat doubtful of the result
when out of hearing, as he supposed
made the following prayer: "Oh
Lord, here we are, about four Thousand
of us, and twenty thousand Mexicans-
enough to swallow US without greasiug
.Nuw,sf you can help US, do it-and i
you can't for heavens sake don't hell
the Mexicans-and just hold on unit
to-morrow, and, you will see the gau
darndest fight you,ever, saw in your life
Xpurs, respectfully, amen<,'