The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-10-16

w eQQeQ DllSS-A teTul uSeu Dy WHO'D.
Water-A clear fluid, once used as
drink.
Office of State Inspector-A senecure.
Honesty-An excellent joke.
Fear-The shadow of hope.
Rural Felicity--Potatoes and turnips.
Tongue-A little horse which is con-
tinually running away.
Dentist-A person who finds work for
his own teeth by taking out those of oth-
er people.
My Dear-An expression used by
man and wife at the commencement of
quarrel.
Policeman-A man employed by the
corporation to sleep in the open air.
Bargain-A iudicrous transaction, in
which each party thinks he cheated the
other
Doctor-A man who kills you to-day
to save you from dying tomorrow.
AuthorA dealer in words, who often
gets paid in his own coin.
Friend-A person who Will not assist
you because he knows your love will ex-
cuse him.
Satirical Poems Harmless imperti-
nence in verse.
Editor-A poor wretch who empties
his brain in order to fill his stomach.
Wealth-The most respectable quality
Of man.
Law Proceedings-Unbrushed cobwebs
In the dark ages.
Bonnet-A female head-dress for the
front seats of the opera.
Critic-A bad dog that goes unchain-
ed and barks at every body that he does
not comprehend.
Esquire - Everybody, yet nobody;
equal to colonel.
Jury-Twelve prisoners in box to try
one or more at the bar.
States Evidence-A wretch who IS
pardoned for being baser than his COM
rades.
Public Abuse-The mud with which
every traveller is spattered who is on Lis
road to distinction.
Modesty'--A beautiful flower thas
grows only in secret places.
Lawyer-A learned gentleman, who
rescues your estate from your enemy aud
keeps it himself.
Sensibility-A quality by which its
possessor, in attempting to promote the
happiness Of other people, loses His owr
The Grave-An ugly hole in the
ground which lovers and poets wish they
were in but take uncommon pains to keep
out Of
Tragcdian-A fellow With 4 tin pot on
his head, who stalks about the stage, aud
gets into violent passion for so much II
night.
Marriage-The gate through which
the happy lover leaves his enchanted re-
gions and returns to earth.
Death--An i'll bred fellow, who visits
people at all seasons, and insists upoh
their Immediately returning his call.
Manager of Lotteries-Men wto pay
the Legislature handsomely for the priv
ilese Of cheating the people.
Virtue-An awkward habit of acting
differently from other people. A vulgar
word. 1t creates great mirth IN fashion,
able circles,
uonor-Shooting friend through tho
head whom you love, in order to gain the
praise Of Il few others whom you despise
Distant Relations-People who imag-
inc they have a claim to rob you II you
are rich, aud to insult you If you are poor,
Belle beautiful, but useless insect
without wings, whose eoors fade OH being
from the sunshine
ueart-A rare article, sometimes found
in human beings. II is soon, however,
destroyed by commerce with the world
or else becomes fatal TO its possessor
Housewifery-An ancient art, said 10
have been fashionable among young girls
aud wives, now entirely out of use, or
praetsed only by the lower orders
Lunatie Asyum-A kind of hospftai
where detected lnnaties are sent by those
who have had the adrotness 20 conceal
their own infrmity.