Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-12-28
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RarnISs IL MEErIso.-Od DR.. Strong, OF
Harttood, whose name is still praise in the
churches, had an unfor, mate habit ofssying anu.
sing things when he meant it not SO. AS when
be was presiding in a meeting of ministers, and
wishing to call on one Of them TO come forward.
and offer prayer he said:
"Brother Cotton,
OF Bolton,
win you step this way.
And pray
To which Mr.. Cotton Immediately .nswvveA
without intending to perpttrate anything Of the
same sort:
My dear brother Strcng,
You DO very wrong,
10 be making rhyme.
At such solemn time"
And then Dr.. Strong sdded:
%m very sorry to gee
That you're just like me-"
The good men would not, for the world, bavv
made )esss on such an occasion but they could
plead the same excuse for their rhymes that the
boy did for whistline in school 81 didn't whistle,
sir i. whislled its i,scf!"
A BE Foor--Th.t was no, bad idea Of =.
large foot, which .~as conveyed in the remark Of
a shoemaker 10 q man Of great unIers,sn nding,
who was called 10 be measured for pair of
boots
"No use 10, assuring ,hat foot. .ir we can,
get last that wSirtone near il; we shall be obig.
ed to build boot over your foot-there il no
other way, sir. / assure you r.
This was toleraby good but not quite 90 for.
cibie az the observation Of an impudent portor il,
Albany TO traveller with Tremendous big foot,
who had called for boojack to pull oil his bootsi
"a bootjack what for! To pull of tha. boot
with No, sir ifyou want TO get that boot off.
IN m hark eaaf "a fork oc ha 2
Jsbesi what fut!"
FoUso HIS Crowd "A young man, clad 10
homespun, was standing in Conr, street, u
Few days since, devouripg doughnut, when
he was accosted by one of half doaen gen.
teel dressed iders with,
"Just come down T.
"Yes, guess have, great place tbi., aio'tit,
yeou :" said the countryman.
"Tis so. bub. how's your msrn esked ths
city buck, bent on sport With the greeney.
"Wei', she is pretty well, she sent NE down
here on business"
"She did? Whs. kind Of business are you
or"
"Why, she wanted me TO come down 10
Boston, and TO look round and find half
dozen Of The biggest fools to edicate 'e,p,
and rather guess I've got EN- now," said
the stranger. taking 10 the whole crowd at Q
glance.
The next moment be had the edgestones
to himself whsrs bs quietly finished biz
dougbDut.
OH BscEFLoRs.--The following s, doubt.
less addressed TO old bachelors. We submit
| it to o certain "institution" no. thousand
miles from this place:
YOU'RE drying up you'll blow away.
| Then prey no longer tarry
Remember what the Bible says-
| There is q lime to marry"
There is probably not another word ia the
| English language that can be worse "twlsted'' ~
than that which eomposes the burden Of the
ensuing lines:
, Write we koow 10 written right,
When we see it written right:
But when We see it written wright,
| We know lis not then written right;
! For wright, 10 have it written right.
| Must not DO written right nor wright,
Nor yet should it he written rite,
But w!ite--!or SO lis written right.
"IIow no YOU SPELL FELADELFY ?" asked a
small city grocer Of his partner one day, as be
was sprlnkliuG sand upcu letter which he
was about to dispstcb TO the city Of Broiberly
Love WAY, F-ls, del, Eel .deI. fy,-Fels.
delfy" "Inea I've got II right" said tho
partner lin ignorance as well as in business, ]
Il thought might have made mstakem
THE GREATEST TRIUMPH Of English lera.
tim, according TO write. in the London
Quirteriy is the following liue, composed by
ayouug lady in the year 1860 90 the occasion
Of gentleman BY The nsme OF Lee planting =
lane with hlBcs:
Let lovely iiscs line Lees lonely lane"
10 which not only every word bat every syl.