The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-09-17
LETTLE-0R-NOTFHfNGS.
The kiss with which a girl seeks 10
,atch her beau is fishing. smack. laT

eaten her beau is fishing smack. IaE
Why is the circulation of the blood
sometimes suspended? Because it at
tempts to circulate in reiia. Ta
A man having been told that the price
of bread had been lowered, said: This
is the first time that / ever rejoiced xs
the tall Of my best friend" rag
Tailors are always remarkable for keep
ing the peace. They may quarrel over
their cloth, but give them an order for n
coat, and they will make it up directly.
"Tho sun is all very well," said an
trishman, "but it is my opinion that the
moon is worth two of it, for the moon af-
fords Us light in the nighttime, when We
really want it."
LOWER PRICEs.-A merchant in Bur
lington having sunk his shop floor few
feet, announces that, sin consequence OF
recent improvements, goods will be sold
much lower than formerly"
REPARTEE.--A person FOND of the
marvellous told an Improbable story, ad-
ding as was his wont" "Did you ever
hear of that before ?'-"No, sir" said
the other; pray, did you?"
In one of the Brooklyn churches re-
Gently, the clergyman concluded his GER
mon as follows :-"But | hear the rustlipg
of silks in the pews, as if some of the la
dies were impatient to leave; will there
fore say, God bless you" ar
Any one who has lain all night upon d
shelf, with an irresistible conviction that
the house was dancing polka, TO the I'M
mincnt danger of pitching him of, can
form an idea of a "frst nights rest in the
berth of al ocean steamer.
a Scotch paper tells the story of dsiry
farmer, who, after the burial Of his wife,
drove hard bargain with the grave dig
ger, who, bringing his hand down on his
shovel exclaims :-"Down WI anitker
shillln', or up she comes ~
Barry CornwallsaYs, "Cone let me dive
into thine eyes" If his love had "swim-
ming eyes" very gond but, at all events,
our advice to the young woman is, for
divers reasons, don't let him do il. He
might 90 over q cataract"
A BULL-At young ladies' semina.
~, few days since, during an examina-
ton in history, one Of the most promising
pupils was interrogated :-"Mary, did
Martin Luther die natural death ?''-
INC" was the prompt reply; "he was er-
communicated by a bull %
ORTH0GRAPnV. The following is o
ocrLatine copy ct the certificate attached
to the return of the postmaster IN Shaw
nee county, Missouri, Il nearby Gritty
that the four goin a Counte is as neer
Rite as i now how to make it if there is
any mistake it is not Dun purpers."
One country editor sent to another ute
had refused to exchange with him, . pa
per bearing the following inscription -
Exchange or 90 to kingdom come
The editor thus addressed, replied :-"I
will do neither; for | don't want your
paper in this world nor your company in
the next.
n V.NI smko
peating the first line or so of chapter in
the Bible, the clerk, By some mistake or
other, read it after him. The clergyman
read 1t as follows :-"MOses was au aus
tere man, and made atonement for the
sins of the people" The clerk who could
not exactly catch the sentence, repeated
thus :-"Moses was an oysterman, and
made ointment fer the shin8 of his peo-
pie, i"
RAPIDITY OF THOUGHTIy DREAMING.
1t would appear as if whole series Of
acts, that would really occupy a long
lapse of time, pass ideally through tho
mind in one instant. We have in dreams
no true perception of the lapse of time.
The relations Of space as well as of time
are also annihiated, so that while almost
an eternity is compressed into 3 moments
Infinite space is traversed more swiftly
than by real thoughts. There are nu-
merons Illustrations of this on record. 4
gentleman dreams that he has enlisted for
a soldier. joined his regiment, deserted,
was approheDdod, carried back, tried,
condemned to be shot, and at las. led ous
for execution. After all the usua prep.
arations, gun was fred, he awoke wi.Es
the report, and found that tha noise in
the adjoining room had az the same mo-
ment produced the dream and awakened
him. \ friend of DR.. Abarcroabie