East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-11-25
NUMBER :2S.
ITEMS.

1t did happen to me to be born in a
log cabin. raised among the snow drifts
of New Hampshire, at q period so early
that when the smoke first rose from its
rude chimney and curled over the fro
zen hills, there was no similar evidence
Of white mans habitation between IL
and the settlements on the rivers of
Canada. It's remains still exist; make
it an annual visit. ! carry my children
to it and teach them the hardships en-
dured by the generation before them.
/ love the narations and incidents which
mingle with all l know of this primitive
family abode; weep to think that none
OF those who inhabited i; are among
the living; and if ever ] fail in affection.
ate veneration for him who raised IT,
and defended it against savage violence
and destruction, cherished all domestic
comforts beneath its roof, and through
the FIRE and blood ofseven years revou-
tionary war, shrunk from no toll no sac
rifce to serve his country, and raise his
children to a condition better than his
own, may my came aud the name OF my
posterity, be blotted from the memory
Of mankind.-D Daniel Webster.
A nam had sign up, "c,sedp ladies'
shoes for sale here" He found that
not woman entered his shop. No
wonder. The ladies' don't like to be
called cheap they want to DO called dear.
Groom signifies one who serves in an
inferior station The name Of bride.
groom was formerly given to the new
married, because it was customary for
him to wait at the table on his bride a1d
friends on his wedding day.
any DEAR" said wife TO her hus-
band, ibid you ever read Of the plague
in London ?" "No, 1 don't want to
read of it; it is enough to have plague
in my own house."
What grows less tired the moro it
works? A carriage wheel.
Ifyou wish to be released from a
rash promise of marriage, breathe vows
Of love continually after eating onions.
What is the difference between q
tree and an elephantp A tree leaves in
the spring, but an elephant leavss when
the menagcrie docs. sa .-.i
Would you rather die by the guillo-
tine or be roasted to death? BY the
latter process, because a hot stake
(steak) is preferable to cold chop.
A man being asked how his wife did,
made this answer :-"Indeed neighbor,
his case is pitiful; my wife fears she
will die and I fear she will not-which
m axes disconsolate house."
1t was DR.. Watts who first sung of
. harp Of thousand strings, as fol-
ows:
"0ur lives contain thousand springs. 81
And dies IL one be gone;
Strange that harp Of thousand strings,
Should keep in tune 80 long"
A story writer says; "Florabel clasp
ed her brow with her two hands,
as IL to still the thunder oftj.ought boom.
ing through her brain" How her head
must have ached with such a noise in
it! Florabel must be the young lady
whose "eyes emit lightning flashes"
In Yorkshire, England. the bride.
,ake, is cut into little square pieces, is
brown over the brides and bride.
head, then put through the
Wedding ring nine times, before it is
cid under pillows at night to cause
'oung persons to dream Of their Low.
'rs. tty :. 4s@
- ~ f
The following is literal copy of
IN epitaph on a tombstone in a coun.
ry church yard, not zen miles from
Trenton N. j.
This mortal body by horse,
Was hurried 70 the tomb, s
But Christ by virtue Of his cross,
viii bring my spirit home"
The "dear deceased" had his brains.
licked out by "wioious haniinal''
md his widow has engraven the fact