Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-23

nR-"How very odd it is" said Pat,
as he trudged along on foot, one kot
sui ry day, ''that man niver meets a
TEEN going the same way he is,'
pg- What is the difference between a
soldier and sailor2 One braves the
storm aud the other storms the brave.
One mars bark, the other barks man
"a sGTA pung filled with women was
observed in Brooklyn, one day last
week, and on the outside of the vehicle
in legihie letters, was painted "West
boro Milk Co."
aS-aSo, said a young gentleman to
a beautiful young lady, at party in
Arkansas, "you won take any of the
sardines7D "No,n said she, .'but Ill
takesome Of the creased minsows."
lG Il is said JEFF. Davis has taken
the field He had better find a large
one with q race-eourse in it.
~A Chicago paper having said that
the secessionists we're in league wish
hell, Prentice suggests that they are
within league oft. ......s
re~Tom and Joe were talking over
their travels, whom Tom asked his chum.
"Were you ever in Greece No"
replied Joe; but / once fell into a
laundering big tubef soap"
rag The rod, white aad blue-the red
cheeks, the white teeth and blue eyes
or alovely girl--are as good flag as a
young soldier in the battle Of Life can
tight for. sf-
Beg There is 3 grocer in Philade,phia ia,
who is said to be SO mean that he Kas
seen to catch flea off his counter, hold
him up by his hind leg, and look into
the crack of his feet, to see if h hadn t
been stealing some Of his sugar.
aJulius, did you attend de las
meeting OBJ de Abolition Debatia soci-
ety2" ~ Il -
Yes. sir"
"Well, what was de fsst ting dat come
up before de honse?"
Why, it was-a-a charcoal cart"
B9- Two acquaintances meeting ON a
HCb Ad OuC SICOLCu tnc OJuSE.
Beautiful rain, this-fetching every
thing out of the ground"
To which the other replied:
"Hope not, sir, hope not-got two
wives there, sir!
Ba- Miss Long, girl of quick and
fearless wit, asked Moses if he knew q
eertainyoung man; ,.......
"Know him? O, yes, I ought to know
him. / raised him form pup
"Ahp' said Miss Long, II didn't
know you were SO old car" Moses
wifted
sGyA young lady, in reply to her
fathers question why she did not wear
rings upon her fingers, said:
"Because, papa, they hurt me when
anybody squeezes my hand"
What business have you to have
your hand squeezed"
"Certainly none, but still you know,
papa, one would like to keep in squeez-
able order"
A Good one.
Pat was helping Mr. Blank to get a
safe into his Office one day, and not
being acquainted with the article, in
quired what it was for.
ITO prevent papers and other articles
which are placed in it from being burnt
in case Of fire." Raid Mr. Il.
"An' sure, will nothing ever burn
that is put in that thing?"
'aNo.'
-'ze"W We'll, thin, ger honor, ye'd better
be afther gettin into that same taing
when ye die"
Mr.. Blank nwiIted.''
EB Epitaph discovered on an old
tombstone in the church yard at
Weisnichtwo:
Here lies Toutani Beauregard,
Who for the truth had ne regard;
When seized by Satan, he will cry,
'.pye caught old Satan. yietoryl'
This is good; but we like the pleas
antry of another contemporary, who says
Beauregard's s claim of victory ct Shiloh
resembles that of John Phoenix in his
famous tussel in the editorial sanctum
at San Diego. 81 held the enemy
down. said the irresistible Phoenix,
with my nose, which | had inserted
tctwccn his teeth for that purpose.