The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-10-16
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Amoli salt, when asked bow he
felt dnring a recent severe gale when
he encountered at sea, and during
which the ship was in great perl, re
piled, in all sincerity and simplicity.
why, thought, what viii the poor
fellows on shore do now ~
..'f wish I had Your head" sirid y
Mdy one day to gentlemen who had
solved for. her y, knotty point. "And
l wish I,h%l your hcart," was his re
ply. .fWsl),i said She "since your
head and my heart can agree don't
see why they should not go into part
nership. a.
A short time since as q well.known
mastat,. In o.. gTPmmar. school was
censnFing pupil foT-the tiUftncss OF
his comprehension, and consentins
to instruct him in sum in practice
he sa,d, "ls not the price Of a penny
bun always n penny 2" when the boy
innoeently replied, mo. sir, they sell
then two for. sthree halfpence when
thcS' SrS stale. r... s.t ... .....
To'tEr.-A poor inv alid gentleman
MUCH reduced, istaly read In a
,pedieah paper something about 'lct-
ting blood" The unhappy weakly
creature writes to us to know II we
can inform him ''who let's il, and
whether he can on moderate terms
hire somh for q few years We refer,
him to the lancet Punch =
! Lose before the Norfolk Howard
folly'brokc out, men .ashamedof
their names, aud Il man named Tay-
lor, to get rid. Of its snippishncss,
wrote himself, ''Tailleur," Meeting
an acquaintance who had very
handsome. dog, he asked, in course of
conversation, the dog 'snahie "Well
was the answer. "hs name was Jow-
Ter, but we have changed it for Jow.
leurA'.
The ether evening three Cambridge
under graduates went into u hotel
cclt'~ated fbr its'wincs, particularly
cid hdrhi One Of them. who took
upon himself to he the wit of the com
pany, ordered the waiter to bring
bottle Of''hic haze. hoe" The waiter,
however, paid no attention to the re.
quest. and on being again called, said
"Really, gentlemen, | thought you
had declined it,
Bishop Morley was fond of Joke. |
Once, when the footman was out of
the way, he ordered the eoachman to
fetch some water from the WELL to
which'th coachman made a grumb-
ling objection that his business was
tOdriSe, not to run errands. NV ell !
tbch,f said Morley, "bring out the
coach and four, set the pitcher inside
and drive to the we'll. a service which
was several times repeated, to the
great, amusement of almost the enuire
village.
Bright Lights "Going out with a
Flash. III Is remarkable, in many
Instances, how soon the line Of de-
scent OF men of great genius has been |
cut Off, Ne have no male descend |
ants of William Shakespeare, Milton,
Sir Walter Scott, or Lord Byron.
Sir Isaac Newton left no heir. The
male branch of Sir Christopher Wren's
. family,is extinct, and the female line
I neor. yso. The races Of Sir Joshua
Rcyaslds, DE. Johnson, Oliver Gold
smith, Tcliord, and Brindley, have
ceased to exist and hundred othpr
famous names might be mentioned to
show to what a great extent this fact
may be considered rs natural law.
We had recently another. illustration
of this, when the grave, closed upon
the only son of George Stephenson,
p without leaving any direct success
A pls'c- hunter in Prussia having
asked Frederick the Great for the !
grant of some rich Protestant bishop.
ric, the king expressed his regret that
1T was already given away, but broad |
" hinted that there was Catholic
sbbary at his disposal. The appli.''
cara n,suaged to be converted in a
week, and to be received into tue bo.
som Of the true Church after which
he fastened to his friend the king, and
told him how his conscience had been
enlightened. "Ah" exclaimed Fred.
rriek, show terribly unfortunate J
have given away the ahbacy. But
the chief rabbi is just dead, and the
synagogue is at my disposal suppose
YOU were to turn jew = r-r