, 1864-03-19
NUMBER III.

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JOSH BILLINGs ON. DoGs.-Dogs are va,
rious in kind and thanks tew an all wise
Providence, tha are various in number. Tha
are the onla animal oY the brute perswashup
who have voluntarily left wilde stait oy
natur, and cum in under the flag ov man
Tha are not vagabones bi choise, and .luY to
belong to sumbody This fact ondears them
tew US, and I hay alwas rated the dog az
about the seventh cusin teW the bpmin spe-
cious Tha kant talk, but tha kan lik yure
hand this shows that their hearts IL in the
right plase where other folks tungs izl--
Dogs in the lump are useful, but tha are not
always profitable in the lump. The Nu-
foundlin dog is useful tew saiy children
from drowning, but you hav got to have q
pond Of wa.car pad cAHdsan rappi-g a9ogaa
kareless, or else the dog amt profitable
There ant nuthn maid boarding a NJ
foundin dog. Rat Tarriers are usefuI, to
ketch rats, but the rats amt profitable after
you hav .ketched them. .r, 5..s t.ra IN,
The Shepard dog is useful to drive sheep,
but if you hav to go and buy dockquv
sheep, and pay more than tha are with,
just to keep the dog bissy the dog amt
profitable, not much, Lap dogs are very
useful, but if you don't hold them in yure
lap awl the time tha amt profitable at all
Bull dogs are extremely uzeiul, but yu bay
tew keep bull teW or else you kant make
ennything on the dog. The Coach dog is
wun ov the most useiullest ov dogs kno oy,
but yu hay got to hav a coach (and that
amt alwus plezzant,) or yu kant realize from
the dog, Thus we see, that while dogs are
generally uzeful there arc times when they
amt generally profitable L don't really luy
Yaller dog, nor mad dog, but with these
tew unfortunate cxcepshuns, it is dredful
hard wurk for me tew say hard word agin
a dorg; the wag NV their tails is what takes
me. Emmy man who will abuze dog viii
abuze a woman, and emmy man who will
abuze a woman is thirt-fye or forty miles
meaner than pale yaer dog. These are
my continents, and [ shant change them,
until i receive notis that the camel has
smOothed down the hump on his back and the
sarpent ceased tew wiggle when he wanders
Some half dozen prisoners made their es-
cape from Point Lookout, bya dodge that
showed up no little Ingenuity and nerve -
Knowing that they would be under less rigi
id watch in the hospital, they determined to
palm themselves off for small pox patientss
To this end they secured wire, heated it,
and marked their faces and hands, produ-
cling blisters even, and thus were suddenly
ordered to the hospitals as dangerous cases.
They succeeded, subsequently, in eluding
the vigilance OF the guard, who never
dreamed Of the running away of men lately
broke out with the smallpox, and made good
their escape II-5 t-5t
How THE SOLDIER SLEEPs. s.-You would
I think, wonder to see men lie right down
in the dusty road, under the full noon sun
of Tennessee and Alabama. and fall asleep
in a minute have passed hundreds Of
such sleepers. A dry spot is a good mat
tress the flap Of blanket quite doWny
pillow. You would wonder, think, to see
whole army corps, as have, without a
shed or a tent to bless themselves with, ly-
ing anywhere and everywhere in all night
rain, and not growl nor grumble. | was
curious to see whether the pluck and good
nature were washed out of them, and SO |
made my way out of the snug, dry quarters,
l am ashamed to say [ occupied, at five in
the morning, to see what water had done
with them Nothing! Each soaked blanket
hatched out as jolly fellow as you would
wish to see-muddy, dripping, halfhoun-
dered, forth they came, wringing themselves
out as they went, with the look Of a troop of
'wet down" roosters in a full rainstorm
plumage at half mast, but hearts trumps ev.
cry time. If they swore-and some did-it
was with laugh; the sleepy fires were
stirred up; then came the-coffee, and they
were as good as new. Blood is thicker than
water. '-B F. Tay!or
TYPoGRApH1cAI ERRoRs-A lad 10 a
printing Office, who knew no more about typo
setting than be did Of the Greek mytB6lo-
gy, IN looking over poem they were print
ing, came upon the name Of Hecate, one Of
the lady dvinites Of the lower world, oc.
curing in a line like this - oi
Shall reign the Hecate Of the deepest He'll,
The boy thinking he had discovered an,
error ran to the master printer, and inquired
ergerly whether there was an in cat why
no, you blockhead,' was the reply. Away
went the boy to the press room, and ex.
traeted the Objectionable letter. But fancy
the horror Of both poet and publisher when
the poem appeared with the line IL
Shall reign the He cat Of the deepest HE'LL
11ON III pOl tduJ tuC iOoo VI Il olilSlC lClpCE
may become is seen by the following exam.
ple:-
A printer putting to press form Of the
Common Prayer, the c in the following pass
age dropped out unperceived by him:--'
awe shall all be claHged in the twinkling
of an eye" When the book appeared, to
the horror of the devout worshipper, the
passage read, eve shall be hanged in the
twinkling of an eye,
Fun should be cultivated as fine art for
it is altogether fine thing. Whoever
knew "funny man" to be bad one? On
the contrary, is he not, nine times in ten,
generous, humane, social and good To be
sure be is. Fun-it is great thing It
smoothes the rough places Of life; makes
the disposition as fresh and rosy as a maid
ems kiss; scatters sunshine and flowers
wherever he goes gives the world a round,