East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-27
ALI SORTS OF fARAakAPHs,
ODDS AND ENDS.

The little @afIihg, cafslins bAbss,"
That break our nightly y'rcSs
Should be packed of to " Babylon"
To" Lap-land" /" or to " Brest." ,..
! From "Spip'- head rCooks" 20 Ger to "dreece,
And while the "Miser" waits
His ppssuge totbe Guinea" coast,
spendtbrifts are in the {" Straits"
i'aSpinsters" should to the Needles" 40,
l1s "Wine-bibbefs" 10 " burgundy !" ..,-.,
g Commands" should lunch at Sandwich" Isles
4 d. wngsr at the '''Isay Of Fun'idy, A.siN
I" bachelors fee to the y United States"
Maids 'tto the sic Of Man -
Let " Garlners 'sgo 10 |. botany Bay" q
Auds' Shocblacks 10 Japan" i'9''i-
Thus emgrate. and misplaced men l.'i"
Will then no longer vex ms;
And all who aiBt provided for .l A
Had better. go 70 " Texas"
II a man sitting ON q chest is shot nj, he would
prefer, if shot at all, TO DO shot In the chest.
If Brigham Young's 100 wives favor their lord
with curtain lectures what oh what, must be the
nature Of /" Youngs Night Thoughts 2" asks the
Saturday Press. . ti 81 ine,i 2. lH.t.s
The Memphis Bulletin relates the case Of a
Southern female refugee who had only ono faded
calico dress that she wore upon her back. "A be-
nevolent gentleman had collection taken mp for
her, md realized fifteen dollars for her benefit
She at once repaired 20 q dry good store, where
she paid thirteen dollars for q lace collar,
The Norfolk Day Book, in noticing the rags
for can p mo stings ut the North, at the preseu,
time, remarks that they have had 80 many camp
meetings in the South within the last four years
that the people seem disposed 10 dispense with
the /" article ;" for the present l.-.-.brs
How like the shrd)w upon the dial Thought ID
ever returning to the: place Of beginning-wbcrs
We first began 10 live--where We first began "a
love; to the trysting-Place and the homestead
the play ground and the graveyard.
Winchester (va.) was an exceedingly taken
place during tho war. II was occupied by the
Union and Confederate forces, successfully, sew
enty-six times. t..,.,....+ ~, ,.s.l,g
Large fields Of cotton aro growing In Californis
over ono handred acres in one field looking
we'll. The State Of California offers a bounty Of
5000 for the first one hundred acres Of cotton
also $4,000 for the first hundred bales Of three
hundred pounds each. Over 100000 Is donated
by the State for the encouragement Of sgricul-
ture, in the raising Of various products.
Mems graces must get the better Of their fault.
as the farmers crops d. Of tho weeds-by growth
The Russian Government has lately given up
the working Of its gold mines in the Ural Noun
tains, and has arranged for them TO be worked by
private enterprise. The results Of this change
have been very remarkable. Tho quantity oi
metal extracted is now increased ten-iold.
When is silence likely to get wet +? When II
reigns.
A NEW RAT TRAP.-Take q smooth kettle, Gil
to within six inches Of the top with water, cover
the surface with chaf or bran, place 1t where the
rats harbor, and IL will drown all that get into IT,
Thirty six were taken in one night by ths. pro-
cess. lta
Tho hic-cup.
Nov, gentlemen said Sheridan to his guests.
ms the ladies left the ROOM "let us understand
each other Are we 10 drink like men OF beastsl'
Somewhat indignant, one Of the guests replied:
Like men, OF course" ...t
"Ihcn we are going to get jolly drunk, for the
brutes never drink more than they want"
1t Is stated that there Is not n single tun Of
iron in the whole Lebigh Valley remaining un-
sold at the present day, and many Of the estsb-
lishmonts have orders ahead.
A dull and plausible man, like an unrifed gun,
Is a smooth bore. f
| maxi. pos io~s co. sh. ..s..si....s.-. Of .s.y..
but to the goodness of them; nor wish to die. but
refer myself TO my hour, which the great Dispcn-
ser OF all things hath appointed me yet M am
fral and suffered for the first fault were IL given
me to choose, l should not bo earnest " sees the
evening OF my age; that extremity being of it,
self disease, and a mere return unto infancy -
| Bdesn. 81 80 N ktlH ~ oihE
They have penny railroads" in London. The
poorest OF the city workInen are thus enabled to
keep out Of tenement houses by living in tho
suburbs. ~ .t.,. q
iend in woman form in England recently
burnt her cbids eye out with "A red hot fkewer.
| This Is n refinement OF crime beyond the power
Of the imagination TO conceive. 20 "'' 'l's
In the Tongo Islands the ladies' dress very
cody. They only wear hair pin in hot weather.
CuLrIvArIoS.--A cultivated person, in tho
highest sense Of the term, is not merely one who
can talk OF books, pictures, and other elevating
subjects Of human interest To be thoroughly
cultivated the heart, us the intellect, should be
refined and enlarged. Sometimes wo see women
who. without education, yet having been born
amiable are never guilty Of gossip Again we
see women, not naturally amu.ble, whom cduca-
tion has taught 10 talk of persons, not Of things.
! The perfect woman, in this respect, is one who is
! both amiable and well-informed.
Prejud:ces are like rats, and q mans mind
like trap; they generally get in easily, and
they can't get out ut all. ..ai
Foote expressed belief that a certain mser
sell the timber.
THE GRAvE,-It buries every error-covers
| every defect, extinguishes every resentment
From its peaceful bosom sp ing none but fond
regrets and tender recollections OF the past. Who
can look down upon the grave Of an enemy, and
not feel compuaetious throb that he ever could
have warred with the poor heap VI dust that lies
moulderiDg before him.
Discomfort has never a farthing in her purse,
and envy is tho most poverty-strieken OF the
passions.
II woman tells moro than the truth in telling
a rivals age, she will probably mako the thing
even in telling her own.
SILENcE.--There are three kinds Of silence
the silence Of peace and joy the silence Of sub
mission and resignation, and the silence Of des-
olation aud despair. Lovely are they whose life
is in the first, and most wretched and miserable
are those who ale driven 10 the last
RAIL RoAD SLAreHrERs.-The N. Y. Tribune
has catalogue Of Railroad disasters for the year
| ending Aug, 81 1865. of which the following Is