Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-11

4 PROVERBS BIZ JOSH DlLLlN6b.- OuuR
men, be more ANXIOUS about the peddy-
gree yure going to deeve, than yu are
aboat the sumbody left you. 1sf al.
There liz only advantage thgta l can
see in going tew the Devil, and that ia,
the rode is easYl and you are sure to find
the way.
When mans dog deserts him ON
akownt Of his poveTti, he kant git emmy
lower down in this world-not bi land.
Men amt. apt tew git keckt out oV
good society for being rich.
Two common Yankee Noshuns" are
the noshuns that skeuel houses are
cheeper than Stats Prizons, aud that the
United States "a liable At emmy time to
be doubled, but amt liable at enney time
to be divided.
There is ] kind OF kissiu that has ale
was bin deemed extry hazzardus Con
akount of FIRE J, and that is kissin yure
naber wife. Citing the wife consent
don't seem TO make the matter emmy the
less risky.
Sir Fletcher Norton was noted for his
want Of courtesy. When pleading be-
fore Lord Mansfield, ON some question
Of manorial right, he CHANGED to say:
"My lord, can illustrate the point in
aninsIanee iingmy own person; / myself
have too little manors."d The Judge i'm
mediately interposed, with one Of his
blandest smiles, We all know it, Faith
er Fletcher.
How is il" said one miss to another,
that Johns never afraid. and /, ann"
'iBecause he's rot a Roman nose, and
feels safe Don't you rememb Der how we
read That it has always been said that
Roman kRows--no dagger
According 20 n North Carolina paper,
the motto of i large number of the sub
dued Rebels must be, "Turn up the sa-
cred soil, porcine inhabitant or your
name will swell the mOrtuary column"
a fellow in Albany is going to have
bis life insured, so that when he dies, he
can have something to live on. and not
be dependent on the cold charities Of the
world as be once was ssrv
Howell Cobb is reported to have re-
marked, when be heard of Gov. Browns
arrest: Yes d-n him, he'll 20 to
w - kAAcO1CEa hGA UE
with Andy johnson in less than fort
night"
Some of our religious exchanges tell
. story about women being relieved
from speechless grief by q hymn. We
have known q number of the sex to be
strongly affected and greatly benefited by
hins before this. dsiesal u sst7o aE
RrrEsFoR DRSKssc. A Scotch par
son once preached d long sermon against
dram drinking, d vice prevalent In his
parish, and from which, report said, he
was not free himself:
When ye get up, indeed, ye may take
q dram, and another Just before break
fast bat dinna always be dram drinking.
II you are out in the morn, YOU nay
brace gourselfhp with another dram, and
perhaps take another before luncheon,
and some, l fear, take one after, which
is not very blamesble, but dinna be al
ways drinking.
ao Naebody can scrupte for one lust be-
fore dinner, and when the dessert Is
broug BIT 10, and after IL is taken away,
perhaps, and one, or ii may be tWa, in
the afternoon, Just 10 keep you frae
drowsying or snoozleing, but dinnA he al
ways dram drinking SA
Afore tea, aud after tes, and between
tea and supper, is no more than right
and good, but let me caution you, breth-
rem, not 10 be always dram drinking.
Just when you start 20 bed, and when
you're ready 10 pop into't, to take q
dram orstwa, ia no mora than q Christian
may lawfully do.
Bat, brethren, let me caution you not
to drink more than I've mentioned, or
may beYe may pass the bonds of mod
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