American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-09-06
WIT AND WISDOM,
"A wise drink-sage tea.

taph.
/ -BoSten has population of about
| two hundred thousand.
1t is dreadful easy to bo o fool-a
man can be one and not know it.
England, like Japan, worships yei-
low sovercigns. ..
The daily product of oil at Pithole
is estimated at 1850 barrels.
AN impudent newspaper writer des-
| ignatcs doctors as gentlemen of the turf
"A kind of angling that does not al
ways take-Fishing for compliments.
"A woman's tears often softens mans
heart. Her batteries softens his head.
"A schoolmastcr, like a hone, sharpens
number of blades, but wears out by the
process
Peaches are selling in Delaware,
ready for TRANSPORTATION, at 81 per bas-
ket
--Epitaphs are like circus bills there
is a great deal more in the bills than is
ever performed.
A Fenian Circle" has been organ
lied in Harrisburg. 1t has sixty men,
bcrs,
Now fashioned Unionism in South
Carolina is said to be very like the old
article of Secession.
It is human to err, but awfully in
convenient. forgiveness is diyine, and
that accounts for its scarcity.
AT one of the grand balls in London,
this season, three hundred ladies appeared
without crinoline.
"A young lady poured Kerosene on
her fire in Chicago, to hurry it, and was
roasted to crisp in consequence.
For every vice or virtue a man ox-
hibits, he generally gets credit or discrcd-
it for whole brood.
Real happiness does not consist so
much in what man don't have as in
what he don't want.
1t is whispered that the girls have
changed the pronunciation Of tho word
pett,coots to Jc6icoats. 'e
"A man in Chicago ept his throat
last week, because, as he said, man who
had recently died owed him 500, and
ho wanted to go after 1t.
Lucy Stone says. The cradle is a
woman's ballot-box." Then We have
known some illegal voting whero two bal
lots were deposited at time.
"A preacher remarked the other day
that the women of the present time are
generally shiftless set. How did the
rascal know that?
IF running after the women be C sin,
it is ono that is very easily checked, All
that is necessary is for the women TO stop
running away from the mon.
A hypoeritical scoundrcl in Athens
inscribed over his door, 'Let no evil en-
ter here" Diogcnes wrote under it,
How does the owner get in 2"
AN editor Of a city paper, removed
to the country, thus writes to friend.
"0h the transccndent joy Of living ip SO
charming Q locality, and raising your
own vegetables, and laying your own
eggs"
Tho following verse commentaries
the most uncommon misfortune of very
hungry urchin.
" There owas small boy yat Pautucket,
lie bought him AN orange to suck 1t; IN
. lie had n long nCse, Re-
. And as you may suppose,
Into the orange he stuck IT,"
"A lover, vainly trying to explain
some scientific thoorxto his fair inamora-
ia, said, "Thc question is difficult, and |
don't see what | can do to make it clear"
" Suppose yon pop it" whispered sweet
, gem9ima. n9illl
| --Ata a wedding the other day, one of
the guests, who is often little absent
minded, observed graycly, 81 have re-
marked that there have been more women
than men married this year"
A gentleman of New York, inquir-
cd of Nye of Nevada, the other day, what
he thought of JEFF. Davis in petticoats.
g Think p said the Governor. 81 think
it is the last war-hoop of the rebellion"
"A gentleman, about whose Teutonic
origin there could be but one opinion, was
passing along the street, a few days since
when he came to halt before one of the
huge posters announcing the coming of
the Panorams. of the Paradise Lost. lie
/ read this line, "a Rebellion in Heaven" /"
when he broke forth as follows: "a Re-
| baIlson in Haavan that iaafa nof Iouy