The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-06-16
AND PROPRIETOR.
NUMBER 25.
Spare Lines.


Epitaph for o portrait painter. Taken
from life. fT o5gi .il asaE .i--H--
Why arc gcntlcmcn's lovc.lettcrS liable to
go astray3 Because they arc mis'-dirccsed.
Don't DO coward. J. ID. came to grief
from his unwillingncss to die in tho breaches,
The man who wishes to enjoy ''little
life" generally succeeds in 80 doing. n,im.
WHY'S mans chin tho most unlucky
part Of his body? Because Il Is constantly
getting into scrapes. y. b 13 vol
Why isa pretty young woman like corn
In tho time Of scarcity' Because she ought
to be husbanded. .n'alt'
What manufacturer most encourages pct
ty larceny The man who makes tho pub.
lie steel pens. 'H'H -a
The individual who "stood upon his own
responsibility" is to be indicted for inianti.
eide.
Why was the Greek Slave very badly used ?
Because the sculptor ehiselied her out Of her
clothes.
What IL the difference between twelve doz.
on Of eggs and the man who sells them? Ono
is gross and the other q grocer.
False friends, like our shadows, keep close
to us in the sunshine, and vanish in the
shade.
Dickens, in speaking Of friend. says no
was so long in the legs that he looked like
the afternoon shadows Of somebody else.
Traitors aro always betrayed. j. d. fed
to the woods for protection, but they proved
to bc trccs-unable-(trcasonable.) Loo
A leading broker being asked. tho other
day, how his child was, answered, almost in
tears. "vcry ill-would not give two per
cent. for his life." U ia f
The best dowry to advance the marriage Of
ayoung lady, is to give IN her countcnance
mildness, in her speech wisdom, In her bc-
havior modesty, and In her life virtue.
Tho following announcement appears In :
the shop Of Welsh tradesman "Fresh
sausages once month. good supply al.
ways on hand" -
A toast at an Irish Socicty's dinner at Gin.
cinnati: ..Hercs to the Prisidint OF the
Society, Patrick O'Isaferty, an may hc 1.-Two
to ate the hen that scratches over his grave"
A Boston storo.kocpcr the other day stuck
upon his door tho laconic advertisement, "A
boy wanted" The next morning, on OPEN.
ing che store, ho found little urchin in a
basket, labeled, "Hero he is." ~
An intelligent observer says OF the Nor
mons. that in consequence OF their peculiar
habits, more of their people are IN arms than
can DO found among the same amount Of
population anywhere else In the country.
A very polite Boston deacon issaid to have
been once heard TO pray on this wiso 80
Lord, we would not presume to dictate, but
we would suggest that q revival OF religion
IL very much needed! J" ar tss rr -.rr.rro rfa
A child's iaith In his mother Is we'll illus
trated by the following incident "A little
boy, disputing with his sister on some sub
iect. exclaimed. 1t is true, for mother says
so; and II she says 50, It Is so, II II ain't
so.'"
Logic is logic. Thus Epimenides said
"AH Cretans are liars" Now Epimepides
was himself q Crcian; Therefore Epimenides
was liar. But, il he was liar, the Gro.
tans were not liars Now, II tho Cretans
were not liars, Epimenides was not liar.
But. il he was not y liar, the Cretans ,rerc
liars. a.al,t ta-
Jerrold and company OF literary friends
were out IN tho country. In the course OF
their walk they stopped to notice the gam
bols Of an aS's toal. A very sentimental 20.
ct present voweJ that he should like to send
tho little thing as o present TO his mother.
"Do.n Jerrold replied, .'and tic picco Of
paper round It's neck, bearing the motto
when this you soc, remember no. astf.
/. TnE PAR vALuKo BRAINS. The Philadel.