Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-09-14
ODDITIES.

A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.--The history Of
the Rhine from one end to the other is very
simple There are always two sisters who are
in love with the same gentleman, who always
goes to the crusades and marries again, in
spite of baron who always locks one of seven
daughters in castle, which is attacked
sacked, and razed to the ground by two
brothers, both of whom also try the crusades;
then return, and both marry, or think Of
marrying, the same lady, who always settles
the matter by jumping into the Rhine, where
she makes whirpools and attends weddings
till she finally frghtens some one else into
marrying her. Some general idea Of this
kind acquired before starting, and then as
sociated with every ruin, will be found most
useful 1t is the kind of impression retained
after carefully following good guide book
for fourteen hours, and saves all the trouble.
= A Scotch parson once preached a long
sermon against dram drinking, vice preva-
lent in his parish, and from which, report saidj
he was not free himself
"When ye get up, indeed, ye may take d
dram, and another just before breakfast, ard
perhaps another after but dinna always be
dram drinking. ....-
"lf you are out in the morn, you may brace
yourself up with another dram, and perhaps
take another before luncheon, and sohie, l
fear, take one after, which is not very blame
able, but dinna always be drinking.
"Naebody can scruple for one just before
dinner, and when the desert is brought in,
and after it is taken away, perhaps, and one,
or it may be twa, in the course of the alter
noon, just to keep you frae drowsying or
snoozlcing, but dinna be always drinking
"Afore tea, and after tea, and between tea
and supper, is no more but right and good,
but let me caution you, brethren, not to be al
ways dram drinking .........
Just when you start for bed, and whtli
you're ready to pop into't, to take a dram Or
two is no more than Christian may lawfully
do
"But, brethren, let me caution you not TO
drink more than I've mentioned, or may be
ye may pass the bounds of moderation"
= AS surgeon in the army was going the
rounds, examining his PATIENTS he came to a
sergeant who had been struck by bullet in
the left breast, right over the region of the
heart. The doctor, surprised at the narrow
escape of the man, exclaimed. "Why, my
man, where IN the name of goodness could
your heart have been?' 81 guess it must,
nave pccH III my Ihou'ii Juoo .i'e", uoCtoil ,
replied the poor fellow, with faint and sickly'
smile. 4n
= Two lawyers in country couttr-one of
whom had gray hair, and the other, though
Just as old a man as his learned friend, had,
hair which looked suspiciously black--had
some alteration about a question of practice
in which the gentleman with the dark hair re-
marked to his opponent a;
"a person at your time of life, sir" look:
ing at the barrister gray head, "ought,to have
a long enough experience to know what is
customary in such cases" W .i,.
'Yes, sir" was the reply; ''you may stare.
at my gray hair if you like. My hair viii be-
gray as long as live, and yours will be black
as long as you dye. ".lt.rl4 fs ,u....., IT,;
: The shoddy aristocracy at Saratoga have
great difficulty in wearing their unusual adj
vancements. Some of them make most RI :,
diculous work of it-reminding beholders of
premium cattle bedecked for agricultural fairs.
One unfortunate Ounce of oleaginous devely,
opment, actually went through the martyrdom,
of dressing fifteen times before supper, on
Tuesday. A young damse at table in one Of .
the big hotels yesterday 'astonshed the crowd
by exclaiming "Lorl mar; I've dropped nv
diament in the gravy" A vigorous search
for the lost jewel-a stomacher pin-was made ,
in the kitchen refuse, but unsuccessfully. 1t
is only worth 81 200, and papa comes with
in Toodles' definition of gentleman. "He
don't care darn There is greater crowd :
at Saratoga now than ever before at this time
in the season; but less of real refined genti'ity,
struction to persons about 10 marry: ".,NheIt
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