Maryland free press., 1866-10-18
sport and So Forth .

-''You woull take inc for twcuty2'' faid
nice girl tu her partner while incing few eveu-
!, ings ago 'wh.tt would you take me iur?'' Fur
better or for worsc,' replied he.
&c: In 1911, or twenty -twc years ago.
the Union consisted of twenty six States
We have admitted ten States since, b1t ac-
c"rding to the arithmetic of the Radicals.
We still have only the same number! Their
sue cess means 10 take ten stars froun the
National flag.
~ pretty yonng Amcricanrss, whose name ia
Anna, op reel, inr cigar from young gen L.
m.n villa ii,l,l not pluck enou III to say he wished
TO marry her, iwirlr il plnyluIly hvncaih her
most and, looking arclily AT him, popped the
9 'cstiea thus: ..IInrc- Aunay'
Ey-Thc paw ola Congressman is now in
cveased from s. per day to $33 for each
working day ct the session And this
very modest amount th"y voted themselves
ia or'fer to yin the sI'lar, Sl0O Lunty
frthrer ye'rs! May be the "boys in
blue are green enough to believe in and
vote for such generous donors! who give
StVo shd steal 81 2,UUO..
| ~ little more animation, my dear whisp-
| cred lady D., 10 l,rpen,lc Susan Who was
walking througha qmadiie. s'Do lot me To
nian.,'" my own buincss, mamnm," replied the
| provd ut dtm.cl. al shall not dance NV ring
lets odt out of curl Tor Il married man, s'Of
course no., INV lave but was not aware who
your partner was" ....t.
ES-Some of the radical papers have
suddenly discovered that Gen Grant is
mot much ofa man" after all They
l"ok at all men through blsck glasses and
measure them accordingly Grant and
Farragut endorse the Pesident, and the
disunion "loyalists' don't, and that's what
IL the matter. ...'.r.
A Sailor observing a tailor at work whose
waistoai wns patched over with an endless va
ricty of different pieces of cloth cried out to hi.
mate:
''I.ook We Jack-ii you ever see 80 many sorts
of cabbage growing On one stump?'
E5- We hear of another of those fine
haired and sweet scented matrimonial alli-
ancos in ''Olj Connecticut" One Henry
II.hoy, a sixty-four year hll white man.
married one Amands Jigyer. an eighteen
year old niger girl. New England is
continuing to advance in "grcat moral
ideas"
We arc amused SAYS u Contemporary, with a
dscisi"a given. II Few days ago, by a negro in
market. ho had been called on bv another nc
gre I" know ifa iifIv cent noe he had just taken
WAS good. After closely examining the note.
sad turning II over two or three times, he in
FORMED him, that the noe was counterfeit but not
ecne-wine conterfcit.
fFEvary rAlicel joarnsl around is full
Of appeals t" hate. passion and pr'julice'
10 every base feeling OF human nature.
Does any man b:licve, asks an exchange.
,hat the settlement of the trouble, of this
mighty republic ought to be approached in
the temper, the radicals display?
We,hsve hal enough OF this heart burn
ings anil bitterness. II every man in tn.
/ land would labor patiently and preserving
ly for peace aud reunion. it coull not be
long tefore we should enjoy all the bless
ings of fraternity, concord and Union.--
Who labors for other objects is an enemy
,,rc,l
" "'u ~no HIS 'oe''''y'
-ITpoverty stricken Frcuchman being arous-
| | nv h,s wife one ni,rht with IN. cry. ,.t;-nun
arI"ss, 1he!e .e,S,, Is ro'r m she n"n.e eslml,
him r,n ayk the h'us.. il he find, anything Of
'"'"e' we II get up anu take IL away from ''i".
ES-Brn. Butles says, "this war must
|
be settled by those who foug ght it," The
Petersburg Index is agreed aud says, this
rules out Ben lie only stole, And VIC
may add, Frank Thomas too. lie ouly
! howcJ ....-... ...s.
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! --Onc OF tn. acvotcss to IN ,mm,n, = worth
less mi lou,irs. once received y lesson from an
elem, h,m,~c VI" iIs saiI: "po yo" % know ir, '. sir
'hat am worth one thousand pounds ''Ycs, u
lent, lent % ~ do: land and TX know nov that Is ALL aii vow ar.
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