The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-10
THE DAILY CLARION


Missouri paper announced short
fine since that the "wife crop in Gas,
conade county yielded $4,000 gals:,
The next week the editor came out WIN
an "erratum-rite read acme.
Stop pounding that mule, saio zen
r;fnllv beating the beast. The soldier
nnocouainted with the General, told him
10 mind his own business. Il tell you
again to stop am Gen. Sherman.
That's played out" said the soldier.
EVERY man who comes along here with
an old brown coat, and a stove-PiPe hat
claims to be Gen. Sherman" For once
the General considered himself out
Aanked.
ROYAL SPoRT.-There was once
unon time king of Prussia who was
very short sighted, so much SO that ne
could scarcely tell the number OF the
regiment that passed before him IN re-
view but he was nevertheless passion
ate sportsman, and loved to kill hares'
and in good company, so that they might
talk over their exploits during luncheon:
He was always followed by the grand
geneur, who told his short-sighted maJes-
tv after each shot what was the result,
and in a grave tone, as implacable as
though he were a supernumerary In
tragedy. The king fired, for instance
What is that" said his Majesty
(which | have killed." "a goat, your
Majesty" The king fired again-"What
was that?o "a horse, your Majesty
A third shot-"What was that = "a
pheasant, your Majesty" A fourth
shot-"A cock, your Majesty" A fifth
shot-"His Highness the Duke OF
Schwarzenburg, your Majesty" A sixth
shot-"A man, your Majesty" A
seventh shot-"A child, your Majesty. "
Horrible! if it only been another duke!
But child" "Your Majesty, it is
nothing. Here is the game, wounded
behind slightly" The king put down
his gun, and searched in his pockets. In
the confusion he produces an order OF
knighthood from among the many trlfies'
and, at last, recovering his senses, thrust
it back, seizes ten Frederick doris
kisses the child with all the heart Of a
good king and good man, thrusts the
gold into the chiId's hand, and goes to
lunch with his friends, and TO relate the
capital days sport he has had.
When do you see what is invisible
When you see how you feel.
A German Insurer. who took nine pei
cent. interest instead of six, the legal
rate, was asked if he thought of what
God would say to his extortiOn. ooh
YES; but when God looks down from
Heaven the 8 will look like g."
The late lamented Lempriere tells us
TINT IL was changed into a heifer; but
we have lately CLEANED from a doctors
prescription the following piece of in
formation respecting the end of thai
a.. young person: "Io-dide of Potassium.
"Haye you seen my black faced an
telope 7" inquired Mr.. Lewcope, whC
has a collection of animals. of his friend
"No, haven't. Who did your black
faced aunt elope with :"
a woman being enjoined to try thu
effect of kindness to her husband, ant
being told that it would heap Goals o
fire on his head, replied that she hac
tried boiling water, and it didn't do a BIZ
of good"
A famous opera singer is said to have
lost his voice, which necesstates chang,
of bass.
A story is told of young unweddeG
journalist in New York, who enjoys thu
reputation of having an unusual fond
ness for the opposite sex, corroborating
the truth of the French apothegm =
"They who love much never marry
He met Fanny Fern, one day in Broad
way, and she, disposed to jest with hin
on his celibacy, remarked Il do no
see. my dear friend, how you contrive II
pass the hours in your bachelor quar-
tiers, pleasant as they may be, without
wife and the comforts of hone." "Oh
find no trouble, madame have re
Gently taken quite an interest in fish, an,
pass much of my time in feeding then
and playing with them" About a fort
night after. this conversation, Fam
happened to meet the piscatorial bach
elor, when she said /: II passed you
house the other day, my friend, and
say a very pretty fish sitting in th
window reading and, if l mistake no
you were endeavoring to feed it out
your own mouth. l quite agree wit
you. 1t must be, on the whole, rattle
all agreeable mode of passing the time.
The gentleman blushed, and espresso
desire to discuss some other branch
natural history.