The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-11

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SonSa Sones Peepb yeop have dreadful desire TO know
4Uue 2I. ~ n tho news ;; When I Gov mon 7 Ynoon
n,,on wna. y too eoo Tanoh,erS such one can tell
Sol wU"oF Of ali the weddinos that are goin@ off
you o ~ tbe enSagementS That boSa boeD brooen
off, Off and for what; whose property is mortgaged,
ond for how nrcb. osho kIfnys evarv necson;s
h;s b S Who ne b,ve can nnen who
walk and who ride. O You liOi' will ind some of
butobeT s comess ~ gos see ~ what kind of meat Won
bonSbt 0onieS' " 'e' """' 'ON
such one will keep watchful eye upon
others asking them questions seeminoly Of no
impor'ance import GsS and then deduces 'S con6nsion, is
eo6%GB o! inquisiliveness. These people are
the OpGF@ EeT OF S Tyy thy take tai il 9O4
Uaughter.) How amusing it is to see one of
these inquisitive persons-they will ponder, lay
in wait for you to ask you questions they accost
YOU and say they have piece of news, fresh
news.
heard story of conversation between one
of these inquisitive persons and a gentleman
who had lost his leg. The inquisitor COM
menced. Lost q. leg, ehW ''How did you
lose your leg?" when did you lose it ~ Under
what circumstances?n ?n "Where did y0u lose 1t? ?"
To all these inquiries he received no definite
reply, but still he was anxious to find out how
that leg was lost. After bothering the gentle.
man for some time with all sorts of questions in
relation to the leg, the loser turned to him
ana sald, II you promise me you won't ask
anotner question VIII Jeu yOu." II WON'T"
was the reply-"Not another," NOT another.
On your word and honor?" Yes; SIR"
wen linen, my friend II was Dit OIL" Bit OIL,
was II" "HoWH (Laugnter.)
suppose you were sitting in railroad car
absorbed in your paper or book, and have an
Individual torture You IN this wlse:-
rs TINS seat engaged" mo, SIR. "Flne
day" Eyes, sir" Going furE" Yes, SIR"
New York, suppose ~ mo, sir" Going
tultherT daughter. Yes, sr." "southF
eyes, sir" "Business?" (Renewed laughter.)
goods
rance" !" mo, ST." 'SpeculatIou ~ No, SIR
''How old might you be, may ask ~ "Yes, sir.n
'Marned man? yes, sr' 'Got any ch1l'
urcn Z" NO, ST." 10 you auopt any! NO
ST.. tstQulu Inlnk you oughI tof IN tne
cnuIch; .u;t ICE: sl. olihouo4 Is - nope
50, ST. o., Tvs 10 Is your olrt 1
practicaIT az e. 4 es, slr' -ADoIluonist g. YES,
SIR, haI nIgnt your hane De :! ~ mlgnC
pe DtelLeVuD' ouI ~ ishI' NoW JusI Inlnh vi IL;
ISM IL aWlull!
Jonn hanuolph PuG up at noteI 10 reireSh
himself and retlnue Hayng PAID his Dill he
was ABOUT TO depart, When the landlord asked
him which way he was going. Mr.. Randolph
rephed:-"Havent paid my OILY Do owe
you anything! L suppose just such way as
please" Having proceeded snort distance he
came to the forks OF the road, and not knowing
which one was right, he sent his servant back to
inquire OF the Landlord. lie sent back the
answer that Mr. Randolph didn't owe him "A
cent, and he could take which road he pleased.
Frenchman aud an American both sat down
to table in Paris one time, and the way the
eatables disappeared from before the American
induced the Frenchman to ask him If that was
his breakfast or dinner? The Frenchman, after
repeatedly asking the question, finally received
the reply of "Go to thunder" A challenge and
a duel was the result. The American shot the
Frenchman. AS he lay on the ground, he cried,
~ am very much killed; shall dien my dear
fellow, am very sorry for this thing; can ] do
anything Tor you ?" said the American. ooh,
yes" was the reply. You can do great deal;
can do very much. Oh am very much killed;
come here-was that your breakfast or your
dinnerW CThe whole audience were thrown
into a ht OF laughter, which lasted several
minutes. The way In Whlch Mr. Cough spoke
the last sentence occasloned IT,
The desire to know future things is very
strong in the minds of many.
The mind is not satisfied with objects imme
diately before it, but 1t is always breaking
away from the present, filed with coniectures
about things not yet made real to u.s. longing
to penetrate INTO futurity.
counted in one Boston newspaper thirty-two
advertisements OF persons who pretended to tell
OF the future. These are all lmpostors, VINO i'm
pose upon the credulous. NO educated man Is
supersttious; it is only the ignorant. There is
vast amount of superstition amongst us.
Perhaps some OF you ladies have looked in
the grounds of coffee cup for your future hus-
band. Did you ever? (Laughter.) Don't you
sometimes obtain piece OF brlde-cake and put
ii under your pillow to dream of it? He cited a
few other OF the popular supersltlons among
the ladies' and then told the ladies to take an
egg, fill il with salt. and take it shell and all
before going 10 bed, and then they would dream
O their future husbands.
have hard frost. If q cat sneeZes everybody
in the house will take cold. Splling salt Is an
ill omen If your right hand itches YOU are
going to pay out some money If your left hand,
Won will receive some.
If your foot itches. YOU will stand on strange