The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-25

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- When heleaves are turning brown.
Braid your girdles, fresh and gay,
Children, ia the hi00n of May;
Twist your ehapiets ia young June.
a Mnidfns, they Will fade nii sOonF
Irvine ripe roses, July-fed,s 80 .fffa
esq Lovers, for the dear ones Head;
Will weave my richer crown 4l
Wien the leaves are turning browni
A tax that Congreesmen never ini
aict upon US syntax. ~
Punch direction how 10 make
hole IN income Is eound-pay large
rent.
81 do not say that man will steal,
said witness on trial. i'but If was a
chicken Id roost high when he was
around =. "a aa e ma
| Why il the sea salt2 A Vermont
teacher put this question 10 his pr
mary class, A bright little urchin
replied " Because it II full Of cod
fish, sir alsa TaI "al
A charity scholar under examina-
ton in the Psalms, being asked,
what is the pestilenoe that walketh
in tho darkness?" replied, " Please,
sir, bedbugs.'
" DO you know who / ann " said an
officer to a fellow whom he had by the
collar Not exactly, sir said the
fellow but 1 think you must DO the
malignant collarer.
Any game hereabouts," said a
newly arrived settler TO Texan,
4" Guess so, said the Lone Star, and
plenty Of en- We have bluff, p0ker
euchre, all-fours, and monte, and jist
as many others as you like TO play"
Mira. Darlington says that Ike, hav-
ing become very much enameled Of a
syren in Boston, left her to the mental
haltar. lie didn't appear in the least
4 decomposed On the back Of his
wedding cards were little cubcbs with
wings lul 81 lH9fi 1fih e. hH'
H. An enthusiastic old fellow and his
gile recently visited Niagara Falls
They w0rshiped the fallsall day, from
/ the piazza in front of their room, and
retired talking over its wonders. At
an early hocr next morning, the old
gentleman was on the qui DiDe, and as
soon az he saw the falls again he sang
Fout, Wife, wife I'll be burned if
/ the water amt still going over that
dam H 3ti4 '"
Mrs. Darlington says she cannot I'M
derstand these market reports. She
san understand how cheese can be
| lively aud pork can be ACTIVE and
feathers drooping-that is, if its raiD-
ing; but, for her life, she has no no.
a. ton how whisky can be steady, or
hops quiet, or spirits dull nor how
lard can be firm in warm weather, nor
iron unsettled, nor potatoes depress-
cd, nor flour rising, unless there had
been yeast IN il, and sometimes, il
wouldn't rise then,
Aunt Mary said thoughtful
little FIVE year old, why don't they
celebrate Mira. Washington $ birthday
as we'll as Mr.. Washington'sW " Be
cause George Washington was great
and good nun, il the reason why his
birthday IL celebrated Well,
wasn't Mrs. Washington great and
good woman?" Yes, but George
Washington was the father Of his
country Well" looking up tri-
umphantly, Wasn't Mrs, Washing
ton the mother Of her country" p
Why do birds in their little nests
agree?P Because they'd fall out il
they didn't. Punch.
A man met a big Indian on the
Plains n few weeks ago The gentle
savage had large bundle of scalps
and the white man made bold to ask
him what he had been doing
Heughp' said the noble red man
me been skirmishing for Waterfalls.
OBITuARY-"MY Policy. Died
October ., at 6 o'clock, y. M, after .
! short but severe illness. My Policy,
aged z months aud ID days, t Is.
Elections sore long time he bore.
! HiSspeecheswere In vain; 10 ~
: When he vote OF frecmen came
~ enaed him OF his pain.
Due notice will be given OF his
funeral which will proceed to Crook
ed Run, Salt River. ew@s"A
"A tailor lately replied to gentle
: man who had complained that his
coat fitted badly; II beg pardon, sir
: but the coat must fit, for the meas
ure's right, aud we always cut on the
4 jommetry principle"
A gentleman known for his habitual
/. hardness, was invited 20 join n picnic
!. party, and appointed 10 be az his
Z friend house at an early hour in the
9 morning. Contrary to all bexpecta-
= ton, he was the first on the ground
and his friend, in surprise at his
. punctuality, burst outA--"So you've
come FIRST at last, you used TO be be-
n
r curly Of lato.1 well, said the other
II made sure of it'll haven't been To
+, bed. "ad f93io la 9
; A physician passing stonemason's
shop, called out: Good morning