The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-10-10
SENSE AED NONSENSE.

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When is a woman not womAu .
When she is a little suIkv.
A negro lawyer has been admitted to
practice in Moutrose, Pa.
so it seems" as the young girl obser
we'd to the sewing machine.
A witty fellow says hoop skirt hang
ing out Of door reminds him Of peel
of belle.
As ,hrashing separates the corn from
the chati, SO does Fiction purify virtue
-Burion
DE moderate in all things" as the
boy said to his schoolma.ter, when the
latter was. whipping him.
Why does the new moon remind one
Of giddy girl Because she is too
young to show much reflection.
The boy who was caught looking into
the future, has been arrested for trying to
see the show without paying.
We heard lately Of man who died
without the aid of a physician. Such in
stances Of death are exceedingly rare.
When you are in danger Of externa!
enomies, look out When the peril is
from your own uuLridIed passions, look
an.
or all human actions, pride mos, sci
dom obtains its end; 70. while it aims at
honor and reputation, it reaps contempt
and dersion.
Speaking Of the "undeyelopsd wealth
OF the county," leafer said that WAS
exactly his situation he possessed vast
resources-was very rich-but his wealth
was undeveoped.
A neighhor says there is grocer in
town who is so mean that lie was seen
to catch Ay off his counter, hold him
by the hind legs, and look in the cracks
OF his feet to see il he hadn't been stealing
some Of his best sugar.
"Papa," said ll,Ie boy to his father
the other dav, "when one fellow strikes
another, hain't lie got right to strike
back r.
"Cer,anly he has," replied the father,
"lhe law OF self defence sanctions it,"
""elI, I'll tell you what i, is" said
the boy, The mex. time you box my ears,
III hit you devil of cloot under the
fifth rib"
The father laughed heartily, and the
next day related the anecdole to his
neighbors.
AWFUL TRADEGy.-Jm Crow eat before
low table, and his pale fingers clr,ched
with convnsve energy the handle Of a
knife. His hrows were knit, and his lips
tightly compressed, while the wild and
unsettled expression Of his eyes seemed to
indicate the desperate purpose that was
flashing through his excited brain. Sud
denly he held The glit,ering steel to the
light, he felt i.s keen edge and tapering
point, then with startling energy he raised
the fatal knife on high, tnen plunged it
into the breast Of a-bied goose. The
gravy ran ont in torrents, and the half
famIshed Young gentleman left behind
him, as bis only monument Of Prov a
pyramid Of bones.
a worthy old farmer, residing in the
vicinity Of lake Mahopcck, was worried
to death hast summer by buarders. They
found fauit with his table and said he had
nothing TO eat.
Dang IT," said cd Isaac, one day.
"wbat fuss you're making. can eat
anything"
"Can yon eat crow D. said one OF the
boarders.
"Yes, ken ca, a crow! I"
"Bet you hat" said .he guest.
sIbe bet was made, the crow caught
and nicely roasted, but before serving up
they coDtuved 20 season il with good
dose Of Scotch snnff I,aac sat down 10
the crow. lie took good bite, sad be
gan to chew away.
ayes. ken eat crow (anoiher bite,
and an awful f,or) ken eat crow; but
III be darned if | banker arlsr il !"