The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-29
SENTIMENT AND FUN.
+" A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men,

is generally sheep In society.
What is that which is always in
visible, and never out of sight? The
letter /.
Hot water satisGeth no thirst; an
CRY words mend no broken cups and
saucers.
The only pain that we make light
OLA window pane
What workman never turns to the
left? A wheel-right
The height of absurdity-A vegetas
Ran attending cattle show
Even a pig on the spit" has the
consolation of thinking that things
may turn.
What sort of throat is the best for
a singer to reach the high notes with {?
A-soar throat. ETEsE gtEar
Don't have too many friends. He
who cant count his friends can count
upon them.
What length ought ladies crino-
line to be? A little above two feet.
BOn-nsOt of the season. The Lam
guage of Flowers: :" Well I'm
blowedl"
The right man In the right place.
"A husband at home in the evening.
He that can keep his temper is bet
ter than he that can keep a carriage
Question for Logicians. Can man
keep his feet dry when he has creak
In his boots?
When may man be said to break
fast before he gets up? When he.
takes roll in bed.
It was the bowldest of Fenians
who told his sweet heart that 6 it was
himself that couldn't slape for dram
ing of her. 3 sea :. 'e'.l }l.iia1
Why is the suspension Of the Ha4
beGs Corpus act in Ireland beneficial
to the Fenians? Because it quickens
their apprehension.
Moore had the petroleum fever
when he sung, "Oh, had L some sweet
little isle of my own but perhaps
he meant Gas he said) sweet lie. +" g
The maa who can be hattered is not
necessarily a fool, bat you can always
make one of him.
g / think you must allow, said a
pompous gentleman, that my jests
are very fair" !" Sir, your jests are
like yourself, was the quick retort !;
their age renders them respectable"
Other goods may have declined, but
the rise in hook-skirts on the street at
PRESENT. is quite startling. Agrarians.
however, like it, because they say it
enables the common people to see
more of good society than they ever
could before. aal Hs9s saa
A German writer says young girl
is a ishing-rod. The eyes are the
hook, the smile the bait, the lover the
gudgeon, the marriage the batter in
which he is fried. What will the
girls say of that German? aaI ~.
A French lady, the wife of mem
Der of the diplomatic corps, writes:
Bostonians are very charming, very
hospitable, and very cultivated; but
they are perfectly convinced of their
, immense superiority to everybody
else :"
A Spanish gentleman, studying
English, being at tea-party, and
desiring to be helped to some sliced
. tongue, and in doubt as to the term,
hesitated a moment, and then said,
81 will thank you, Miss, to pass me
that language"
A young couple had been married
by Quaker, and after the ceremony
he remarkedto the husband: Friend,
thou art now at the end of thy trou-
bles. A few weeks after the young
= man came to the good minister boil
ing over with rage (his wife was a
regular vixen, !" thought you told
me that I was at the end Of my trou-
bles?" SO I did, friend, but I did
not say which end"
My CoURTsHIP.-When [ was six
teen, fell in love. There was moth
ing remarkable, in that, for most
young men of that age do the same
thing. But what / am going to tell
you is, how my courtship ended. 1t
n -as at party | saw Sallie b. who
w s one of the prettiest girls In Tick
Tow n and tell you, she looked sweet
~; ;O :, II white muslin ball dress got
IN - - ~. reduction, danced with her once,
dw; co thrice, and ] was just the hap
Isl 80 M an in all Ticktown. Well, at
fast the party broke up; but | had an
; ;19 to call on Miss B. That
1 IL I'll I wanted, and | didn't sleep
,oScL bef, 1re Sunday evening
4bat was the time I'd fixed to call. /
, called saw Miss Sallie to church
saw her home; and when | left had
an = pressing invitation to call again, and
/ did not forget it | assure you, Al
~. e no,,th I was cnmnletelV