The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-08-23
W.T. AND HUMoR.

What is necessary to farmer, to asasss
him H-system.
The road to ruin is always kept in good
repair, and travellers pay the expenses of
Some wives are 20 Jealous that thsy
oont ike their spouses to embrace fsir
opportunity.
Ills true, tits pity; 'tis pity 'tis trus.,-
uoneymoon bliss sometimes turns ont 10
be moonshine.
A lady last week had her likeness t.ksn
oy photographic, and he executed il %
well that her husband prefers It to the
original
A wag on hearing that man had given
up chimney-sweeping, expressed surprise.
ns he thought the business "sooted" him.
Aunt Betsy says, ga newspaper is like .
wife. because every man should have one
OF his own" Aunt Betsy is right.
A Conn acticut paper gives lengthy sc.
count OF damage recently inflicted BY atha
lightning"
Why is President johnson like ilne
poet Because he can "wake to ecstscv
the living Tyre (Forney)
A lady fixed the following Letters IN
the bottom Of flour barrel, and asked hor
husband to read them o I-C-U.R-M.T.
The war in Prussia has caused suoh .
scarcity OF labor that women are employed
In repairing railroads.
Genera! love is like a mitten, which ats
all hands alike, but none closely true Al.
lection Is like glove, which fits one hand
only, but hts closely 20 .i.~s ono.
Dobbs says that beauties generally die
old maids. They set such a value on
themselves that they don't find purehas.
or till the market is closed.
by their fruits ye shall know them.' n
the farmer exclaimed when he traced hHlf
hp golden pippins to the pockets Of . tn.
ant schoolboy.
Ton Look here, Jem, there IA \ bol.
knocked out of this bottle YOU pave me.
JEM.-'Why here ia the hole in,;t nov
II it was knocked ont, how could h b.
there"
Ii you wish to recollect mans name.
20 security Tor his house rent. For keen.
ing your memory fresh there il nothing
like it.
A lady who wished some stuffine from
q roast dock. which gentleman was carv.
.ng at public table, requested him to
transfer from the deceased fowl 10 her plata
some OF its artificial intestines.
IT your neighbor asks the loan Of Eva
dollars of you, tell him you were not pres.
ent, but if he will pass on to Jones q,
Smith, he will ascertain exactly the vboI.
particulars of the accident.
DO you think I'll get justice done mar
said culprit TO his counsel. q don't
think you will replied the other. sfor
see two men on the jury who are opposed
to hanging
A poor widow was asked how she be.
came so much attacked to certain neigh.
Dor, and replied that she was bound n
him by several cords of wood which ha
had sent to her during the hard winters.
A Kansas paper says: "Two men of tho
horse-thieving fraternity danced in the mir
on Lightning Greek one day last week.
They Immediately retired to hole in the
ground after their exercise"
A young lady on pulling open the fie.
was shocked to find an insect burrovino in
the core, and instantly threw the fruit into
the CRATE. There, said she, Il have burnt
the creature in FIG!
'One more question, Mr.. Parker. You
have known the defendant a long time.
what are his habits-loose or otherwise p
The one he's got on now, think is rather
tight under the arms, and too short waist.
ed for the fashion! You can take vour
seat, MIR. Parker
A man being awakened by the captain
OF boat with the announcement that be
must not occupy his berth with his boots
on, considerably replied: %, the bugs
won't hurt 'em, ] guess; they're an old
pair
A correspondent writes from Helena
City, Montana, that there is no city in the
country moro quiet or well governed, and
adds: owe have an active vigilance com.
mittee, plenty Of rope and pine tree han.
dy where justice is laid on at the tims.
There have been seven men hung on that
tree"