The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-08-22
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

lover Is suer-au heirsss hunter a
purse susr. ".
Til,ing hoops are only "new revelations
OF Natures hidden beauties."
Prentice wonders why the planets don't
cut off tho tails Of comst when il passes
among them, they all hsvipg axis.
Tho Po,tsvi!le Journal says i, want. q
nurse to take care Of \ basket Of children
left at this Office a shor, time since.
An Irish girl 4, play, on Sunday. was
accostsG by the priest. "0nod morning
daughter of the devil" She msskly 70
piled, "Good norning, father"
A little boy had a wooden horse, and
in course Of time its tail and ears and legs
got knocked of. and .hs toy presented
rather ragged appearance. Said he ons
day. God secs sv.ry,biug--don't he,
mother" "Yes. my child" "wsll, I
guess hs'Il laugh then, when he sees this
horse"
Jenkins youngest daughter adopted
the fashion Of expansive skirts At . dan
gerous season.. A violent cold ~a.. OF
course, the reault. Mrs J.nkiu. saws,
"ny dear, aren't you afraid that Jane has
got the consumption I" mo. nv dear" /"
he said, its nothing bus the hoop ing
cough,".
suppose" said = qu.ef. Will. feeling
the pulae Of a patient who had reluc.sn,
ly submitted to solicit his advice, II spp.
pose you think me . bi. efs humbug ="
"si'," gravsIy replied the sick man. 81
was mot aware until now that you could
so readily discover mans thoughts b,
feeling lis pulse"
A'horticulturis, advertised that he would
supply ali sorts Of fruit trees and plants.
especially pie plants Of oil kinds. A
gentleman thersupon sent ain IN order
Tor one package Of feust.rd'pi., seed. and
adossn mince pieplan,s. The gentleman
promptly filed the order BY sending him
four goose eggs and a lop cared pup.
A writer. eIpstiating on ,hs.f.r'ilIziug
properties Of gusuo, eivss a vsrseious nc,
count Of Kansas soil 10 the following -
A few hou's after planting eucum5e
sssds the dirt began to Hy, and the vines
cams UP hike streak, and although hs
run of at the top Of bis sps.d. vines over
took and covered him; and on taking ou.
his knife to eu. the thing, be found a
large cucumber gone to seed 10 his pock
A colored firm in Newark, N. J., bsv
Ing suffered soms pecunisry snbar,ass
msn,s. rscsntly closed business, and the
senior member gave to the public the fol-
lowing notice:
"Ds DISSOLUTION Of compassaips here
tofors resisting bstwixt mo and moss Jones
in de barber perfssbus. am hsrs,ofors 70
solved. Pussuns who oss mss. psy to
dc scriber. Dem What Do 6rm oss mus,
call on Jones. a. do e,m is iasolv.d"
A yOuag.,sr while p.susins 4 eh.ptr
in Genesis. turning to his mother. iuauirs sd
u the people in those dsys used to do
sums on the ground It vas discov cred
thaths had been reading the passage -
"And the son Of mas multiplied upon the
face Of the earth"
But Lovegood. says Of, certain elsss
GiYsnksss:
."Tbey ain, human no how. The nint
q F,ladelfv is thar heaven; tbsy tbiuk
their God eats half dimss far brsakis..,
hashss the levias fur dinner. IN swallows
cent on dried sPpil fu, supper. ssss oa
. sssrnpin machine fur = thtons. slsaps on
. crib full ev half dollars, "a measures
men like money BY count They haze,
one ov them got sosl but What cud
dance . jig in akabbsgs seed, 80 leave
room 70. the 6ddlsr!"