The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-04
sENTIMENT AND FUN.
" A little nonsense, now and then, 80
Is relished by the wisest men,"
A. girl that has lost her beau may
as well hang up her fiddle.

A. girl that has lost her beau may
as well hang up her fiddle.
If mahogany will make a nice table
stand, what will. make one foLl2
A wag being asked the name of the
inventor of butter stamps, replied that
it was. probably Cadmus, as he first
brought letters into Greece
Coal oil is said to be ASSURE destroyer
of bed bugs. Apply plentifully with
small brush or feather, In the places
where they most do congregate. The
cure is effectuaf and permanent.
r, The fashionable ladies' shoe abroad
at this time is made of black and
white checked pOul de s0ie, and Dor
dered all around with black and white
silk cord The front is ornamented
with black lace rOsette, with loops
Of black and white cord In the center.
The heels are covered with the black
and white checked pouh de sole. s
Itappears, froma number of exper
iments, that the bronze of which the
ancients formed their weapons and
other articles, was composed of So
parts of copper to II parts of tin. 1t
is remarkable that the same mixture
has been employed by nations very
remote from each other.
The faults and mistakes of us poor
human beings are as often perpetrated
by despair as by any other one thing.
!. A spirited young lady, who was
. about to marry man whose purse
was longer than his head, said that
she preferred his dollars to his sense.
s. Dean Swift once said that Provi-
: dence showed how little it thought of
riches by the fools it permitted to
= possess wealth. $40 asr.flf
s "A Southern paper thinks that
something is on foot in South Caro-
lima" She herself is ON foot. She
used to ride the high horse, but
: can't now. s.
No man is born into the world
whose work is not born with him.
: There is always work, and tools to
= work withal, for those who will.
z'AIl bitter things have heating
s. tendency of effect,a said a doctorto a
young lady. You will except a Bit
ter cold morning, won't you, doctor?n
- inquired the lady Mts
"A golden rule for young lady is to
converse always with. your female
friends as if gentleman were of the
party; and for young men, as if your
female companions were present.
A novel by Albert Austen is adver-
tised, entitled won by "a Head. We
II sincerely trust that the reputation al
ready gained by the young author will
not be lost by a tale. "--I',~eck.
Your purse, Tom, said an indul-
gent, father to his spendthrift son,
reminds me of thunder cloud. "
How SO, father?" Because it is
always lightning. 30 49, ls@t4
s'Ah, Mr.. Simpkins, we have not chairs
enough for our company" said a gay
wife to her frugal husband. E" Plen
ty of chairs, my dear, but little too
much company" replied he. IS
Father, said a cobbler's boy, a,
he was pegging away at a shoe, the,
say that trout bite now. !" Well
WE'LL. replied the old gentleman
8 stick to your work and they won
go BEAUTFuL.-Ata Sabbath schoo
anniversary in London, two little girl
presented themselves TO receive tn,
prize, one Of whom had recitedl on
verse. more than the other, both hav
ing learned several thousand verse
of Scripture. The gentleman VIII
presided inquired:
:. And could you not have learne
one verse more, and thus have Kept u
with MarthaY' So = : 49,
O. Yes, sir, the blushing child re
Piled, "but / loved Marth, and keI
back. ON purpose.
Az And was there any one of all th
10 verses you have learned y again IL
tquired the President, that taugf
Is you this lesson? sa p ' y
u There was, sir" she answered
.i bnshing still more deeply; " In homo
ipreferring one another.
PIETY NOT ENTAILED.-Quaintl oil
Thomas Fuller found text for
short Sermon of references in I'll
geneology of Christ, which he sees
be checked with four remarkab
changes in four Immediate gener
tons: -. $50,
l.. hehODOam Degab ADlJd, bhdI 10
bad father begat a bad son.
2. Abba begat Asa; that is, a ba
father begat good son. .f5j
Us 3. Asa begat Jehosophat; that is,
good father a good son.
A. Jehosophat begat Joram; that
a good father bad son. a5s. ,sa
q see, Lord, from hence, he. say
!" thatmy fathers pietycan not be e
tailed: this is bad news for me, b