Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-10
Miscellaneous.

BE charitable to personal defornity The
nost beautiful flowers spring from the most un-
slightly dust
-Somewhere in the old Testament it is stated
that the Jewish women were once punished for a.
dorning false calf. The lesson has it's waru-
Jog.
An exchange says that there is negro in vir-
gInla who is turning white Poor fellow! he won't
be noticed any more by. his friends in Con-
gress.
DAYS put wear their spotless raiment and exhale
their odors every day, let your liie free from
stain ever give forth the fragrance of goodness
q stand upon the platform of my par
ty,' said an Abolition speaker getting on top
CT whiskey barrel.
"A country girl, speaking of dance
which she had attended said: "The dancing
was nothln' but the hugin' was heavenly.
Mature, when she makes beautiful
head, is often so absorbed with admiration of
her own works that she forgets the brains.
The iron has entered my SOLE" said the
shoe to the shoemaker. az give thee as0l, 1
can do no more,' was the reply.
When soldier wants kiss what mill
tary manoeuvre does he perform? He goes to
the 'right face"
"A Judge said to a topper on trial for
drunkenness: Prisoner, you have heard the
complaint for habitual drunkenness; what have
you to say in your defense?" s'Nothing.
your honor, but. habitual thirst"
"A reporter, in describing meeting of
total abstinence society said that thew had
most harmonious and profitable session,
and retired from the hall full of the best
spirits.
A lady friend tells us that the hair can
be made to 'crimp' much more readily by
rolling it in strips of the New York Tribune
When one of Summers speeches is used, the
hair curls like that of negro.
"A young lady explained to a printer the
other day the distinction between printing
and publishing, and at the conclusion of her
remarks, by way of illustration, she said,
GU may print klss.ppon my check, but
you must not publish it,
+. s-"Papa, does the logwood they put into
wine give it its red color?" eyes. certainly.
'sWell, papa, is the logwood in the wine
that makes your nose so red?' "Hush your
nonsense, child; here, Betty, get candle
and put this child to bed'
A young Wall street operator having
AiOII0ly run Avenue girl
worth something over million of dollars.
declared that it wasn't his wife's face that
attracted him so much as the figure.
A wife's love is the golden chain which
unites her to her husband it has a thousand
delicate links, forged by sympathy, self
respect and mutual confidence; sever but
one of them aud the Chain is completely
broken as though hundred were destroyed
The Loss OF A SoUL.-Whnt--if It be
lawful to indulge such thought atwould
be the funeral obsequies of lost soul?
Where shall we find the tears fit to be wept
at such spectacle? Or, could we realize the
calamity in all its extent, what tokens of
commiseration and concern would be deem
ed equal to the occasion? 1--WE it suffice
for the sun to veil his light and the moon her
brightness2- cover the ocean with mourn
ing, and the heavens with sackcloth? Or,
were the whole Fabric of nature to become
animated and vocal, would it be possible for
her to utter a groau too deep, OF. cry too
piercing to express the magnitude and ex-
tentofsuch a catastrophe? -Ico6ert Hail.