The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-09-04
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sa'y yo"eoa'eo-AHlhg skIris, ~
Ter balls and other peoples business. a..
A report that is never con,radie,sd-
The report Of gpn.. ., .. .-.s..
Parson Bro~nlow threatens 10 ,e,irs ,o
private life. We pity private fife. Z
A man in Washington was prosecu,ed
Tor using profane language. |, wa.no,
member Of Congress.
II do no. swear ,ha, that man u;,
steal" said a witness on trial, "Lut if
was chicken I'd roost high when be
was around .-'
A Texas paper rays the devil is loose
Our teetotsi saints say he is tight Thew
should know bes, for they are most with
him.
The editor OF the New York Intepen
dent not only vifirs the lamep,ed Web
sser, but attemp,a to make him out q
man OF iuferior abii,iep. A live eur bar.
king at a dead lion.
what is contentment To sit in the
houss ana see other people stuck in The
mud. 10 other words. to be a Ii,tl, bet.
ter off than our neighbors. .'....-..
A vagabond pig stuck his nose into n
strange pig'pep, and could not back ou,
until the hogs in the pen had ca ,en ff
his nose and ears-a clear case Of nn,;sL
mont for "pokins bis nose into other
folks' business.
The times are, so hard, I can scarcely
manage to keep my nose above water"
sad husband the other day 10 his wife.
who bad been importuning him for new
dress. mo-" she replied with some IA
psrity, "but you manage to keep above
brandy easy enough"
There 10 something very sensible In the
itnpfomptu remark Of a pretty girl no, a
thes.snd miles from here: .,-Ev
s"lf our Maker thought it wss wrong
Tor Adam to live single when there WAS
not woman on earth. bow crin,nally
guilty are the old bachelors, with the
world full Of pretty girls" u. .'t ..',
"Blsssed is he who blowe,h hi. own
horn. for he shall be heard :" =
man IS lucky who has gas,
man is lucky who has brass ..rr
With gas and brass, with ba"kers too.
A smart chap ought to wriggle through.
= A poor scamp left his wife in great
rage declaring that she shoald never see
his face again until he was rich enough
to come home. in a carriage. lie kept
his word for in two hours he WA brought
homo richly dunk on whselbarrow.
"How chsngeabIo the wind is,' said an
old lady. 1t is tns chsngeabIest thing 7
ever did see. Wien I went mp Washing
ton street u was blowin'in my facs--and
when turned to 60 down, don't you
think it vas blowin' on my lack"
A farm was lately adve,ti..d 10 news
pspss in which all the besuty Of the sitn
asiop. fertility Of the soil, and salubri,y OF
the air. were detailed In the richest glow
OF rural description, AMI which was fur.
thsr enhanced with this N. D.-"There
% not an attorney within fifteen mile. Of
the neighborhood." e.
An Alsbsps merchant recently sold
SO worth Of goods 10 one day. The
Mobile Tribune says, a committee is to
wait on him 10 see what he is going to do
with sli that money. They take bard
times Jauntiiy down there.
10 Portland Ne, the l'qnor business
10 q thing OF the psst. All .bs alG resort.
Of Fofestrset are closed. One Of them
has,put up the following plscard: bar
saksu out; praysr.mssting at four o.
cloek.no a.laa1 .s.eT =, h.--H4E
When franklin vas Ambassador 10 the
French Court, lady, who was about be
iog presented to the king, noticed bis eI.
essd'ns'y p|ais sp?ssssaee. sad asksd
vbo be Vas; on being told that h, was
DE- Benjamin FrsuLliu. the Amsneaa
Ambassador she szelaimsa.--
'Ts4 NS.A American smb....aor %
sasbNly, dressed r.
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vbisSsssdoa shssa |; he 70 the man ,ha,
tof(!ss 10 thse dev Aud Itrhtss;nss "a 20 q