The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-18
HUMOROUS.
NV Darling Idol.

You've told me many time and oft
My eyes were bright-my tresseS SOft,A n
While other girls were homely.
"She's quite young to know her WILL
The folks say to each other; = SO
But If you truly love me still -.
- Why, go ask my mother.
I'm told there's care in married life
[ That all the joy s IN counting; fg0
They say their vows are sporting.
kIwon't believe what old maids say, Nn
You've bothered me so much to-day
2 Do go and ask my mother. sst eN
An exchange asks" Can AM, of
our readers peruse the following.
touching appeal and retain. q. dry eye?
If they cans they must be hard
hearted: !" - d.
Th saHi es shs tns swaiier
The sky is blue, the fields in view,
AL faded green and yalIer. 9s5a 81
Come let us stray our toilsome way,
s3H And view the charms of Mater, "a n I,
The barkin dogs, the squeehn hogs
And eat our roasted tater.i 1eIssla
>. Il say, landlord, that's "a dirty
towel for a man to wipe onP' AHqe 8
Landlord--with look of amaze
ment, replies Sixty or seventy of
my boarders have wiped on that towel
this morning, and you are the first to
find fault. assai wlo5e.a e se#ss9
+ A bright little girl, in, playful an
ger, caught hold of an Older sister,
saying, Now, I'Hshake the sawdust
out OF, you, 7 thinking that the human
anatomy was got up on the same basis
as her doll. ssafii ssrdt 10 eWi s. Nafa
The Branham, Texas, darkeys must
be decided s.originals.' The Banner
gives US some interesting instances of
their way of asserting their free
dom, decidedly the most novel of
which is that of a cook who persists
in making bread with dirty hands,
fatty refusing to. wash Them When
demonstrated with, his rejoinder is.
white folks used to make me wash
my hands, but, Dress de Lord, Use
free now, lis" 4iaasl-iis . - e.lssA ai
There was az Topsy'' in the police
court in Detroit lately, in the shape
of a colored girl who. was called to
the witness stand. She surveyed the
witness box for a few, moments, and,
after mounting the highest portion of
I il that she could find, directed the
Court to" go ahead wild de sale. " IS
A stray contraband from down
South was lately inspecting horse
power in operation, when he broke
out thus: Mister, have seen heaps
of things in my life, butt never saw
anything whar "a boss could do his
own work and ride himself, too" ~
A young lady who was rebuked by
her mother for kissing her intended,
justified herself by quoting the pas
sage, :" Whatsoever We would that
men should do unto you, do We even
so unto them" ~. 80 Z
The owner of a piece of land COM.
planning how little it produced, de-
clared !" that the clover was so short
that the honey bees, in order to get
at the honey, had to go down on their
knees 9tBJ sa1 = a5tsIaT LBE 94~.Gt :
Alexander Dumas, Jr., was recent
" asked, How happens it you, no
longer go into company" Because
l saw company made me more stupid,
and | did not make eompany=more
sprightly. sviJay1ssao0 7po IL "
The following story of the drunken
ex-senator McDougall. of California,
-is-said to be veritable: He was dis
covered one evening lying i'm one of
the street cutters of Washington,
thoroughly inebriated.q The person
finding him, inquired, after lrousing
him, Who are YOUR With drunken
gravity,-the PROSTATE Senator replied
"When=I-camea heres( hie1 i var
McDougall; but now (hic) I'm seao,,
.ered.1 PEI li~ si1aE = .aosHiie ~.a"''A
There is different way of arriving
at thessame object, as some inquisitiye
chap has illustrated as follows: ;@si 10
''Old boss, Ell see youin the Fall, - :
When meath canopy OF golden leaves,
Mid all the purple glories of the state,
summer' in fragrance, breathes her life
And sober autumn is enthroned instead,
III meet thee, antiquated steed.
A young lady riding in the rear car
of long train remarked to her COM
panion that the train seemed to move
very slowly; AID a moment after ad-.
ded with z almost Partingtonian I'M
consciousness, s'Eut perhaps it is be-.
cause we are in the last car"
A preacher, accommodated at night,
In very diminutive closet, asking In
amazement, is this the bed room?"s
was told it was the prophets chamber.
Il must be for the minor pro-
phets, then, was his quiet reply.
An old lady, fond of her dissenting
minister, wearied Lamb by the length
of her praises. !" speak, because |
know him well, " said she. We'll, I
don't" replied Lamb; I" / don't; but
d-n him at venture Il. xaat
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