The Van Buren press., 1867-07-05
Eadset Of ScissOIings.

she turned to him with the question
Papa. docs the doctor think shall
die ?"
Her father with a very sad heart told his
little daughter the truth. Then her pale
face grew very sad, and she unused awhile
on the dark graves she had sometimes
looked down into, where the people were
buried,
Papa she said tearfully, "the grave
looks very dark. o, it is very dark. in
deed. Papa, won't you so down with me
into it ?"
The strong arm she had lecn accustomed
to lean Oh seemed to her safeguard in
every hour OF dread and danger.
With bursting heart, her father told
her he could not so with her till the Lord
called.
Papa, won't You let ma 60 with me ?"
If she could nestle close in tina; loving
bosom, and feel those loving arms around
her, the grave would lose its gloom. The
d. same answer almost broke the fathers heart
to give! She turned her face to the wall
and wept The dear lamb had been taught
OF Jesus, and she poured her heart out to
Him with child's full faith. Soon she
looked up with ajoy-lighted face and said !:
Papa, the grave is not dark; now
Jesus will be with me-"
-A Meridian (Mississppi) CORE
spondent of the Cairo Democrat relates the
following incident as illustrating the intel
ligence four newly made voters. lie says
Last week was in Shubuta, and went
in the registry office. A colored gent came
forward, and the following enSued:
Reporter man" What is your name ?"
A" Henry"
R." What is your other rame %
A." Henry"
r." But don't you have any name but
Henry p
A." Some OBJ de niggers call me John
SON."
R." We will put your name down
Henry Johnson"
R." Where do you live?"
A" Shubuta."
R." What county do you live in %
A" Shubuta."
R-"What State have you lived in the
last year ?"
A" Shubuta."
R'-"This is Mississippi State, and you
must vote here and nowhere else.'
The oath administered, Henry put his
finger on top the pen, and took it off a
qualified legal voter. Henry retired, APP
parently as much delighted as maiden in
her teens retiring from the hymenial altar,
with one whom by parson the twain had
been made one flesh
AN IRISH VALENTINE" Och, Paddy,
swate Paddy, if l was your daddy, I'd kill
ye wild kisses intrely. If | were your
brother, and likewise your m other, ia see
that you wint to bed airly. To taste of
your breath, I'd starve me to death, and
lave off my hoops altogether. To list have
taste OF your arm on my waist, I'd laugh
st the meanist Of weather. Dear Paddy, be
mine, my own swate Valentine Yell find
me both gentle and civil. Our life we will
spend to an iligant ind, and care may 20
dance wild the devil'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES looks into the
breakfast room" Please, madame, there's
beggar in the kitchen wants something
to eat" Mistress" Give her the water
in which the eggs were boiled, Bridget 4; it
is quite nutritious"
'-" What time is it, Tom o. "Just
time to pay that little account you owe me-"
ooh, indeed ; well, didn't think it was
half SO late"
An old Irish officer, after a battle
ordered the dead and dying to be buried
pell- Being told that some were alive
and might be saved 90, bedad," said
he, elf you were to pay any attention to
what they say, not one Of them would al
low that he was dead"
Mrs. Partington, reading an account
OF railroad accident, was much surprised
to learn that the engine had been driven of
the tracks by one of the switches. "She
shouldn't have thought, she said, that the
great iron engine would mind such littll
thing as SWITCH Yes, but you mus
remember, mamma" said Ike, gravely
tue lOcoiuOtlVc HAS teNuer Dellnu.
"A young lady, on being asked whcr,
was her native place, replied, 81 hav,
none; lam the daughter Of Methods
preacher" referring to the FREQ uen
change Of base' which Methodist clergy
men have to make.
An Irishman, meeting another Just
landed from an emigrant ship, SHOOK
hands with him, and then, looking him i,
the face for moment, exclaimed, Faith
an / thought it was you, an you though
it was me but, be ejahbcrs, it's naither o
usP'
-" Sir" said an indignant husbant
to his reckless friend, "you have abuset
my hospitality. you have kicked me dowr
stairs, and you have kissed my wife before
my face. Beware, sir A few more sucl
outrages. and, by Jove, you'll rouse thu
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