The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-14
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O'Learv, gazing in as'onishment on AZ
eleph ant in menagerie, asked the keep
er, "What kind Of a baste is ,ha, atm
hay with his tail 7"
The negroes should chari,ab'y and
graciously and condescendinglv bear in
mind that the white men arc white by nc
fault Of their own.
Bob, is that dog Of yours noinrer =
NO; he is half bnnter and half set,pr
he hunts for bones when he is hungry,
and sits by the stove when he is satisfied
"lse kun to de conclusion Samho dat
politics is bumblehmg, talk bout red
string, blue string and tabe string. hn,
de best string for us is de cornfeld string
Philadelphia is represented in the Par.
is Exposition BY Forney in the L z,vlnpi.
cal Department.
A friend says he would have no otiac.
ton to being sent to "grass," II a grass
widow NIGH, be considered as filing the
bill.
"G"',ing on their legs again How.
thatT why m'ks tha, used Ia. ride.
have now to walk
What bird is that which i. absolutely
necessary that we should have at onr din
her, and vet need neither be cooked nor
served upi A swallow.
Perfect valor consists in doing. without
witnesses, all We should be capable OF do
Ing before he whole world.
An Ohio paper says there is man in
Cleveland so mean that he ats on the
door steps, Sundays. to save the wear of
his pew cushions. 4. p ..- ... =
The body is the shell Of the soul. and
dress is the husk Of that soul; hut the
husk often tells what ths kernel is.
II man waits patiently While a wo,
man is'pu'tipg her things on or shop
ping he will make a good husband.
A gentleman in one Of the interior
towns is so much opposed TO- capital pun.
ish'neht that he refuses to hang his gate.
Advertising for a wife, saws a co,empo
fary, is just ss absurd as il would be 10
get measured for an umbr ella.
The new India rubber neck anil bust"
is probably made Of that material be.
cause all finger marks can be erased.
A Mrs. Warner was toe 4,h Of july
orator at Richmond. Wis, and she made
the national bird scream melodiously.
A man in New York has GO, so deep
in debt that not one OF his creditors has
been ableto see him for months.
THE DrF.-What is tie difference he
s-eea A young . and an old he'.-
Merely one of time--one has feeling and
the other has felt.
Several darkies were passing an acfi
cultural implement store. one Of them,
pointing to a outivaror said, IA man kin
sot on dat Thing and ride while he's plow
in" "Golly," replied another, "the
derned rascals was too sharp 10 tink o.
dat afore de niggers was free p
A little girl OF three years WAS saving
her prayers, not long since, ''ben hsr it,
tie brother, about four wears oid, csme Up
sIyly behind and pulled her hair. With
out moving her head, she paused A. d
sad: please, Lord, excuse me a minute
while | kick uerby." ..
All that can be said about blood and
gentle birth is said by Bishop Warbur,on
in these words: "Bigh bitlI is thing
that never Knew any one to disparspe.
except him that bad il not and I never
knew any one to make bosst OF IL Who
had anything else to be proud Of" Tim
remark is sai3 to have been occasion ed
by an angry dispo,e in tire British House
Of Lords between peer Of noble birth
and one Of new creation. .