The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-26
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louise for him, to which he replied in
few minutes with the following:
Lady Montague told me, and in her own
LIDO o not care for you three skips of a
forgive her. for women. however we'll
viii stili tstk ef;thatwhieh most runs in
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|fusraDEAD as a door nail would net
seem to. be very expressive, and yet it
has long been used. In Henry "
we read the following dialogue: .ssBt
-" FallstafTWhatllis the old king
's PIstotGss hail 12a IN a door 5rd T 81 to-
B A cockney etymologist thinks that
the storm which is so often said to be
brewing mustibe an sail Storm
M y. Com. AdUeriser.uR 'aamdsesq
The Maine editors are d happy
family Says onesa siITry again, SLAM
derer of cripples and, school girls"
and the playful answer. comes; I'VE
don't do such things, thank you, and
whoever says we do lies. Try again,
rtifhan, knave, and sneak from paying
tax on your property."snms 10 neirsGn
N THE Nation says, J ohm Adams once
remarked, TO Mr.. Sparks, looking at
the portrait of Washington, . that
old woodenhead got good deal of his
reputation by knowing how to hold
his tongue" KosNhot ia9
AN amusing incident occurred In
Albany. recently While gang o of
telegraph men were striDging wire
from reel in a wagon, the horse
being driven along slowly, country
man rushed up to the driver, and In
the innocence of his heart, informed
him that he was losing his load; that
his wire was scattered all along the
road behind him ilboT4 7n1 d" '7@is
80 nj ~ .vho5 sgpod e ylnu
The editor Of a paper in Maine has
lost his wallet containing torn three
cent scrip, two postage stamps that
hadn't been used but once, and a Con :
federate 81 bill. Poor manhqsA ale =
"A MILITARY officer wanted to com.
pliment negro bydrii1king with him.
sWell, Captain, "'sarephed Geaff, SIS
very dry. 80 [ won't be ugly aboutsit.
Win niisSy os sic p-ia e th Gna
milisby ossifer, when sober, is just as
good as a nigga speciallyif the nigga
is dry" 7iraaIsoi3 ,-ld-r1 ? 'ttls77 &
Horace GREELEY sadly" missed
it when he went bail for JEFF. Davis,
and he neyerlwiH recover from its eff
fects with the masses of the people;
but he hit it y decidedly in his reply
to Democrat at Willard s, In Wash
ington, who said to him :os II 3IsHm
- = Give tho niggers votes, would
you? Make them your equals, would
you? Let niger marry your daugb-
ter, would your" z 1T So. b'I''ED -
To which Greeley replied: - 7ac0
{" My friend, if the right of suffrage
be restricted to those to whom |,
would give my daughter, there would
be very few voters, and you would not
be one of them" 2d1 d 99lfq Dr'
A QUAKER gentleman riding In a
carriage with a fashionable lady deck
ed with a profusion of jewelry, heard
her complain of the cold Shivering
In her lace bonnet and shawl as light.
as cobweb, she exclaimed: What
shalliI do to get warm?" II really
don't know replied the Quaker,
solemnly, : unless thee puts on anoth-
er Dreast-pin! 5000 20 ~
The REAL. "GAME CHICKEN.
The one who remained in his shell till
it was Clipped at the breakfast table. /
A GENTLEMAN who. has just been
on a bridal tour to Niagara Falls. re-
ports that the porters of the hotels, 1
after the most assiduous labors for
- Il
complishing. to them very desirable
thing. They can now, almost any of
them, take heavy trunk on their
shoulders. give it a twirl over their
head ard bring it down SO that the
corner will strike the tiled floor at
such an angle that it will invariably
burst the lock. The baggage can
not go ON without a strap, and this
is furnished, by the accommodating
porter for the modest little sum Of
three dollars. it being worth twenty
five cents. The Niagara Falls por-
tiers have been at work at this for
many years, and we are glad to learn
that their industry has at length been
so we'll rewarded. 13i1 .li197,i 10
The Republican says that not many
days ago a young lady from the coun-
try wentlinto the store of merchant |
not thousand miles from Richmond,
and asked if he wished to purchase a
couple of chickens, at the same time
throwing pair of live ones on the
counter. 10 -e -s.-... ,--. i
Why, yes" he replied, but will
they lay there?" meaning would they |
remain on the counter for few mo-
ments. boug 4 - woL aHrsvs !. |
" Lay therel' =, archly retorted the
rustic beauty No, sir! they wont