Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-05-09

alarmed during rehearsal, declared
that she trembled so she could not
''shake."
Punch says that women first re-
sorted to tight lacing to prove to the
men how well they could bear tight
squeezing.
The kiss with which q girl seeks
to catch her beau is fishing smack.
Here's to internal improvements
as the boy said when he took dose
of salts.
What is the difference between 8
mule and postage stamp? We
lick one with stick, the ether we
stick with lick.
A,lady leaving home was thus ad-
dressed by her little boy: s'Mamma
will you remember and buy me a
penny whistle; and let it be a religi-
Gus one so that l can use it on Sun
day"
Ceiling Whacks - Butting your
head against the top of the room.
Powder is a nice thing-in horn.
The right man in the right place
husband at home in the evening.
Hans, who is Judge Of merals as
well as money, says that "being den
/ dor To onodar uoan'o x.,;fo ., ,,ot 1oc-oI
dender no more as bickled poems is
saur kraut, by tamr'
A jealous husband being absent
from home, went to clairvoyant in
Albany to know what his wife was
doing.
"Ah," cried the clairvoyant' 81
see her; she expects some one; the
door opens; he comes; she caresses
him fondly; he lays his head on her
lap, snd"-husband mad with rage
she wags his tall"
1t was the dog. The husband was
calmed.
In town not far from Boston, a
clergyman was visiting district
school, where q little boy was put
forward by the teacher to ''speak
piece" because he was bold. When
be was done the clergyman praised
him by saying
"Why, my little lad, you are not
afraid, are your"
"No, sir, amt afraid of nothin'.
l amt afraid of skunks."
A stranger in printing Office ask
ed the youngest apprentice what his
rule of punctuation was. 81 set up
as long as can hold my breath, then
l put in comma; when gap in
sert simicolon; and when want
chaw OF tobacco, / make para
graph.
A western editor wishes to know
whether the law recently enacted
against carrying deadly weapons
applies to doctors who carry pills in
their pockets.
A Vermont man recently bought
twenty-six railroad tickets, intending
to take his wife and twenty-four
children to the west. Among the
two dozen are eleven pairs of twins
all boys.
A lawyer, neither young nor hand
some, when examining a young lady
witness in court, to perplex her, said:
"Miss, upon my word you are very
pretty The young lady promptly
replied, II would return the compli-
ment, sir, if / were not under oath"
81 say, Pat, why don't you sue
that corporation for damages you
have received; both of your legs
broken all to smash; sue them for
damages" "Sue them for damages,
eh, boy? 1 have been damaged
esough already. I'll sue them for
repairs"
1t is recorded that soap peddler
was recently caught at sea during a
severe storm, when he saved his life
by taking cake of his soap and
washing himself ashore. The soap,
or the story must have been made
frsm strong lie.
DR.. Blackburn, who attempted to
introduce yellow fever, by means of
infected clothing, into the United
States during the war, has petition
ed the Attorney General for permis-
sion to return from Canada to his
native land, and take his trial. The
Attorney General is understood to
have answered that he had no power
to grant the request.
They were sitting side by side,
And then she sighed and then he sighed
Said he, "My darling idol"
And he idled and then she idled;
''You are creations BELLE"
And then he beloved, and then she bel
lowed;
"On my soul there's such a weight"
And she waited, and he waited;
Your hand ask, so bold I've grown"
And she groaned, and he groaned,
"You shall have a private gig,'
And she giggled, and he gigglcd;
Sdlu 5net MY ueireeI AuAeJ
And she looked. and he looked;
"Shan't we," and they shantied;
"I'll have thee if thou wilt"
And she wilted, and he wilted.
A meeting of whites and blacks
was held at Columbia, S. c., Monday,
when Gov. Orr made long speech
advising the blacks to join neither
the Radicals nor Democratic parties
but wait to join the great National
party not yet formed. Resolutions
were adopted in favor of free schools
for the education of all children, and
the revision of the civil and criminal
code.
The Peace Conference, to assem-
ble at London next month, will be
composed of representatives or
France, Prussia, Austria
and Russia, with the King OF Holland
as Grand Duke of Luxembourg The
following are the terms agreed upon