The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-07-03
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Love o. ti,t'erv, in most men, proceeds
from the mean opinion they have Of
themselves iu women from the contra'
".
Josh Billings says - always advise
short sermons on "a hot SUNDAY. "lf u
minister kant strike lie in boring forty
tninu,es, he has either eS y poor giuler
er else he's boring in the wrong place"
"You need T,,la sun aud arr" said a
physician to maiden patient. "If do"
was the reply, ali wait till get hus
band"
Ths, gals head is balanced.
Men spend their lives in trying TO ur.
derstand each O.her.'
And a, the cIo'e srs compelled to ac.
knowledge that thS cannot even under,
stand themselves.
The daughter OF Themis'ocles had two
lovers, the'one a caxcomb. the other an
honest man. The first was rich. the sec
ond poor. He took the honest man for
his son--in--a~; for had ra,hsr," said
he, "have man that wants wealth, than
wealth that wants a man -
We have good authority for knowing.
shat the daughter Of Er"ch was eighty
years old when she was rnarriei.
If this be not a balm to the dropping
spirits, ihen we confess Lejng non p!ussed.
It is never too late.
"Bad luck r. simply a man with his
HANDS in his pockets and his pine in his
mouth, looking Oh to see how it will come
out"
Truth, every syllable ofJt. Take it to
heart Young man, and roll up your sleeves
and make something happen.
"An old bachelor says the most diff
cult part Of surgery is to take the jaw out
OF n WOMAN"
Our dcrH says, women make the best
operators in this hn>iness when armed
with their natural instrnmenI, the broom.
stick. lie is good authority.
| have been under civil government,
ecclesiastica! government, military govern
ment and p-tticoat governmert-and 7
like petllcoat government the lest.
So. said al old Florida Methodist, once
an army chaplain, out la,,erIy in charge
Of female seminary, and ~e agree with
him. The reasoning is sound and con
elusive. Give us more petticoat govern
ment.
81 have noticed that where newspapers
are taken by family, the children are
slways Intelligent"
Trhe as preaching. Ifvou expect your
children to succeed in this world to any
respectable degree. don't deny them the
benefit of the Newspaper. Don't set the
example Of borrowing from their neigh
bors, for this is regarded by every respec
table man as ponurious.
Many a girl thinks she can do eothng
without q husband, and when she gets
one she finds She can do olhing with
him.
Just so. Hard to manspe, stubborn,
incorigibIe, every mothers son Of them.
Talk about their beihg.Ied with si!ken
cords and all !hnt sort Of thing. It's mlI
bosI; they are diei. in the wool. We
are yonr friends, ladies, and go in for
reform.
A celebrated physician in Scotland,
after a careful examination Of he vital
statistics OF married and single men, an
nounces that the average hie OF married
men ia little more than sixty veara,
while that Of bachelors is less than forty
eight.
One Of the most pow errn' Arguments
IN favor Of marriage, We have ever heard.
Our single lady readers need not be sur
priscd il innumerab'e offers arc now made
on the strength Of il.
ooh Sary Rice
I've called you twice.
Add yet you lay and snorel
j pray you wake,
And see your Jake,
And open to rim the door or the
window, don't care much which,
for
il makes but ltte difference
To either you o. L
Big pig, Little pig,
Root hog, or dio."
This was intended ~ a ssrenade, hut
The amateur received cool comfort, for sf.
ter getting through this far, he wos heard
20 sing "lhou ranest in this bosom" A
BASIN Of water was ,h,nvn oyar k;n