The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-05-04

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son,' said d q careful Quaker to spcndthrfft
son, s'thou art sad rake" "Nay, fthcr' ro =
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and I am the sprcadcr. "-'...4 - 10y
A Frenchman, who had becp in India, J,
speaking Of tiger hunts, pleasantly rcmarks,:
'Whcn Frcnchman hunts &c tiger, nh zesS
sport is grand, magni6que but when &c. tiger
hunts &c Frenchman, zcEc is the very devil to !
pay. ,,A e., u M 4.a
The following is a copy ola letter scnt'Jyap.
member Of the legal profession to- person who
was indebted to one Of his clients: Sir Ihmu
desired to apply to You. forthe ss,im Of twenty
pounds due to my client AIr. Jones: If iyonH-
send me the money by. this day week. you.will
obligc r,cAiflot, Twill oblige YOU" H'ieais
A si.nplcooking freedman recently present s.
cd himself at the ss:13ureau" in a Southern .
State. and expressed a desire to be married. :,
''All right fetch your sweet-hcart alopg, was ;
the reply. aI haint none, mas was
thereby; ''dey tolc it was your bis ness to
find mo onc.' - 81 - E a ss3ssit ~
pa am going todyc dolls dress red ~ Z z But
what have you got to dye it WITH" Beer
'.Who on earth told You that beer would dye it 4
red {" s.Why, MA said it was beer made your :
nose look so red. ana I thought Here,
Susan, take this child"
4 COMMITTEES. .MAN.-"Wcll Zob," said a
colorod ,'gemmanH to another. the. other day,
what business are you prosecutin. now-a-days-"'
| "Oh! muffin much, 'ccptin dat 'casionally
acts ;,'mittcc mall down to dc railroad" a,r
oh! hush niggcr, you don't say so. When
did you i've at such cStinguishmcnt?'
';Why Use been follcrin it less oElnorc all !.
dis season, especially since the railroad went
into corporation" -s.. ,g...- !.
'.Wcn Zcb what composition do you get
for your services" -est.e 5fl
;Oh muffin to mention, 'ccptin dat sasion-
ally has de disagreeable honor ,of sisting to put
away dc locomotur into dc establishment which
you know sometime or anodcr may cxalt INC to
de cxtinguishod kapacity of inginccr.' i,4
BEHIND TIE WooDr1LE--l minister i'll
Maryland was called to the door ono bitter.
cold night in January byoa young man who
asked him to perform the marriage service
,,Ccrtainly;" said the minister, when do you
require my scrviccs?" "Immediately," was tho
reply "But where is tho bride?" inquired
the astonished pastor 'sWhy," said the groom.
SAL was so bashful she hid herself behind tho
woodpilc till had asked you to tic the knot.
Como out, Sal. Being thus admonshcA the
blushing bride came forth from her place 0:
ccnccalmcnt, following her afianccd into tn,
parsonage, and the loving pair were soon made
happy.
a MIXIN' OF THE BABrEs.-Son,c time ago
there was dancing party given up North; most
of the ladies present had little babies whose
noisy lcrvcrsity required too much attention to
permit the mothers to enjoy the dance. A
number Of gallant young men volunteered to
watch the young ones while the parents in-
dulgcd ina ''brcak down." No sooner had
the women left the babies in charge Of the mis-
chcvous devils, than they stripped the infi,nts,
changed their clothes, giving the apparel ofonc
to another. The dance over, it time TO 20
home, and the mothers hurricdly took each
baby, in the dress oil her own, and started, some
to their homes ten or fifteen miles off, and were
far on their way before daylight. But the day
following there was q tremendous row in the
settlement; mothers discovered that single
night had changed the Sex of their. babies
observation disclosed the physical phenomena,
and then commenced some of the tullcst pcdcs-
tranism living miles apart, it required two
days to unmix the babies, and as many months
to restore the women to their natural sweet
dispositions. TO this day4it is. unsafe for the
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