The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-12
HUMOROUS.
POET.

The following melancholy stanza tells
his version of the whole story:
"She heayed and SGT and sot and heaved,
And high her rudder flung;
And every time she heaved and sot,
A worser leak she sprung"
Poole Bill. a Mobile poet, when he
saw the above, scratched his chlgnon
for few seconds and then scratched
his paper with the following: E.
The water rushed in thro' the leak, II
As hard as it could tar; t.f.f. 4 lIs...ss
And the capting walked the biler deck,
"A tarin' of his har. Z eIifsa b ~
The capting walked the biler deck, af4
The boat she shuk and shivered;
Then down she went, and if she's stopped,
:. The stop amt been discovered.
The capting to the top he tiz,
And as he riz he said: 4o9A
The The boat may go to shades below, .)
~ es SOS Il Mobile Tribune.
Domestic irregularity' is the mild
phrase now used for one of the chief
causes of divorce. "a e5
A noral debating society out West
is engaged in a discussion on the fol-
lowing question: : Ii a husband de-
serts his wife, which is the most
abandoned, the man or the woman"
IA writer declares that under the
present system of female education,
daughters, are becoming elegant
ciphers." A figure Of speech. ~
A bright-eyed, three year old boy
said to his mother the other day: bol
ri. Mamma, isn't Heaven beautiful
place ?3ffa acg aa1 q tsltgga G8e@is
( Doting Mother. You don't know
anything about that place, my SON.
Bright-eyed boy" Oh, yes. do.
Wasn't [ there, mamma, when | was
being made?' IS ~ s a,.g
A celebrated French preacher, in
sermon upon the duty of wives, said:
81 see in this congregation woman
who has been guilty of the sin of dis
der to point her out / will fling my
breviary at her head" He lifted his
book, and every female head instantly
ducked HtA- .dCsIsttu IL nQ75 lIeu
A little girl, just past her fifth year,
while chatting about the beaux that
visited two of the sex in the same
house., of more mature age, being
asked, What do you mean by beaux,
Annie?''5 She replied, Why, men
that have not got much sense" -
LAT one of the schools in this city
the inspector asked the children if
they could give any text of scriptures
which forbadeasa man having two
wives. One of the children sagely
quoted in reply the text, s. No man
can serve two masters" sFakf'
% A Massachusetts, clergyman, in a
railroad carr recently, requested a
rowdv to stop annoying a lady passen-
ger The rowdy told the clergyman
that he would make mince meat
of him; whereupon the parson rose,
took off his coat, and quietly re-
marked: "Y You said you were going
to make mince meat of me. Perhaps
it is time to begin the operation. If
you are ready L am" This was
enough for the blusterer, who quieted
down. lH1l@a22 - 'ssafa 81
A schoolmaster tells the following
good one: Il was teaching in quiet
country village; the second morning
of my session / had time to survey
my surroundings, and among the
scanty furniture I espied three leg
ged stool. Is this the Ounce block?'
/ asked a little girl of five. The dark
eyes sparkled, the curls nodded assent,
and the lips rippled out, 1 guessso;
the teacher always sits on it.
A negro preacher once observed to
his hearers. at the close OF his ser
mon, as follows: My distinctions
breden, I find it no more use to preach
to you dan it is for a grasshopper to
ware nee buckles. ~ 5ol-lzht
Hanging in Montana, lis styled
- climbing the pine limb, and IN Ne
vada'' early rising. .@sfie
) A your gster, perusing chapter in
Genesis, turned to his mother and
inquired if people in those days used
to do ST ms on the ground. He had
been reading the passage, /" And the
sons of men multiplied on the face of
the Iearth.7a.sl.as9 81 aag bsaa sdi
A young lady, being requested by
an old bachelor to take seat upon
his knee, in crowded sleigh, made
the following reply" No, thank you;
I'm afraid such AN old seat would
break down with, me. y
A native. of the Green Isle of Erin
called at chemists shop with,
prescription. the preparation of which
he watched with considerable curios-
lty. ~ = 81 geJI ~ Ns.o.. .s4,,
What's that. any way?" finally
asked the customer. .t.4o.,s.s.s. {.
6 This said the obliging apothe
cary, lis tincture cemicitage race
,mosa, and iniment of saponis, can
thrides and opii.,''' $500 !.