Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-25

Wise and otHlcrwise.
Tn baby literature we seldom find
a swceter poem than this:
Another little private I'D
= Mustered in r" #.
The army of temptation
And OF sin. ~ Il
> Another solaier arnlings
For the strife,
To light the toilsofne 5artlcs
OF life. .# To #E -e.
t AnotherH tflr sentry. ra~
Who shall stand
On guard while evils prowl
-. On every hand. a . .- s @
:. Lord our little darling
Guide and save,
Md the per;ls Of the march
-F-".. To tha grave ..s#
Never take for your friend the
husband who lives uni apply with
his wife. 81.
4 pumpkin pie, nine feet in diam
eter. was exhibited at recent fair in
Portsmouth, N. IL.
A cruel wag turned bald headed.
friend into an enemy by advising
him to have his head frescord.
The Boston Transcript says: "The
hand thai can make pie il acontinual
feast to the husband that marriesoit."
Manton Marble owns nine. tenths
of The World. But what .profteth
IL him if he gain the other tenth and
lose his own soul? .r:. ..-ra.--,a
A rustic damsel gazing upon one
OF our steam fire engines, innocentEy
inquired why they boiled the water
before they throw it upon the fire.
The young man who asked the
daughters hand aud got the fathers
boot, had the consolation of knowing
shat his wooing Was not bOorless. Eas
A Boston lady recently gave her
father a letter 90 posi- containing her
acceptance of an offer of marriage.
which the forgetful old gent carried
in his pocket week. n.'... ....
The editor of the Brighton Pioneer
says it is the habit of married ladies Il
in that city to hug young men, and
the editor aforesaid is raeking with
an ague of fear that his time will or
VIII not De, next. "t .s". s-#-t.. -
A very modest young lady, who
was a passenger Oh board a packet
ship, it is said. sprung out of her bed
aud jumped overheard on hearing
abe captain during a storm, order the
snate to haul down the Sheets !
A Subscription paper for same re-
ligious object was handed to Il Jealous
church member, when he remarked, !
"Weli. can give five dollars and not
feel it," "fhen," said tlie1sOiicit,r, |
"give ten and feel it," The point
was seen at once, and the money
forthcoming. a-....-t
Mrs. President Taylor Withdrew |
herself from public society in order !
to enjoy her pipe and knitting at the |
fire. place. Mrs Grant will uot imi |
tate her. Ulysses is able to do all the |
smoking, and the public will not
prescribe him.
In New York, at the bottom of
wedding Invitations, is now put in |
the lii Z, mo presents received eX I
cept from relatives" Several recent
weddings have been sparsely attend
ed. those unable to give presents
sending regrets. 81" a.. rea@
This interesting "buSiness notice"
appears i'm a Montreal paper: Al the
Amherst Mass Agricultural Cor
legc, the freshmen hre cortland 10,
tatoes two days a week, and the soI'h
IGNORES three. 70 iesSen the labor
and humiliation, an occasional glass
of - bitters might he tried.
Somebody once asked Tom Corwin
If we had heard certain STORY OF
Lewis ID. (amphelfs.
"Was it about himself?" inquired |
Mr. COrwin. ....-
mo, | believe not"
"Well, then, never heard it,"
said Mr.. Corwin, gravely.
A well-dressed and rather pompous
youth asked Il young lady who was
reading in the cars, lis that seat en-
gagged, madam ?n YES, sir, and |
am engaged, tOow and the lady re-
sumed her reading. A suppressed !
litter from some ladies close by caused |
the young gentleman to make his
exit.
Several places near New Milford,
Ct, are oddly named Puglane, Hard !
Squahble and Pinchgut-the latter
being thus immortalized by local |
poet: