The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-24
From SundrY Sources,

COULDN'T SPARE THE BLACKsMETH.-A black
smith of a village in Spain murdered man,
and was condemned to be hanged. The chief
peasants of the place joined together, aud
begged the alcalde that the blacksmith might
not suffer, because he was necessary to the
place, which could not do without black
smith to shoe horses, mend wheels, etc.
'But," the alcalde said, show, then, can /
fulfil justice 2" laborer answered, "Sir,
there are two weavers in the village, and for
so small place one is enough hang the
other -
A TEI1-TALE.-What did William Tells son
say to his parent after the apple was shot off
his head ?-"Father," said he (probably),
"rve had an arro,o escape" This, however,
is only supposition, because what Tell
junior really said TO Tell senior on that occa-
sion can never be told. Mrs. Partington is of
the opinion that when old Tell asked the
"brave Swiss boy" whether he should shoot,
the youthful hero emphatically replied, "Du,
Tell -
COLONIAL LEGIsLATORs.-An unfortunate
member, whose education had been sadly
neglected, was reading out document to the
Parliament Houss, and vainly endeavorins to
decpher an obscure letter. Turning to his
next friend, he asked, anxiously, els that
hem or hemp ooh" replied his friend,
''call it hen, and move that it lay ON the
table"
LAzY.-One of Marshal M'Mahon's aids is
an excellent officer, but lazy beyond ex-
preston. Some mornings ago his servant
entered his tent at the Chaons camp, and said,
"COlonel, the general is up and dressed"
"Really The general is up and dressed, aud
| am still abed I'm a wretch-uuworthy 10
see the light-so draw the curtain, boy"
CAPER SAUCE AND CANTALoUPEs. There ia
man in Boston, the father of two rompish
daughters, who attrib utes their wildness to
feeding on cdper sauce, of which they are eX
cessively fond. He is a second cousin to the
man who, to prevent his girls from running
of with the young men, led them on can't
elopeS.
JUST LIKE.-A Yankes, travelling in Europe,
being asked II he had seen Mount Vesuvius,
replied, eyes, | saw her spouting away, and
made up my mind we must have a mount just
like her near Chicago
THE GAME MARKET.-Partridge have been
rising and falling. Hares have been very un-
steady, although good deal has been done at
long shot. Grouse still keep high, and don't
keep afterward.
LNGUIsT.-A Hartford paper says that a
member elect of the Connecticut Legislature
is ''short, fat, red-headed, and speaks several
languages, among which is profane, with great
fuency."
WELL "PosTED"-The telegraph. (TaE
EVENING TELEGRAPH, of course.)
LosT-The buttons from coat of paint.
A BRIDAL RoAD.-Courtship.
--"Sam, - said a young mother to her darling
boy, do you know what the difference is
between the body and the soul? The soul,
my child, is what you love with; the body
| carries you about. This is the body' Couch
ing the boys shoulders and arms), "but there
is something deeper in. You can fesl it now.
! What is it ?''
"Oh know" said he, with a flash OF in
telligenoe in his eyes, THAT is my flannel
| shirt"
"A preacher being sent to Oficiate one Sun
day in q country parish in Scotland, was ac-
commodated at night in manse in very
dimnutive closet Instead OF the usual best
bedroom appropriated to strangers. SIS this
| the bedroom N' he said, starting back in
amazement "Deed, ay, sir; this is the pro-
phet's chamber" SIT maun be for the minor
prophe's, then," was the reply.
Adam ana Eve escaped two serious annoy
ances OF modern lovers. In the first place,
Eve had no mamma to make judicious inqui-
res as 10 Adam soslal position and prospects
OF patrlmOny; and Adam had no t'eovarnor, to
see that he did not throw himself away on a
portioness girl
The gentleman who, few weeks ago
directed his steps to his native village. has
written 20 the Postm aster. General, complain
ing that the local postman has never delivered
them
-"Is your house a warm one, landlord l''
asked man in search of a tenement. "It
ought to be; the painter gave it two coats
recently, was the reply.
--"Are You a Christian Indian 2" asked a
gentleman of one Of the Cattaraugus tribe.
"NO," was the answer. al whisky Indian"