The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-05


With Shakespeares intellectual fire.
cat parties where young ladies gaze,
And | attempt to speak my Joy,
Hush, pray,' some lovely creature says,
The fond illusion don't destroyP
t'Whene'er | speak ny soul is wrung
With these or some such whisperings,
IT'S pity that a Shakespeare's tongue
Should say such un-Shakespearian things
0I should not thus be criticized
Had q face of common won't
Don't envy me-now be adAised ~
And, now think of it, don't
ID 'Go with me TO a Notsry-seal me there
Your single bond. ,,.,
I2) "And there shall she, al Frlar LRwTence's cell
he s"f'Veo ~" Ron co and Juliet Act II, Sc l.
(s) "And give their festng hotses provendsr%
CD "Let us like merchants, show our fOuest wares"
Merchant OF Venice Act " SC. 1.
The Thee ,Ghilding antn@ o. angry winter change
-Midsummer er Nights Dream. Act II, SC. l.
"a I'm the oognty of Gos.er Ja'ee OF the peace and
t9 What lusy tfumpes thus doth sun summon vs?o
(O "And I'll provide his executoner."
:-Henry the sixth (2d psrtl, Act III, sc
As You Like 1t, Act ", SC 3
DBADALIvE On reading the following a1-
NViIiSSuchty VIC were leIlpJou w eAOldiuh'
This is the very taudJ Wheeling hour of night
WheI q prchyEres yhwn and graves give up their
The announcement at a first glance, is
startling:-
ncSz= HoUSEKEEPFR. - A highly respectable
WE middl, aged Person. VINO has heeu filing the
anove in situation with gentlemen for upwards d ot
teE SG smsr one Can be vel Hanseh6d GT
experience. ADDRESS, X. B., etc.
When q respectable person, who has been
eleven years housekeeper, and "who is now
deceased" applies for an engagement, she
may fairly plead economical habits'--her
living" would cost nothing, of course. But
we fear that deunct houselleeper advertising
for new place is such a rarity that she is not
likely to inject with similar One."
ARGUING IN A ClRCLE.-A classical CORES
pendent at Oxford begs that we will ask Mr.
Henry Lee, Of Land and Water" whether
Lesbis's pet bird, eulogized by Catullus,
might not have been riDg-dove, but was
called spaTrer merely because Of its prof.
cheney in that circle.
LAUGH AND GROW FAT.--Recent investiga-
tions have led 10 the conjecture that laughter
is the chief cause OF mortality in the porcine
raoe-wheu fg for the table they are so often
found with "splt Sides"
Pity THE Poor PIGEoNs!-W confidently
expect to lind the following in the sPortingCO
almapacs Tor 1885,
January l. Pigeon shooting commences.
December 81. Pigeon shooting ends.
WoUID You ?-Wbat poet was mad enough
to sing about jolly bird attempting to draw
wine from the wood Tom Moore, when he
sang about 'the woOdpecker tapping the
hollow beeoh-tree," " to be sure!
PRoNoTioN.-A New York paper states that
in consequence Of lis wellknown amiability
and adaptability, Mr.. Horace Greeley is to be
tn ha Ia
of Lord Disa. Greeley.
A PRECIOUS SIGHT Too CLEVER. Many people
pride themselves On their ability TO read music
at sight; but commend us to the man who can
read it blind-fold.
NEW AND IMPROVED READING OF AN OLD Pro
VERB -(Submitted TO all Tascally shopkeepers
who rob the public in weight and measure.)
Short reckonings don't make long friends.
WHAT "a STORY !''-Bbbintuok is not a
little proud of the strength of lungs of his
trst-born. The other evening, says b., the
youngster actually ''raised the house"
PUTTING IT PLAINLY.-We hear from Anne
RIGA that the MOrmons have made no attempt
to secure female converts from the City of the
"Plains.'
WHAT rs THE FIRST HIsToRIcAL MENTION OF A
HIPPoPHAGIsT BANQUET when Cesar's ghost
said to Brutus, ''We shall meet again at fly
pie ~
CHRssPLAYING can hardly be considered
sedentary game, seeing that its followers are
invariably so intent upon ''the move"
CHARLES DICKENS FAREWELL Readiness
Farewell? Pish Not while the English
language lasts.
To SPORTING MEN.-Given horse that shies
at everything ne sees-can he be termed a
good ''starter ?''
No FEATHER-BED SoLDIER.-One who Gre
poses on his laurels."