The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-11-21
WIT AND MINOR.

Ifaman be given to iiqNor, letuot
liquor ae given to MIN.
More men are drowned nthc bowl
than in the sea
Common sense" says DR.. Em-
mons, "is the most uncommon kind
of sense .s
A Western editor, in one Of his pa
pers, says "For the effects Of intem-
perance, see our inside"
Some say the quickest way to de
str0y weeds is TO marry a widow. 1t
Is, no doubt, most agreeable species
of husbandry.
One swallow doesn't make a sum
mer, but young men should Fenlem-
Der that too many sUalioWs arr eer-
tain to make a tdH.
"Tommy, my SON.. what is longi-
tude 20 1"A clothes-line, papa. "
"Prove it, my SON. Because it
stretches from pole TO pole
O'Leary, gazing with establishment
upon an elephant IN menagerie,
asked the keeper: What kind of q
haste Is that atm hay with his tail?'
If we were asked what physician
stood at the top Of his profession, we
should say 1t was the gentleman who
was I'M the habit of attending pa
tients on monumentIs.sa
An anti-hymcueal punster says
that the recriminatiOns of married
people resemble the sound of the
waves on the sea-shOre-belng the
murmurs of the tied.
"Did YOU ever know such a me-
ehanieal genius as my son?' SAID al
old lady. "He has made u iiddle oul
of his own head, and he has wooj
enough for another
"Nehemiah, compare tie adjective
'cold,i1I said schoolmistress to hel
head hoy. positive cold, compari
tive cough, supeTlative cof1ln,n tri
umphantly responded Nehemiah.
Scene in a French court The Presi
dent-"P ;isoner, did you steal thi'
silver spoon from this gentleman
house ?u Prisoner" Your Honor
upon my word thought IL was pew
ter.H
Ata medical examination, a youn!
aspirant for physicians diplom,
was asked, when does moItitiea
tfon ensue ?' "When you propose
and are rejected, was the reply tina
greeted the amazed dquestioneE
nWhat's that" asked 9 school
master, pointing to the letter y
aItis daddyis uame.n no, yol
bleekhead, it's X.u "'Talnt X moi
ther. it's daddy's name, for see
him write it many time.P
A fashionable but ignorant lady
slesirous of purchasing watch, wa
shown very beautiful onet the sho 81
keeper renlarking that 1t went TIM
ty-six hours. "What, in one day :
she asked.
A lissipated and unmannerly nl
hleman, presuming upon his "nobl
ity', once asked Sir Walter Scs q
who sat opposite to him at dinner
what the difference was betwee
scott and sotY "Just the breadt
of the table, r,torted Sir Walter.
All wedding, alter the elergyma
had united the happy pair, an awft
silence ensued, which becoming ratl
or irksome to young gentleman, u
cried out: "You need not be so w
apeakably happy"
A young man, "illiterate but p'
lite,i on being invited to attend
wedding, sentsa note I'm respons'
saving II regret that circumstal
ees repugnant to the acquiesee W
nreyent my acceptance OF the II
vlte.f
$50 here am between two tai
ors. p said a fop at a public tabl
where a couple Of young tailors wei
seated, who had just begun buslnei
for themselves. True, : was the T
nly 1--WE, are new beginners, aud ca
only afford to Keep one goose b
tween us"
aFather, did you ever have anotl
pY wife besides mother ~ : 40, n
boy: what possessed you TO ask sue
Gnestiou?,' N"Because | saw IN y
nld family Bible where you marie
Ammo Domini, 1885, and that isil "
mother, for her name was oal
Smith,
A little fellow, not more thap y
years ef age, hearing some gent
man at Ills fathers table discassiT
the anijliar line, "An honest man
the noblest work of God, = said
knew IL wasn't true; has mother "
better chan any man that was eV
made.
An Alderman came to Dr. Fran
lin and said he had d tendency to t
0out, asking what be could do to 3
Feat III. f'Take d bucket ofwatef al
ton Of coal three times week y !
niled the doctor, "WhYt how ~ !
nlied the alderman in astonishmel
aDrink a cup Of the former thu
times d day, and carry the latter
thfee flights Of stairs
visitor at a school in Miehig
cav the Gag of orr country arfang
an The wall Of d sehool-roonl, neal
0nelhalf of which 1t covered.
tiaought ta Z improve Z the aeea8sll
IN a patriotic way, and, Win Y,
purpose, 81 sked 0neof the pupls VI
The aaag was therefor. efoeoXeF
the dirt. sIf,N was the prompt rep
we are sorry 10 say that the ilal
often used BY corrupt politicians W
lust such an Object" to eeyef
the Dirt