The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-15

Re1iSter wants notices OF marriages,
but be wants tn m fresh; he dislikes
to publish them after one of the par
ties has applied for a divorce.
How to winnow corn-First method
get some corn. Get somebody who
knows how to winnow it. Let him
do it, Second method-if you know
all about it, do it yourself.
WRESTLING GIRLs.-Show me the
girl who has the hardihood to whistle
Ia these days, when everything natural
even to the very hair Of your head, is
at discount. and I'll show you a girl
who can be depended upon-one who
will not fail you IN time of need, aud
will give you the true. hearty grasp,
the cordial hand shake, the warm,
genuine welcome; no tip of the kid
glove, and a cold how do you do?'
who can brave danger, look toll in the
face without shrinking. laugh with
those that laugh, and weep with those
that weep" as well as whistle with
those that whistle; who can, In short.
take the world as she finds il, rough
and rugged. and not go through life as
though she we're walking on eggs, and
afraid of cracking a shell; who deals
in substance, not shadow.
IT is well to remember some Of the
formulas in which the Democratic
party is now loudly declaring its creed.
Here are a few which we select from
our Copperhead exchanges:
Slavery is right; freedom is
wrong"
The cause which Abraham Lin
coin led was the most unnatural i'm
pious and sinful that has ever afHict-
ed the world. .
THE cause upheld by Jefferson
Davis is the cause of God, liberty and
American civilization.
" 1t is the Presidents duty to dis
perse Congress
: We want none Of your soldiers;
we've had enough Of them"
" Grant and Sheridan must be
snufed out
A little boy was once in COM
planning mood. His dinner did not
suit him, so his father made that
right; then his cup did not suit him,
so one was brought that did; then
his chairwas not right, aud his father
took him in his lap, saying: " Are
you all right now?" He looked
around the room, and seeing the cat
crossing the floor with tail erect, he
said, ia a vexed voice, There! the
old cats tail sticks upr' and burst
out crying The old cats tail was, in
his ease, the straw that broke the
camels back, but many of the COM
plants of older pc sons are just about
as reasonable.
THE NAUGHTY IA male writ
er in the GQlarg (what business has
he IN a GALAXY, anyh0wD writes as
follows concerning one Of the phases
of woman 5 rights:
Do we not know, every man Of US,
and do they not know, every woman
Of them, that, if woman marks down
man as hers, and has opportunity,
his case is hopeless? He IS carried
captive. An accomplished juggler can
force any card upon a victim, causing
him to think, the while, that. he
picked it out; so woman, sometimes,
acknowledging her daily craft to ner
own heart, takes a man herself, and
causes HIM to think that he has Sc
lected, and with muck difficulty has
obtained her.
KIND INQUIRIEs.-Cousin Kate was
a sweet, wide awake beauty of about
seventeen, and she took it into her
head to go down on Long Island to
see some relations of hers who had
the misfortune to live there. Among
young swain who had CHANGED to see
Kate on previous occasion, and see
ing, fell deeply in love with her. He
called at the house on the evening of
her arrival, and she met him on the
piazza, where she was enjoying the
evening air In company with two or
three of her friends.
The poor fellow was So bashful that
he could not find his tongue for. some
time. At length he stammered out
HOw's your mother?'
Quite well, thank you
Another silence on the part of Josh,
during which Kate and her friends
did the best they could to relieve the
After waiting about If
teen minutes for him to commence to
make himself. agreeable, be again
broke the spell by
" How's your fathef?' which was
answered much after the same man
ner as the first one, and then followed
another silence like the other.
" How's your father and mother?7
again put in the bashful lover.
Quite wei, both of them" This
was followed by an exchange of
glances and suppressed smile.
This lasted some ten minutes more, /
during which Josh. was fdgeting In |
his seat ard stroking his Sunday hat.