The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-12-29
WIT AND HUMoR

| SeS AOA0ON
lhe Washington correspondent of u
Cn'c"eo Tribune. relates the following anee
dote of the late Amos Kendall:
When he went to Dartmouth Coll..e \
was SO poor that he was frequently On IN
Drink OF despair. One day a neoro. . A.,
0I am'aoie old pauper on the college. came :
hendail for aims. Kendall asked hin, h.,
poor ne was. and the negro went ove- n
points Of his plea. Nov" said E.na.u
III tell you my circumstances" vh;ch +
alo so c,rcumstantially and pitiably. and 70
truthfuily. that the negro cried. .W..t.
Kendall. hold on. Hyeah, take all a.
nave. You're de poorest man in de- Init
States" ." y" C"''e
The mind Of the young iz easily trained
M ~ nara work to get an old hop vine b
cline new pole.
Just in proportion TINT q man is tb.nkfo
20 heaven and his naber. just in that pronor
'ion,is he happy.
or key holes. ''' A"o'
"A man should learn to be good serv.n,
TO ,!1I nimself before he is fit to boss others.
Inc more exalted our stashun, the mors
conspicuous our virtews; jist az a rich ,st;n
adds to the brilliancy of a juel. '''
blessed are tho single, for they can double
you want tew learn child to steal oat.
IN tne bundle. make him Deg out of you eyerv.
thine that you give him.
Ahere is nothing so difficult for tho best of
US az to git the approval of our own con-
Blessed il he who can pocket alma. and
feel that it il no disgrace to be h;t,so hv =
dog. '''''" ~
but red hot. " ''
Happiness concists in bein perfecktlv ..t.
'snro with what we have got and vat 10 amt
here is good old story. which. after 90.
ing the rounds Of the American nre.. h..
been transferred to Paris. where fbe n,ner.
nave flxed it up as an Italian incident. Wa
it from Paris paper:
A man lately committed suicide n NJ.
pies. in whose boot was found the follov;n,
u married widow who had by former
marriage grown up daughter. Ny father,
o!'en coming to see me. fell in love With nv
step daughter and married her. Thus nv
father became my son -in-law. and nv sten.
daughter my mother. as she vas my father's
wife, Some time afterwards my wife had :
son; who was my fathers brother
ana also my uncle. as he vas my step moth
er's brother. My fathers wife, nv step sis
TER also became the mother of boy, Who
became my brother and my grandson, a. he
was my daughters son. Ny wife vas nv
grandmother. was both her husband and
her grandson. and as the husband of a msn,s
grand mother is his grand father. became
my own grand father"
After all these particulars, tho suicide of
inc poor man needs no comment.
journal considers that -aAA-.
the Byron question to the newspapers, and
they are citizens Of Cape Cod, who went off
mackeral fishing ten weeks ago, and have not
Rev. DR.. Osgood once had young csndi-
date to preach in his pulpit. who. he thought.
needed taking down. He did it in this way:
Il observe" he said. ''that you commit your
discourse to memory. sometimes do that
myself-but never unless think the sermon
is worth committing" .t
An old tobacco chewer finds that the
Bible eustiars his favorite habit. He quotes:
He that IS filthy, let him be filthy still"
The following dispatch recently passed
through telegraph Office: II lent you one
year ago tonight four dollars and eighty
seven cents. If you have not had it long
enough. please keep one year longer" To
Ibis delicate hint this answer was returned:
''Had forgotten it. and hoped you had. Let
her run and another year."
During the recent ceremonies Of unveiling
tHs statue of Bishop Bronnel, at Hartfort, q
reporter inquired Of a college student ''vbo
that old rooster was." referring to . very
prominent Professor. Imagine his feel
ings when the student replied, That's my
father. Professor"
BILL" said one apprentice to another ''my
boss is q better man to work for than your
old man. My boss ain't always round his
shop interfering with his own business"
A gang of New York sharpers, after hav.
ing made q good raise at Rune. had thei1
pockets picked at Atlanta. while on thei,
way to the State Fair. They left Georgis
cleaned out and Disguised.
There are not less than fifteen or twenty
American ladies studying art in Paris. twt
Of them having studies open to the public
Miss Gardiner and Miss Robinson.