The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-03-05
sstisfcIiInps
oDDs And ENDS,

49, u
a cxSIc observes that mind is mostly
employed in minding other persons bus
mess.
LADIES' arc like violets-thc more
modest and retiring, the more they are
loved and, sapght after. ~ ~ nHola
TT is wonderful hpw. many men have
to leave thc hall during a performance,
TO gct-the fresh air. -,
A SERMON in four words on the vanity
of earthly possessions: "Sbrohds have
no pockets" " ~
'"IIUsRAND, can't express my de-
tcstaiion of your conduct" "WelI, my
dear, Tn very glad you can't"
TlMiD bachelors are congratulating
one another upon the close Of leap-year,
and their escape from the peculiar dan
gerthreatened them.
"A CLERK in a mercantile establish
ment writes to his friends az home -
"Piagacy easy times w-a-days-very
little work to do-our firm don't adver
tisc"
Tue other day man was found
mounted a-laddor with his lips press
ed to the telegraphic wires lie was
kissing his wife in Philadelphia "by tel
egraph."
SOME impertincnt fellow has been
mcddling with what does not concern
him. lie says "thc latest style of hoop
skirts is the sclf-adjusting, ..doublc-back-
action, bustlc-ctruscan, fact expansion,
Piecolirnini attachment, gossamcr-inde-
struetible, poloeticemoram." 1t is said
to be avery Charming thing
A GENTLEMAN sat down to write a
deed in Judge Clark's Office the other
day, and began with: "Know one
woman by these presents ''You are
wrong" said bystandcr; ut ought to
be know all men," every wcll,"
answered the gentleman, ''if one woman
knows it, all men will, of course"
'1F you ever marry" said Roman
Consul to his son, ''lot it be woman
who has sense enough to supcrintcnd
tho cooking of meal Of victuals, taste
enough to dress herself, pride enough
to wash before breakfast, and sense
enough to hold her tongue when she las
nothing to say" Where are we to find
fit husbands nowadays for such d.vini-
ticsG Echo answers, where.
'1F girl refuse YOU" says reject
cd lover, '1dcn't give it up, but try it
again. Because two negatives make an
affirmative in grammar, however, don't
consider yourself accepted when girl
refuses you twice. l asked one lady Al
times; and at last she got to expect it
when ever came, and sometimes would
cry out "No' from the top Of the stairs,
before ! got fairly into the house."
A BACHELORS DREAM-Ono night
while lay sleeping, had dream Of
joy thought | had charming wife
and darling little boy. loved, ! hug
ged, / kissed thcm-I ate them almost
whole. My little boy got angry, my
wife began to scold But soon a scream
terrific awOke me from my sleep; my
face was scratched in piccos-plaguo
take the little brat! Ny vito she was
pillow, my baby fcaS q cat
Work BoYs. Do not be afraid of
good hard work, Your hands we're not
80 cunningly contriyod to be nursed
with cologne and Alexander kid gloves.
Your muscles were not made for base
ball alone. American boys it is said do
not learn trades; they expect to get
their living by their wits; poor stock in
trade. If an honest mans the noblest
work of God, he is working man, with
ssrsng muscles and well developed
frame. Boys do not shrink from work.
A YOUNG lady of extraordinary intel
lectual capacities, recently addressed
the following letter to her cousin, living
in nsighboring village: "Dcer Kusin
the weather wlar we is air hot and |
suppose whar zoe is it air hOtterwc awI
is we'll and muther is gott the his Tor
r;cks and brother Tom has gott the
Hoppin Koff and Sister Susan has got a
Baby and hope these few lines will find
you in the same condishun rite sumo
your apheckshunate Kusin."
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