The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-07-30

Fond Of misfortune-the lovers Of Burns
vell-known Geld oficer-s kernel Of corn
Motto for m old bachelOr-Be just anu ''A'
knot
somsboay reoommends lager beer as tonic
but some End II TeutOnie.
An eminent arts, lately painted snO"
storm ~ naturally that he caught bad eO'd 0y
sitting too near ii with his coat Oh
~. Prince of Wales has been made men,
49, ~ The French Agricultural Society," prOoa-
NV because Of his efficiency in sowing wild cats
!. brilliant mcteOrOlOgist Of England explains
the recent cold weather by the numerous 'p0"
on the disk Of the sun An imPortan' ai'~'O'
cry. IT,
Ms. Anthony and other gushing beauties
,.,. announced their determination not To DC
,-s.,,d like dolls. Mankind probably reAeneu
aha .ame determination some time ago.
Tn. l.res. Undergraduate joke at iale oo'-
Ia, wa, the transfer. at Midnight OF HORST :
.,sn-.yev Haven Nursery''-tO a cOusPicu-
on, position on aOurishing young ladies' sem
mary.
.wby do you set your cup Of coffee upon the
chair Mr.. J. 20 asked q worthy landlady, one
,norpinr at breakfast. at is 50 very weak,
ma'an,' replied Mr.. J. demurely, "that l
thought II would like to take a rest"
A louisiana paper has the following: "a
mother and her child were accidentally ground
M in BOggs' sugar cane mill last week. We
regret the accident, as the quality of sugar fur
nished at this place has been very good"
A religious paper says Of the great success Of
the Methodist book concern that 1.-THE MethO-
di,ts have gin for doing the Lords work on
business principles, and making money out of
II, that Is unsurpassed"
A young lady took her younger brother, a
little boy Of three or four years, to church. The
preacher was an earnest man, and spoke very
loud. During the sermon she saw the little fel-
low in tears, and asked him what was the mat
ter with him. lie sobbed out "That man is
hOllering at me-"
"YOur handwriting Is very bad indeed"
ssid a gentleman to college friend, who was
more addicted to boating and cricketng than to
hard study; "YOu really ought to learn to
write better" GAY, sy," returned the young
nan; cit is all very well for you to tell me
that. but IL were to write better, people would
be finding out how SPELL
General Zaramba had a very long Polish
name. The King. having heard Of 1t, asked
him good humoredly, 'Prny, Zaramba, what is
your namel' The general Immediately re.
peatcd the whole Of his long name. "why,"
said the King. ''the devil himself never had
such n long name" 'I should presume not,
sire," said the general, "as he was no relation
Of mine"
A Roman ecclesiastic, in reply to whatever
question might be proposed, began by saying.
.'I make q distinction" A certain cardinal
having invited him to dine, proposed to derive
some amusement for the company from the
well-knOwn popularity Of his guest. Saying
that he had an important question to propose,
he asked, 'Is II under any circumstances lawful
to bapti,e in soup - al make n distinction"
said the priest; elf you ask, is 1t lawful to
baptire in soup in gcneral' say no; If you
ask, is il lawful to baptire in your excellencys
soup say ycs-for there Is really no differ
ence between il and water"