The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-06-25

with the labor in every occupation, ana
q man who will show shat lie is deeply
interested in doing all he can for his
employer, will be sure to obtain Pcrma-
nent employment.
M exchange states, as an example OF
Imperfect photographic requirements,
-tAas-a prize was recently offered to any
member of the Connecticut Teachers
institute who would write and spell cor
rcctly the following sentence :-'It is
an agreeable sight to witness the un-
parallelcd embarrassment of harrasscd
pcdlar attempting to guage the symme-
try Of peeled onion, which sibyl has
stabbed with poniard, regardless of
the inuendoes of the lilies of carnclian
hue" Thirty-eight teachers competed,
bat not one was successful.
A FARMERS boy advcrtises in a Ken
lucky paper for wife. lie says:
ale wants to know if she can milk
And make his bread and butter,
And go to meeting without silk,
To make a show and splutter;
He'd ike to know if ii would hurt
Her hands to take up stitches,
Or sew the buttons on his shirt,
Or make a pair of breechcs'
A SUBSCRIPTION paper, was presented
to a wealthy French manufacturer, who
subscribed twenty francs. "Twcnty
francs !" said the lady presenting the
list: "why, your son has subscribed 80
francs" "That's all very WE'LL" replied
the manufacturer, "my son has a rich
father and can afford it."
A PERSON who was recently called in
10 court for the purposes of proving the
correctness Of Is-dQctor's bill, was asked
whether "tho doctor did not make sew
eraI visits after the patient was out of
danger 2" "No," replied the witness,
81 consider the patient in danger as
long as the doctor continued his visits"
eTNEvER shot a bird in my life," said
q gentleman to an freshman, who re-
Piled: 81 never shot anything in the
shape of bird but squirrel, which |
killed with stone, and it fell into the
river and was drowned"
A YOUNG lady going into barrack
room at Fort George, saw an officer
toasting a slice of bread upon the point
of his sword, on which she exclaimed /:
II see, sir, you have got the staff of life
on the point of death"
JOSH Billings defines "thurer bred
dizziness man" as "wun that knows enuft
about steelin' so't there kant emmy body
steel from him, and enuff about law so
that he kin do his stccin' legally"
"CoME here, my dear, I want to ask
all about your sister. Now, tell me
truly, has she goNP bcau3" "No, it's
the !, mumps she got; the doctor says
SAID an Of "somc folks always
complain ~l~ u weather, but | AN
very thank \ laen | wake up in the
morning to find any weather at all"
"WHY, Hans, you have tho most
feminine east Of countenancc | have
ever SEEM
AOh, yaw, know de reason for dat !;
my moder vas voman."
A MEDICAL student says he has never
been able to discover the bone of con-
tension, and desires to know whether it
y nol situated very near the jaw bone
~ AN going to tho post-oflicc, Bob,
shall inquire for you - swell. yes If
you have mind to, but don't think you
viii find me there
Why should Irishmen become the
richest people in the worldi Because
their capital is always Dublin.
IT must be happy thought to 10, er
10 know that his blood and that of his
sweetheart minglc in the same Mosquito.
Whittier's poems sell better in France
and Germany than the works of any
other poet.
KNOWLEDGE is modest, cautious and
nsirc, ignorance boastful, conceitcd and
re.
WHENis young lady like part of a
worda When she is silly belle, (sylla-
ble.)
4 WOODEN wEDDING-marrying a
book heaa
AcI pursship Is bliss, but mat
better than q promising
payiag one.