Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-01-22
FACETIE.

The following exquisite bit Of
humor We clip fron the Lowudes
county Republican;
The citizens of Mississippi ought
to be proud of their LegiSlag {
branches OF tle State governmeat.
They are as fine a looking set O.
men as any State can boast Of.
During a tine star Light even,
Ing, lately, a juvenile philosopher,
after a silent and profound scru
tiny of the heavens, asked his
mother, abruptly, where the stars
came .r0m.' Mamma replied: 81
don't know, Willie ''Yes you
do, too" "NO Willie, | don't know
were the stars came irom.' "Well,
you bet | do. The moon laid Them
\ little boy was washed and
dressed one morning, aud sent to
5abbath-School, being warned not
to pass the smallpox hospital.
During the exercises the teacher
asked George if he had ever been
baptized. Smallpox and yacciaa.
ton happened to be uppcrmo,j
IN Georeies mind, aud bgiu.
checks like coronation, ana au
rather too young to know tie
difference between baptized and
vaccindted, and being ashamed 10
be thought ignorant, he promptly
and somewhat pompouSly answer
ed: "IeS, sir; | have been bap-
tied five or six times, but it never
took"
"Don't put too much confidence
IN a lovers signs and VOWS said
Mrs. Partington to her niece.
"Let HIM tell you that you have
lips like Strawberries and cream,
eye like an asteriSk, but such
things ottener come from a teHder
head than a tender heart
Olive Logan gave her lecture
on Girls III Buffalo the other
evening, She sad; "Shall | tell
you how feel? Well. | will tell
YOU; | never saw a pretty girl in
all my life, one upon whose cheeks
the roses were blooming, but that
| wanted to fold her in my arms
ami kiss her. This was too much
for one Of the male auditors to
hear in silence. and ignoring the
dignity which he should have pre-.
served on the occasion, he exclaim,
ed, 81 feel just 50, too" (Trcmcr
dous applause.)
A medical man says that those
young ladies who make it a bust.
dess to trouble the dry.goods deal.
erS, and never buy anything,
ought to be called counter-irrI,
tants.
Mr. Justice Page was renowned
for his h~arShness and fcrocitv up-
inquired Jones, who had taken a
'lght cold, and was barking with
OF the len n. While going the
circuit, a iacetious lawyer, by the
name of Crowle, was asked il "the
Judge was not Just behind? 2"
81 don't know" said Crowle.
"bnt if he is, | am sure he never
was inst before
loo cant I'LL aman as you ill a pitcher
He always will hold
y little more gold,
And neyers so rich ne wouldn't be richer
He knows his nose. | know he
, NnowS his nose. He said | knew
! he knew his nose; and if he said
. he knew | knew he knew his nose.
:, OF course he know he knows hi,
: nose.
I A Little girl, seeing a litter fc
| kittens fol the first time. expressed
t her opinion that "somcbody ha(
Sha>en pussy all to pieces"
> ERRORS OF TIE PREss.-In Mr.
PScroGts "WayS and Words O
Hen Of Letters we read Il CONVEX
: Sation with a printer: "Really,'
! SAID The printer, "gentlemel
} should POT place such unlimite,
e confidence IN the eyeaight of on
| h ud-wolked and half-blinde,
/ ader OF proofs for | am asham
e | to say that we utterly RUNE,
} one poet through a ludicrous mis-
print. "-.''lndeed! and what wasth
S unhappy line E-"Why, Sir, tn
e poet intended to say see the bal
e martyr in a Sheet of fire; instea,
; OF which we made him say, 'Se
y Che pale martyr wiH his shirt 0
fire."
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) A Ne@ Femefg for insect Ral
e @ges.-Mr. I'D. r, Wythe, of Wig
county, Indiana, says a most use
? -
l. lul and simple method of prevent
ing the rayages of insects upo
plants and trees has come unde
; his observation. 1t seems tina
most insects that infest plant
{ have a horror Of vinegar, and thi
is the substance to be employed
t The mixture to be used consist