The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
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Ar O late revival meeting an impul-
siva young convert prayed that God
would bless the two young ladies be-
tween whom he had been sitting. aud
especially the one on the right.
10. YoU mean to challenge the
jury whispered lawyer to his Irish
client. es, be iabersl WIS the
answer. IF they don't acqaii me /
mean 70 challenge every spalosen Of
EN-. l want ye to give them al q
hint OF il, too"
Tar denise Of General Lee is de-
yeieplng the poetic talent Of the South
IN q remarkable manner. Here is the
way one Of the gushers commences
his tribute 10 the departed soldier;
"How grandly he rodef
With bis eyes on ire
As MS great bosom shook
With an awful desiret
a MERCHANT, having sustained a
considerable loss, desired his son not
TO mention it to anybody. The youth
promised silence, bat at the same
tine requested to know what advan-
rage could attend It. "If You divulgs
this loss, said the father, I'VE shall
have two evils to support instead Of
one-our own grief and the joy of our
neighbors. "
"MAssA Tom Massa Toni Oh.
Ma-sa 1om, how's / gwine to git
down this LADDER exclaimed a young
niger from the TOP Of a new build
ing. Come down the same way you
vent Up, you blockheadi" replied his
master. DE same way as L come up,
Massa TomY' Yes, confound you
and d0u't bother me any more.
Well, if / must, / must Snd down
came the little darkey head foremost.
a FUNNY incident occurred at a
New York wedding the other day. a
pet Skye terrier, belonging TO the
bride, slipped, uncbserved, into the
church after the party. He remained
very quiet till the end of the service,
but, on the post. ceremonial kiss being
administered, it entered his doggish
brain that bis mistress was suffering
Al iBjury, so he attacked the unfortu-
nate groom. Banks, yelp5, screams,
explosives. Tableau.
a GENTLEMAN was travelling in
Tennessee, and was obliged TO stop 81
a farmhouse for the night, owing TO
tho scarcity Of hotels. During the
progress Of the evening meal he OBJ
served an urchin tuggiug az . Loaf OIL
bread. At length the urchI1 cried
out, Granny, there bar on the
bread" The lady remarked that i
vas only a piece of com silk ''C0rl
silkr exclaimed he; how came corn
silk 10 have q nit on ii? Thai S wha
want TO know.
Two LADIES ia New York were
talking &5out the sparrows and theil
usefulness in Kidding the city of tht
oanker worms which used to be suck
a nuisance. Cae said that the nosil
chipping of the sparrows early IN th.
morning when she wanted to sleep
was as great an evil as the worms; thu
other disagreed. just then a gentle
man came ID and was appealed to-
mfr. A. which do you think tn
worse, sparrow5 or Wormsf I'll
answered, III don't know; never hat
sparroWs.
A LADY who has been long an'
we'll acquainted with Louis kossuth
has written out her personal remin
lscencas of him for the New Horl
wtuae ~ remember once asking
hip. she says sc it we're really .ru'
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