The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-09-16

TO doctor for some medicine. The
doctor inquired into his case, and wrote
prescription in Latin, which the bach
elor took to drug Store. Translated
the prescription read: Seventeen yards
of silk, with woman in it." After the
druggist got through laughing, the bac
elor proposed to lady that evening,
and was married in two weeks.
80 kiss me and go!" said the maid of
my heart, and proffcred her lips as my
paw to depart; ''thc morn is approach.
ing, my mother will know, my kindest
and dearest, 0 kiss me and go" She
gave me the blessing in such a sweet
way, that the thrill of its pleasure en-
ticed me to stay so we kissed till the
morning came in with its glow, for she
said every moment, 80 kiss me and
60"
True love is eternal, and cannot be
changed by absence or the grave; and
SO we are not surprised that lady OF
Willamsport, the next day after her
husbands death, took the gold plate out
of his false teeth, and got ieweler
to make ring of it, so that she might
marry her husbands foreman.
"Be you good 2" asked bright little
chap of Miss Bub, his Sabbathschool
teacher, the other day. ooh, no." was
the becoming reply. "You amt Well |
knew you wasn't pretty, but always
thought you was good"
A prudent man advised his drunken
servant to put by his money for rainy
day. In a few weeks the master inquired
how much of his wages he had saved.
Faith, none at all, ;" said he it rained
yesterday, and it all went.
at is strange" muttered a young
man, as he staggered home from sup
per party, chow evil communications
corrupt good manners. haze been
surrounded by tumblers all the evening,
and now am a tumber myself"
Speaking of last words, that was strik
ingly appropriate remark of California
stage driver, who on his death bed was
visited by brother "whip," Said he,
"Bill, I'm on the down grade, and can't
reach the brake
Tom Tinker says "If | was a red
headed fell and was gwine to &C gal and
she wuz to tell me not tn get too klosc
tn hur fur fere she wud ketch on fire, |
wud tell her not tn be skcred: for she
wuz tn green to burn"
"LET me alone, you good for-nothing
fellow" exclaimed bright girl seated
by the side of a dull lover. "Why, ]
amt a-toucbin' of you" protested the
astonished youth, "Well, you might
have done it, if you'd liked" was the
suggestive reply.
A book-keeper in leading mercan-
tilO house has been discharged on ac-
count Of short-si ghtedness. He rubbed
out with his nose what he wrote with his
pen.
Woman has this advantage over man :
that his will has no operation till he is
dead, hers generally takes effect in her
lifetime.
Why may we consider the soldiers to .
be the authors of works of beauty 3
Because they 50 often right about face.
Mrs. Darlington says, that since the /
Invention OF the needle gun, there is no
reason why women shouldn't fight as
well as men.
Setting Man trap" is the title Civ
en- to picture Of pretty Young lady
arranging her curls at a mirror
A Virginia frmear says tina, he had
rather have keg of shingle nails taan
all the scenery on the banks of the Po-
tomac. Poetry was left out of his soul.
Mr.. Short says that the only thing he
can pay these hard times is his address
cs to the ladies and these he never al
lows to get overdue.
Suppose a Teller what has noihin',
marries gal lat has nothin', is her
things hlsn, or his n hern or Is his n
and her'n his'n ?
A wood chopper is always a polite
man. When he wants wood he goes
and axes for it.
Women walking the streets get an
CRY ifthey are looked at and are sadly
disappointed if they are not.
Advice to surgeons-Kcep } our tenn
per or you you'll lose your patients.
The lady who took every bodys eye,
must have lot Of them.
There's one thing can always be
found, and that's fanlt.