The Tarboro' southerner., 1870-12-22


The newspaper is a serman for the
thnugh,ful. library for the poor, and
a blessing for ev ryoody.
II brevity is the soul Of wit, what 4
vast amount of fun there is 10 the tail
of fashionable coat now a-days
Ftyaro says he has reflected a good
deal nn the hps of ages. and prefers on
the whole, the aye OF seventeen.
When man becomes rich with
dirty money nobody should regret
it if he gets cleaned out,
There is female law student in
Chicago. The kind Of law she shnnld
practice is that kind known as daughters
in law
An old ladv in Holland. whose sole
occupation was hon~ewifery, scrubbed
her sitting room floor until she fell
phrough Into the cellar.
When Socrates was asked why he
had built Tor himself so small h"nse
he replied, Small As it is, l wish ]
could fill it with friends
Women" ren4rI;ed contempla>
tive man 'are as deep as the hin wa
tprs Of Won bay" 'Av sir. rrinined 4
disappointed man. ''and as full OF craft y
Lady. before engage YOU should
like tn know what ynnr religion is
Cook "Oh. MA am always feels il
my duty to be IF the same religion as
the family m in.
A young lady. upon enc occasion.
requested her lover to define love
w ell. Sal said he. 1T is to NE. az
inward impress bility and an outward
al!ooveriahness
"Are you the mate ofthe ship ask
ed an emigrant of the cook, who was
an Irishman. No. sir" was the an
swer, Il am the man that cooks the
mate"
josh Billings gives good advice to
young wives He saws: Don't under
take tew liv with yure mother-in law
but If wuss comes tn Il wussness let ,ure
clother-iu-Iaw liv with yu!'
An exchange says: at is not good
taste for gentleman to stay after II
eelock when visiting young lady'
We never noticed any difference in the
taste 1t tasted good all the time
An editor never leaves any money a:
home for fear of FIRE, and never carries
any with him for fear of robbers. nol
deposits it 10 a bank for fear of specu.
latins bank officers.
A SCHOOLGIRL in w; iting 20 her moth
er. says: Il get along nicely with al
my teachers except Miss, but
,snn't blame her bee use she accident
ally shot the yorng man she was engaged
20, aud it naturally makes her feel kint
ofcr1ss, especially on cloudy days
During the war lady. passing from
cot to cot through the wards of hos
pital. was shocked to hear one fellow
laughing at her She stopped to re
prove tie wretched fellow.
Why, look here ma'am." saic
h.::r you've given me tract on tn,
sin Of dancing, when I've both leg
shot off.
my dea- boy" said young lady tt
precocinus youth 0fe eighteen summers
'does yonr father design that yo,
should tread the thorny and in:rrrat
path Of ii profession. the straight an,
narrow way ofthe ministry, or rcvel il
the f,wery fields ofliterature ~
No. marn dad says ne's gwine t,
set me to work in the later patch"
An editor down east thus speaks of,
o0nte npnrlry: "Hais to" lazy toe a RI
a, neal aud too mean to enjoy one. II
was never generous hut once. and tha
was when he gave the itch to the devil
81 much for h,4 goodness of heart. o
his industry. the public may the bette
he ever worked was the day he mistoo
castor oil for honey
Just as a Traveller was writing hi
name on the register Of Learenwort
hotet bedbng sailed out and took il
way across the page. The man paused an
remark ed: I've been bed by St Jo
A4as. bitten by Kansas City spider
al / ic'orvicwel hy Fort Scott cra,