The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-18
WIT AND WISDO

AADnAA udo uO dCSuhA AtSut
not grated upon justice; and the
Of liberty Is to defend justice
VALUE the friendship Of him Va.
you IN the storm; swarms of insects
round you in the sun shine.
JOSH BILLINGS says: The mewl
larger burd then the guse or turkey.
two legs to walk with, and two more to
with, and it wares its wings on the side Of its
he'd
A GENTLEMAN who is ashamed Of hiv in.
tensely bald head, explains the absence Of bis
hair by saying that hc was born poor and
compelled to scratch bis way through life.
YOU'VE men nowadays have shocking
disregard for the Scriptures. Solomon said,
go to the aunt, thou sluggard," and the
majority Of our sluggards irreverently persist
ia going to their uncles.
Two CalifOrAia barbcrs quarrsled and mr.
ranged duck They were to walk arOunf
block in opposite directions, and each va
fire at sight Of bis antagonist They starN
and as soon Us the block intervened eA
took the shortest cut for home, complaining
that his adversary didn't come to time.
WHEN the sun goes down in darkness
and night and your pathway becomes dan
gerous and obscure, look up at the starr, you
may find your way by them; and thus, Oh,
weary wanderer in the thorny road Of life /!
when the earth is dark, keep your eyes firm
" fixed on Heaven.
SLANDER.-Let no one suppose that by
acting good part through life he will es-
cape SANDER. There will be those even who
hate them for the very qualities that ought
to procure esteem. There are some folks
IN the world who are not willing that others
should be better then themselves.
Two paths are before us all. A rough
one has the finger post-To Duty. The other
one is smooth and fowery, with the finger
pOst-To Pleasure. Those who take the
rough one will find it grow smoother, and
broader, and pleasanter, till it reeshes the
very gates Of the celestial city.
LAooNIc.-A few mornings since, nm em-
ployer observing one Of his workmen stag
gering about his work, accosted him with
"What is the matter, Samr
"Noth--nothiug, sir, only I'm loaded u
"You're discharge, then," was the re-
ply.
"Then Of course I must 60 cff" rejoined
Sam, and away he went
In the dOg-fghting days, blacksmith,
who was rearing bull pup, induced bis old
e.4Lor 20 - IN al eours ocd sYn.k.ka kha Iooy
The canine pupil pinned the old man by
the nose The son, disregarding the parental
roaring, exclaimed Hold him, Grower boy,
hold him bear il, feyther, bear il il III be
the making Ot the purp."
A SAN Francisco correspondent states
that when the Cinnamon were leaving ship
recently arrived there, an Irish stevedore ON
the wharf cried out to another "Arrah, Pat,
an what % you call 1,em animals what's
coming et4 the ship with the tails on n
sShlre they're ChiDy astbers from The
Flowery Kingdom" replied Pat an Ia
like to bo The gardner that would SEX them
out under the ground. I'd keep them plant
ed deep till next spring, anthem for their OBJ
ituary I'd write somethieg on the Tails from
Heather Lands, an I would"
A AMEErING of the elders of certain kirk
in Scotland had assembled for the purpose
Of determining upon the position Of a stove,
which was to be erected for the purpose Of
warming the building on Sabbath days
After considerable discussion, an old man,
who had hitherto said but little, was asked
bis opinion. lie said'"the stove should be
placed in the pulpit. for it is by far the cold
est in all the kirk"
A WAGGIsH journalist, who is often merry
over bis personal Plainness, tells this story on
himself went to q chemist the other day
for some morphine for sick friend. The as
sistsnt objected to give it to me without q
prescription, evidently fearing that inten-
ded to commit suicide, I" Psbaw ! " said ]" I"
do I look like a man who would commit
suicide ?' Gazing steadily at him for a
moment, be replied. " don't know it
seems to me If / looked like you, should
be greatly tempted to kill myself"