The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-06
Where the Laugh Comes in

!" ny are Jokes ike nuts ! Because the
drler they are the better they crack.
80 Nelly, wilt thou gang with me % as
EShe man said when he stole the goat.
Z When is e man really gone to the dogs ?
FWheh he allows anybody to roll him in
the kennel. +,
The story Of man who had nose 50
large that he couldn't blow it without the
cse of gunpowder,
What animal, tree, and domestic article
are always in the second personl The
eve, the yew, and the ever.
When drunken anis whipping his
wife, tits question which issuffering most
from the effects of the licker.
Which is the LATEST class of persons
Tall people. Why? Because they are
always longer in bed than others.
"Mus. Doc" being rather an awk ward
degree, "Fiddle D. D." is recommended
as the proper thing for musicians.
On part of tract of land, sign post
tells the wayfarer that "This stile and path
are removed to the other end of the field"
One man, reprimanding another said
that he talked like fool. "True," he
replied "but it is that you may under
stand me-"
A doctor detained in court as a witness,
complained to the judge that if he was kept
from his patients they might recover in
his absence.
A young lady, reported to have COM
mitted suicide in the Mississippi, at Quincy,
ILL.,, is enjoying herself heartily in New
Orleans.
If young lady has a thousand acres
of valuable land, the young men are apt
to conclude that there are sufficient
grounds for attachment.
A paper says, that man the morning
after that he has been intoxicated, feels as
though he had the rheumatism in every
hair of his head.
The man whose hair was restored by a
single application wore a wig, which was
stolen. He got it on the first application
aG the pollce-statl0n.
An editor out West gives vent to his
Indignation as follows; ale that steals my
purse, steals trash but he that stole my
umbrella-cuss him." s aS
Several negroes who have been convict
ed in North Carolina of late, were members
of the Loyal League, of which the Gov
ernoris President. a4..o 8,
The object of all government is roast
mutton, potatoes, claret, stout constable,
an honest justice, clear highway, a free
chapel Sidney Smith.
A young lady, being asked by boring
theologian which party in the church she
was most in favor of, she replied that she
preferred wedding party.
A gentleman, eating some mutton that
was very tough, said it put him in mind of
an old English poet being asked who that
was, "Chaucer," replied he.
"People," says our sage, ego according
to their brains if these lie in their head,
they study; if in their belly they eat if
in their heels, they dance.
A genius remarked the other day, with
a grave face, that, however prudent and
virtuous young widows might be, he had
seen many a gay young widow-err.
81 see the william in your face" said
Western judge to an Irish prisoner. "May
it please your worship" replied Pat, ''that
must be personal reflection, sure"
"Were you ever at Cork, Mr.. Foote %
said at Irishman to the comedian. 'sNo, I
never was at Cork" replied the wit, "but
have seen great many drawings of it,"
Look out for people who go about pro-
Tossing to be better than all the rest of
mankind. If your purse isn't in any par
ticular danger, your character may be.
Lord Eldon, although great s5icklor
for the church, seldom or ever attended
public worship. A parasite spoke of him
to friend as "pillar of the church,"
"Say, rather, buttress," was the reply,
''for you never see him inside"
A bad actor, boasting to the late Thos.
Campbell that he could play very great
number of characters, the poet replied,
"Oh, yes; I have seen you enact two at
once. "What7 :" "Why, you attempted
Casper, in Der Freischutz, and played the
deuce iOtth it,"
A gentleman going into barber's shop
to be shaved, was very much annoyed by
the questions which were put and answer
ed by the barber with the greatest rapid
ity. "How would your honor like to be
shaved?" said the tonsor. "In silence, if
possible" said the gentleman.
Our Devil says he found the following
in an exchange, which he appropriates to
himself.
I sat by the window on fine dewy
evening. The stars shone out, and the
moon flung her mild beams over the rocks
that bounded my view. The birds had re-
tired to rest-the wakeful frogs made
music in the neighboring marsh and the
freaies bespangied the darkness. Hooked
out on the charming scene-I raised my
eyes to the: milky way, and recollected that