The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-08-17
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o The frat Eve anselical alliance.
! Adams marriage in Eden. %.
When are stays like snobs {! When
they're coarse set.
- Panoh's advice to Persous Who
, have "Falleu in Love"-Fall Out.
-"Hauger is the best Sauce ;" eroo,
, tho Hunsriest is the most sauoy.
- Misery loves company-so does ,
manageable young lady.
- One hundred women are now pre.
pairing themselves for admission to the
bar In the United States.
- Portland, Me-, claims the Champion
mean mau, saying he insisted upon be-
ing admitted to a panorama at half
price because he has but one eye.
A girl near Dayton, o., recently
won bonnet by throwing her father
twice out Of three times in wrestling
match.
- Tallow Chandler said he didn't
mean any dioparagemeut to tho sun
when he said that his candles were the
best lights ever invented.
Gen. Robert Anderson, the defender
OF Fort Sumter in April 1861, is in
Europe, In bad health, aud is sellinQ
his books for bread.
- An Illinois postmaster gives notice
as follows: CATER this date. eyerv
body must lick their own postage
stamps, for my tongues give out.
- A man out West, hearing that dry
copperas put in bed of onts would
cause them to leave, put some in his
mother-in.law's bed to see if she would
60. He says she was there at last ac-
counts.
On tombstone in a churchyard
in Ulster is the following epitaph
Greeted to the memory Of John Phil
lips, accidentally shot as mark Of
affection by his brother"
I'll never shot bird in nv life"
said gentleman to on Irishman, who
replied: ~ never shot any thing in the
shape Of bird but squirrel, which I
killed with stone, and it fell into the
river and was drowned"
-"Remomber, Mrs. B., said Bobus.
in q auster, one day, "that you are the
weaker vessel" "May be So" retorted
the lady, "but I'll take care you shan't
forget that the weaker vessel may have
tae stronger spirit in it,"
"A young lady who was rebuked bv
her mother for kissing her intended.
justified the act by quoting the passage,
"whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you do 20 even so to them"
The Rocky Mountain Ne,os tells Of
an enthusiastic young Missourian, who,
euiogizing the beauty of his "gal," said:
"I'll be doggoned if she amt as pretty
as red wagon"
- A Boston business man remarks of
a native poet: Gle is one of those men
who have soarings after the infinite aud
dlvings after the uufathomable, but who
never pays cash."
- Boy Of the period.-"Sammy, nv
son, run to the store and get some
sugar"
"Excuse mo, ma, I am somewhat in,
disposed this morning. Send father,
and tell him to bring me pound of
tobacco"
- The oldest newspaper in the world
is published in Pekin. It is printed on
large sheet of silk, and, it is said, has
made weekly appearance for upward
of thousand years.
Congress refuses to restore Mrs.
General Leo the property stolen from
her at Mount Vernon, but voted S23, 900
year to Mrs. Lincoln.
- 1t has been curiously shown. in
the French academy, that certain plants
are as sensitive to tho influence of chic
roform as animals.
A gentleman in Indiana saws in
a note accompanying letter for publi.
cation in the Louisville Courier Journal.
IL sometimes misspelf word, and it is
possible I havo spelt sicafant ropg."
- A young lady from the rural dis
tricts went to Des Moinos to SEQ an
elephant. In the street-cars tho con-
ductor said to her: "Miss, your fare"
"Well, if am" she replied, II don't
want any moro Of your impertiuenoe.
- A young man who took some
severe lessons from the faro BANKERS of
this city last winter has lately been
initiating bis "friends" Into the myste-
rics OF the game at Pittsbarg, Penn
1t cost one man $500 to sec how it
was done.
- at Kingston Canada, dry goods
clerk was recently accommodated with
the loan Of revolver to blow out his
brains wish, in order to spite lady
who had rejected him and married.
another, On sober second thought, he
sold the'revolver and got drunk.
|. - ADoLpHE TnIens, the French
historian and statcsm,n, said, in the
great speech which he delivered on the
army bill in tho Corps Lsyislatif, June
~ :-"Prussia, formerly had only 49,
ooo,oOO people at her disposal, but has
now 10000, ,00o."
The desire for liquor .drinkipn
seems to be on the increase in Philadei.
2hia. The Clerk Of the Cour. ofOaarlcr
Sessions has just issued 1919 tavern
licenses. II is pity the Philadclphians
cant contrive to cojoy their "brothcrly
love- without the aid of liqnor.
- A Texas editor has had presented
to him nv hia ol mi r;nr I,Jy voc, ,lo., .,,