The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-04-21
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WIT AND HUMOH.

pVb l'io OVU' idulc5 we aOoUi" w III
state Of stag nation,
--"Sambo, why is aprnuriaus mon
like ~ hsh pnddlcr?" 81 eibs It right
up, Ioc so does "WclI, kasc he
am sci fish individual"
--"Jim what makes cats keep up
such cussCd moving all the night"
"Dont know, Bill; suppose, though,
it's on occouNto their mcw-cus5 mem.
branc,"
When Sheridan threatened TO cut of
his eldest born with a shilling, Toms
quiet rctorl was, Couldn't you give it
me now, You happen to have such .
thing about youE' .
--''Wh by the deuce is IT, said young
swell, few days since, "tIlat cant
make my collar sit|cll?" because it
is standing collar,' replied the per
son to whom the question was address.
ed
IL haven't another word to say
sir-l never dispute with FOOLS" said
q gentleman who was getting the worst
of an argument "No,' was the reply,
'you are very sure to agree with
tho :"
--"Ilasl thou ever loved, IIcurict.
ta:' I sighed, II should rather i'm
aginc had,' she replied. "Oh did
not my glanccs, my feelings betray,
when you helped me the third time to
pudding to day =
"A gentleman remarked the other
evening at Il party, that u woman is the
most wicked thing in creation, Sir
Was the indignant reply Of u young Ia
| dy, "wom0n was made from man, and
| if one rio is 50 wicked, what must the
whole body bc?'
A cockucy tourist met q Scottish
Iassic going barefoot towards Glasgow
rLassic,' said hc, II should like to
know if all the people in this part 90
/ Jarcfootcd ?' Part on 'eM do, and
| the rest on en- mind their own bUs;-
ness was the rather settling reply.
--"Why don't you wash the bottom
of your feet, Johnny - asked u grand
mother OF u boy, when he WAS per
forming the operation before retiring
for the night; to which he vcly gravelJ
replied, "Why granny, doesn't think
G 'se goin' to stand up in bed, docs
yc:"
4, "A Chinese widow being found fan.
:, ming tue grave Of her husband, was
/ asked why She performed 50 singular
= un operation She said she had prom
II isod not to marry while the grave re
! maiuod damp and that as il dried very
! slowly she saw no harm in assisting
thoprocess.
In one Of our towns The postnas.
ter, by skiIIlu'maaocuyring, managed
to retain his office through several sue
ccssiyc changes in the administration.
Being asked how he managed he re-
piled thalt ut would take Il mighty
smart administration to change quick
cr than he could
A simple fellow once said Oft fl,
nous beauty, 81 could have courtcd
and married her easy enough, if had
wanted" "And pray, why didn't YOU
asked his rriol "Oh, when l began
to court her, YOU see, she took me on
one side and politely asked 20 be eX-
cuscd, and SO cXcuso' her.'
A young Aay WHO has been mar
r;-'--' /months say it is all nonsense
/ahout love in 4 cottage. The
rascal always runs away when
K is no bread and butter on the Ia
+ There is more love in fGll -four
%rrel than in all the roses and noses
/and woodbncs that ever grew,
N-Somc amusing instances of "la-
CONC letters are given by Mr.. Seton
I'm his,Gossip about Letters and Letter
/tv~
WritersA Says Lord Berkeley, to the
J Duke of Dorset: My dear Dorset--l
have just mahried and ain the happiest
}dos aIiye.-Bcrkcley." And gets for
answer: "My dear Berkeley-Ever
ldog has his day .-Dofsct."
The celebrated Henderson,
factor, was seldom known to be
passion. When at Oxford, lie was
batting with a fellow student. vii,
Keeping his tru,or, .L.,,,,.,l "a o
vyinc in his face. Mr.. llenders'
but his handkerchief, wiped
hind coolly said-"'rhat, sir,
lyression-now Nr the argur
"A love smitton proiessc
bur colleges, after conver
with his Dulcinca on
,opc of matrimony,
li h y declaration,
l,hatic question of
xnc >" ~ am sorr