Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-04-11

-"You have lost your baby. I hear -,i1
ono gentleman to another. Yes. Door little
thing 1t was only five months old. We did
all We could for Il We had four doctor.
clustered ITS head and feet. put mustard poul
tees all oUerit, gave it nine calumcI powders
IeeOhed its temples, had it bled. and ravo i,
all kinds OF medicines, and yet, after week )
illness, it died.
At Lawrence, Kansas, a few iav. oro
WhileS minister was h"idIny forth in n church
crowd got up cock d :ht in the ward. The
people who had congre.ared in the churcb
went out I" put u stop to the fi:hr. but waited
TIL the light was over bef,.re Directing The
minister Looked out Of the window At the
crowd, aud said. I'VE are all miserable sin.
ners-which licked 7"
A Pittsbur: (Pa.) paper of recen, d...
contains this advertisement: Three r,U,.
ladies' "f Allegheny wish to eu.aro ,b,..
young gentlemen {" take them To- The lectures
tins wIn'er. Car fire ami tickets furnished
aud refreshments st tho homes Of the IaJie,
HiteTWsrd''
- An imrudent lawyer of New York
meeting solder with very full whIskers,
SAID Il say. my dear ErIl"w. when nre yn,,
going t" Iur Your bard "n leace 10 nm. -
t'ht uni'i y"u place Your tongue on the
c'eH list, was the ready refurf.
"A young man VIII" was caught s,rainip,.
his sweetheart I" has bosom the other NIGHT.
ju.,'te' himself ON the ground that he has
right to STRAIN his "wn honey.
- traveller. We are told. being in a wild
country where lie Could i"d nn provisions Tor
himself or hts dog. cut off :he dos tail and
boiled 1t Tor his Own supper, aud gave the do.
the bone.
= y man from the country whose wifi, had
eI"Ped aud carried IF the feather led. was in
Search ut them; nnt that lie cared anyrLIu.
about the wife, but the feathers, said he.
them ) worth dollar pound"
- little girl was saving her PRAYERS moi,
long since. when her I:I!e brother came Il, IL
behind and pulled her hair. Without u,rviu,,
her head, size paused aud said ..P,e,>e
Lord, excuse uIs u minute, while kick u,r
by"
"A Southern editor says of rival editor
that che Is inclined to deny the crime of bin,
red headed Well. y"u may call it auburn.
or b!"nde, ar anything else. bu; our impre,s,ou
- that he would be rnutled to the FIRST ,lace
in any torchIrsht procession"
just before leaving Washington. J,bD
Morrissey laid grecnback across tho wonlly
head OF i representative from South Carolina
and remarked. Il copper on the black"
You have very striking countenancc,
q. the donkey said to the elephant. when he
hit him over the back with his trunk.
a travelling piano player undertook to
whip an Illinois editor, aud whea he rot
through he had but one ear for music.
Eiek man was told that his wife would
probably marry again. All right said he.
Tor there will be one man that r;II L.,
my death
"A Western editor remarks that the thor
mometer stolen from his Office will be of NO
use where the thief is going, as !, do.sn:, ,.rt
higher than 3i2 degrees. D'A' =
"A Chicago widow who has buried two
husbands. insists that the law of the land ar.
titles her to her third. '"'
Why is grain of Faud in the eve lik.
seh"olmaster's cane! Because it hurts the
pupil. = '"'
Some one ssserts on good authority tina,
the early bird caught cold instead of q worm