Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-10-19

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is for
saleat $500, 900.
Lake Cochituate, which supplies Boston
with water, is giving out.
Aexander FL. Stephens is now called a
"Fenerable calamity"
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been homi-
mated for Mayor of Savannah. W.
Railway trains are to run through the
Mont Cents tunnel IN twenty minutes.
Ambition and half of the Inhabitants
of Germany are able to read English.
young woman at Green Bay, Wis,
udrew a Bible at a lottery, and traded off
her prize for a pair oe shoes.
III Simple Additien.-Adding toaone's
~fandilyastg af5ssass ~ a E1s 1o s=e
81 Crying Sin.-Taking babies to the
play. g se in .ar.
go How may men always become four
hahdcd?@By doubling their fists.
- A lobster never comes ashore without
great risk of getting into hot water.
When isa clocko the stairs dangerous?
When It runs down. ~
~a-Whena mans face turns as yellow as a
guinea he is said to have a rich complex
-lon-4 .sEeIKr UEE l
~ There Is man in New York so proud
that he won't keep his own company, for
fear of degrading himself. 'aaea 20 9an
An old lady made the following speech
4atarwoman's meeting the other day: 81
demand equality for all the sexes"
"Beware," said the potter to the clay,
and it became trdre. a
go" SUSIE said a mother to her little
daughter of FIVE summers. "what would
You do without your mother?y q would
put on Just such a dress as l pleased,
every day" was the prompt reply. ,-,
A man counting q young woman was
Intercepted as to his occupation am
a p~aper-hanger on a large ~scale,' he re-
piled. He married the girl, and turned
out to be a bill-sticker. 80
A newly-married man complains of the
high price of ducks" He says his wife
recently paid for three Of them-a duck
of a bonnet, a luck of j dress, and a duck
of a parasol. He says such dealings in
poultry will ruin him.
A rich man asked a poor person if he
had any idea of the advantages arising
from riches. 81 believe they give a
rogue an advantage over an honest man."
was the answer.
"Johnny," said one of the boys to a
sbereaved friend who had just lost his
father, yer behaved well at the funeral"
"Oh, pshaw !" replied Johnny, with
the air of one whose merits are only half
recognized you should have seen me at
the grave 2"
An English lady, travelling on the Rhine,
recently drew the attention of a waiter to
the fact that the egg he had given her con-
tanned a chicken. Nothing abased, the
waiter replied that he must charge for a
chicken in her bill instead of an egg!
A ~youngster, whilst perusing a chapter
of Genesis, turning to his mother, inquir-
ed if the people in those days used to do
sums on the ground. 1t was discovered
that he had been reading the passage,
~" And, the sons of men multiplied upon
the face of the EARTH"
A Milesian born on the last day of the
year felicitates himself on the narrow es-
cape from not being born at ALL Be
jabers," says he. land if it bad not been
till the next day, what would have be-
come of me?"
Some time since 4 young gentleman.
we'll known about town, went to consult a
legal gentleman about carrying off an
theiress. You cannot do it without danger
said the lawyer " but let her mount a
horse, and hold the bride and whip. do
you then get up behind her, and be run
away with by her, in which case you are
safe" Next day the lawyer found his
daughter had run away in the aforesaid
manner with bis client.