Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-26
HUMORS OF THE DAY.
Bosom friCnds-twins.

Bosom fricnds-twins.
More men fall in love than in war,
The Best Thing Out Out OF debt,
The Worst Thing Out-Out OF
temper.
A good side show A pretty
cheek,
The woman qucslion-ls he mar
ricd?
A social glass TO which the ladies'
are addicted The mirror.
What was Joan of Arc made OFF
She was liail of Orleans.
1t matters not where the gamblers
gain comes from ii is all won TO
him,
Clerk of the Weather will be the
tile of an officer Of the Cabinet
Boston Post.
The Michigan Magnetic Springs
arc said to "draw' many visitors,
A Texas negro jury sentenced a
man to be hung by the head until
| dead"
Counter irritantS-pcople who cN-
anime the whole stock and buy
nothing.
A postmaster by the name Of
Goodalc, when he is in a hurry, signs
himself AN.
Tall gentlemen should beware of
the habit of kissing little ladies, as
ii might in time make them round
shouldcrcd.
What is the difference between cd
itorial and matrimonial experience?
In the former the devil crics for
"copy;" in the latter the "copy" cries
like the dcyil.
When a Chicago girl quarrel, with
her lover she communicates the fact
to her friends in the remark that she
"isn't on squeezing terms with the
fraud no more"
A Nova Scotia correspondent
gives a little fragment Of an over
heard conversation What kind Of
a stone do you suppose they will give
me when | dic?" birthstone, of
COurSC!'
A remarkable preacher was that
who called upon his congregation to
be thankful that providence should
have placed death at the end of life,
and not in the middle, so that we
might have all possible time to pre-
pare for IT.
A connecticut farmer sprinkIcs his
currant bushes with whisky the
worms get drunk, drop of, and
either break their nccks or Grip
pie themselves so that life is burden.
A German waiter at Bingcn on the
Rhine has displayed a remarkable
talent for fraud. A lady found Il
chicken in her egg, and called his at
tcntlon to the circumstance. lie
charged her for q boiled chicken.
A newspaper, having headed an
article "Footprints Of the DEVIL
the New York Herald thinks the
writer Of it has evidently been fol-
lowing in the footsteps Of ihis il
luStrious predecessor
A schoolhoy, having very good
naturally helped another in u diff
cult lesson, was angrily questioned
by the teacher: Why did you work
his lesson? p '"To lessen Ills work"
replied the youngstcr.
a gentleman ono day indiscrcctIy
asked a lady how old she WAS. Let
me see. | was eighteen when | was
married, and my husband was thirty ;
now lie is twice thirty, and that is
sixty; So, Of course, | am twice
eighteen, that is thirty-siX.'
An ambitious Ecrmontcr thinks
that the voters of Rutland arc the
most uncertain people cNtant. sIlc
ran on the rum ticket at the town
meeting and on the temperance ticket
at the village election, but somehow
or other got beaten both times,
rborloy rolotinc ii; hoouIiru
school experience
Cl0ra-And when do You have
breakfast?
.Chaylcy-Just as soon as the par.
gsa oets through reading the riot art
over the hash.
Uard-Gracc-ious.
tohp NcCmlb or krov,ulo Lo,
hand nr wbisL, 9 a,sIanj M,, n y' "
wLicL bo cIoimg wiu In tu,o ,,or
to sec ono take a drink of ii. lie has
made an application to change the
name to "Iack Chandler" and will
send a sample to that notorious inc,
briatc with his compliments.
The following itcm from , cotcm.
nor"rv 10 1"ot@d for mn,it",iom hn
amLit;ons Thiladc,nLio ronnytor,'
"NCLicoco man u]rcsontcJ LEio w;cn
win a bi0cl Of wool ~, InIo" ~
oJmiration SIn rcrcivoJ II on tEn
fornLcod and wos co ' ovor " W., Nv
rratitnJc ,Lnt shc fointoJ o,yo, MA
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