The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-01-19
WIT AND EUMOis,

~ aoPiS'S T" Sh'N' b"ohAy i'i ShS"ihS
or smoking, Or swearing" NJ, never
reprove him hars!ily. The only way to
cure lin is to thrash him within "A
Invh u his life.
A lady who ha, been reading the
law, is in the most fearful and sg,ni-
~my doubts ahou, the legality OF he.
nsrr'age condition. She saws, "lot
'eriss are illegal, and marriage i. tie
yreatest lottery ia HE"
The editor OF the Atlanta Intelli-
sencer, in noticing loving couple, be-
com : poetieal. He says:
| lie put his arm around her waist,
AS though size were his sister.
TAen he drew lerup IN fri -httul haste,
And then ana There he Kissed her.
"A crus'y old bachelor sends the
following conlndrlm: " nat 10 the df.
terence between a hone, comD aud 4
hourymoou7 A hone, comb consists
OF numher Of small ",e,ls,' and a
noneym ,ou consists or one ,ery evese
sell
An Ill.huuored English wife, Rhu..
ny her lor! Oh account Of his rnerve.
nary disposilion, told him that # shs
was dead he wo"ld mary 5 ..as
daughter If he could &c. anything by It.
" T'Iats true, hut the wcrs. o. 1t 10, in
England one can t marry sstvrs.'
AN exchange tells us ,ha. "in Co.
lumbus CITY, Iowa, there Is Young
iauy who boasts that her lovers collar
Almost goes around her waist" The
Courier Journal SAYS there is q vouns
.aiy in L 'uisvile whose lDyer's arm
20 quite around her waist, but she is
too modest a girl to boast OF it.
Elder sister (to her brother of
about sx summers -" On, you wick.
en, tad boy. put down that pipe di.
rectly, sir, or III hox your ,ars 10.
YOU" Junior brother who las beer
smoking)--" Box my ears il you dare
I'll 90 and tell pa you let cousin Bob
Mss you t"Icc lchiud the door ysstec.
lsy,' \, R A truce WAS az eeI uvou,
--- Two .ood.naturrd iris.mrn, On =
certain occasion, ocrup,rd the s.ms
"ei. In The m0raIug ono Of them IN,
CURED oi the other: Dennis, did yuu
hear he .nunde last Di,n!!' "N3,
PAl; did II rally t!uudyr;" "Iis il
thuW.ered as if hiv II ana air(h Sou..
come 10, ether Way ia tue d!yii
CAN dntut ye wake MT, for ye know 1
cant ,lape whIn It lnun,iers."
A gentleman visiting 6 srloo. hal
4, book put into his hand tor the pur.
pose OF examining class, The nori
"luhsrltanre' occurring in the verse,
Tie qucress interro.ated one ut tho
youngsters as follows: W. is 80
Inherlance y "patun0nv.' WA,
il Palr'monyf = "SoMething lett ~ a
father WHAT would you c3n /, II
irit hy a N rther?' "MMmmouy."
A young Nashville man, popular
with the ladies, lay upon divan On he
promenade OF The MaIweii House, Oh
M"nday a!'ernoOl, aud accidentally
fell asleep Some OF the ladies OF tho
house subsequently gathered around
him, aud, slter labelling him "S!eep.
r"g Beauty and placing n doh in lis
arms, a.oke h''n with peals OF merry
laus't,r. His feelings may be ;uas.
med.
just as traveller was writing bis
name on the register o. a Leayeuworth
h"t"i, hrhhn9 appeared, and took i,s
way across tle a~e. The man pause.i
and remarked :" re been bled h, 81.
Joe teas bitten by Kansas Clly spders,
and interviewed H. Fgr. Scott gray.
backs, but / II be I'D if was ever u
a lace before where the bcdhug.
looked over the hotel register to fnl
"ut where your room wasm
"A Massachusetts, paper tells o.
coloied woman who had been lately
converted, but WAS ~ unfortunate 40
to hy INTO a passion over the misdoings
Of one Of her n-iyhbor's Youngsters.
H'rni tres. remarked upon the imprO.
prieiy OF such conduct ia the case Of
one about To join the church, snd re.
ceiv, d this frank response: Il have
'-lerienced religion, an Ise gwiue ~
jine de chnrch, but Miss B.. Ill seaid
dat nigy'r fust'
- This witty feto-t occurs in .
sketch Of a short trip through portion
at Ireland. The writer 10 conversin.
Nth his car driver: You are Cath.
Ollie. Jimmyy' "Yes, yer honor"
"Aad you rsy to the Virg II Mary :"
Il do, Yer honor" "welI, thrr.s no
doubt sha was II good wOman. Tho
Bible says 80. But she NAY have been
II, hrtt,r than your mother or mine
That's tru", yer honor. Bu, then
you'll allow there's nj. .hty difference
in their children"