The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-03-08
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Which is the butt end ola goat?

"Fou're a queer chicken" as the hen
said when she Matched out duck. sr
A negro after gazing at the Chinese cx-
claimed: ? If de white folks is as dark MS
dat cut deere Iwonder what's dceol,r ID de
niggersi r.
II wasa wise negro, who in speaking Of
the happiness Of married people, said,
!. Dat Far ponds altogedder on how dey
joy deyselyes.r
Il can't .f,d bread for my family"
said lazy fellow. "Nor ]" replied an
industrious miller. sI'm obliged to work
for it. al
"a Western paper has an article on "the
carelo f idiots" a cotemporary says that
paper Is always dragging family affairs be-
fore the public. .,t
" Woman IS dclusion, madam n ex-
claimed a crnsty old bachelor 10 witty
young lady. !. And man Is always hug
g,ng some delusion or other, was the
quick reply. = 49, Hpel
A Shoomaker's Cploquy I'm drqriag
to the end oftime.--all iraxn,g weaker
few more stitches and a,rl will be over.
In heaven there is rest for the sole, there
alloar troubles are heeled at l,st
The viii Of defunct California doctor
directs that his body shall be dissected, and
the skeletons shall be well wired togeth-
en- and placed in the medical college, IN
ease his wife shouldn't want i As a mantle
ornament. k9k f4 20
AT juvenile party the other day. one.
little fellow rejoicing in the splendor Of his
new clothes, sidled up to another with the
triumphant remark, :. You amt dressed as
well as I am .swell,'' retorted Tie
otheri 4 ! can lick seG anyhow"
Widows arc estimated By the square
mile in New Hampshire. Twenty 70 the
mile IS thought 70 be a good ratio. liza
.sNiss i As good ms mile" isn't il rath-
er rough on the widows to count twenty Of
them to one Miss!
A candidate for the position Of school
teacher in Alabama recently replied to
question BY one Of the examiners, "Do
YOU think the world i round or fati" b.
saying. ssWelk. some people think one
way and some smother; and Z II teach round
OF fat. just asshe pWeus pleasa. .
aaThe Anoke (sIinn. Press offers to take
any Of The following articles on sub~oFip.
ton !: Batter. beef, beans. elsl, chickens,
dry wood. eggs fatpigs, good -four. lIams,
ink. jury certificates, :. korn.r lard. NUT
ton. olive oil. POTATOES. duails, rutabigas.
road district orders, shirts. :. store pas"
town orders, yenison. wood. KS. yarn,
wheat. barley, oats, or If nothing else can
be spared. paper rags.
Several SUNDAYS ago, a collection was
about to be taken up in one Of our church,
Is andand IN tie absence II one % tie reg
Glar colIeetors. risky young man yeln-
teered bis services and handed around bis
haf with great INDUSTRY aud success. When
he got near tie DIOR. Resas about to 60
out. With the ) hst-full ccf money on his
head, when tho ministf 4 ail solemnly,
Youbg man. iryvu haze here with that
money. you'il be- damned. = The young
man. however, left 10 ahuuy and. as be
shut tho door behind him. 4 worthy old
brother, with voice on sharp, Who bad
put dollar ~ the bat. piped ont 10 the
minister, well. II he amt gone with
il, TUbe DID,
A youngsier attending school IN Palu-
cab has written bis mother the following
characteristic letter:
.Daar mctler-I rot another licking
'yesaerlay. butI had on three pair o'pants,
and il didn't hurt much. | was licked be-
cause I put six pins in Ms chair.
knew they would not stick him. and
made bet that they would not. MR.
was 20 mean and hard that the pins could
not 20 in. won the bet, which was a
dog. he u good dog. and l am train
ing him 70 bite old IIardsidcs, as We call
him, solne night when be comes home az
Ter dark. He i often ont after dark. and
IL Tack i AZ good after him as he Is after
eats, won't get licked any moro. Zack
and killed slree cats Sunday. though
was At Sunday school and church all day.
and II wasn't good day for killing cats
either. THIS makes The third licking rot
this week. One was because | had bot
lie Of milk IN my room, aud the other was
keeause 4 wrote a composition on negroes
that old IIarlsides didn't like. said
that q negro was dark subject 70 write On.
il was like dark African going down o
dark cellar on dark night without light
10 look for black cat that vas hot there.
Old fiardsides stopped me and then licked
me for that. Send me some more Of them
pics. I made q good trade with s,lue a
them. II you win send me Eve dollar. !
will stop al my bad habits except cursine
and swearing sud chewing aud drinking
and one or two others. You had better
mako thatrade. Give my love 70 Julie.
and tell Der 10 send me that little fiddle
left IN the old trunk.
Your aITcctiunatc son,
RILLIR."