The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-03-09
WIT AND HUMOR.

-Grcely wrote something about
: Sulnghan Journalism Advancing"
The compositor thought it was one Of
lis AGRICULTURAL urticles, and launched
'ut wildly on Superb Jerusalem Ar.
"A young hoosier once said to a
hoosleress: "Sal, is there anybody
courtin' you nowl" And Sal replied:
" Well, Sam, there is one fellow sorter
courtn' and sortcr not, but | reckon it
is ore sorter not than sortcr."
"A Providence paper exclaims, with
characteristic grace, "a year ago to-
day was just such another day as yes.
terday was-only more So" This re.
minds us Of the old lady who directed
the attention Of her husband to pair
Of twins, remarking as she did so;
GLOW much those two children do look
alike, especially the one this way"
There is negro debating society
in Bainbridge, Ga, whose last meeting
was devoted to the question whether
education or money is most beneficial
to community. The advocates of
education won the prize-$20 in gold
land then followed a row. the uhsuc-
cessful competitors loudly demanding
"what de debbil dem chaps dat thought
money was no count wanted wild de
gold ?"
We fnd,.in q French journal
the following dialougue between two
married ladies': "My dear, the first
month after my wedding, J was on
my knees before my husband from
to evening. 1t wac a per
petual alteration. an incessant delhi
um, an incxprcssible felicity. l over
whelmed him with caresses. | think |
could have eaten him" "And nowT
''Now, l am right sorry I didn't"
"A Kansas City editor, who employs
a Chinese laundryman, is in q panic.
Hear him: They sent home with our
washing yesterday thing that branch
es off in two ways little below the
top, like a railway junction, and has
puckered frills edged with tattng,'
On each end of the divide. We don't
know what 1t is, and we're n poor,
Triendlcss man, with only our virtue,
and none but villains would seek to in
nre that"
The reply eff Sydney Smith when
n beautiful girl complained, "Oh, Mr..
Sydney, this pea will never come to
perfection" Then permit me to lead
perfection to the pea" is IN its style
perfect. Even French wit or chlvalry
has never excelled that; and in the
Court of Louis XIV it would have been
rewarded with cardinals hat. 1t was
the same noted wit that complimented
Lord Macaulay, who was an inccssant
talker, on his occasional flashes Of
silence"
Says the Avalanche: The Slavic
printed in choice Scandinavian, at Ra-
cine, Wis, recently had occasion to see
from Bismarck's policy, and criticlzes
that eminent statesman thus caustcally:
Vsecky armady poll podrzi sve
ktre pred uzavreulm primerl
irzely. Prontranstvi mezi obema ne
vojsky povazuje Sc "a neu-
tralni. Bismarck vyjadril Sc dnes, re
general Bourbaki obklopen jest gcner-
ally Wcrdcrcm . Manteufelem, brzo
prnueen budc ku vzdani.
While this seems, to the casual OBJ
server, somewhat severe, we are com
polled to say that with the lights be-
fore us we concur with as much OF it
as We find it possible to indorse. We
always knew that BIS. was doing some
thing of the kind, but didn't exactly
see through it till the Slavic came to
our rescue.
Heroes of the Lords Army."--A
good story is toldl.of Henry Ward
Bcecher and an Irishman.l IBeecher
was pressing the Irishman to join the
Union srmy in the late war and fight
for liberty and the old flag. TO Beech
er's opportunities the Irishlnan re-
piled:
"Faith, then, nm l will yer river
ence, an when ye start yerself, by the
soul of me father, but I'll go wild yees."
SWAY would you wish to go with
me only ?" asked the clergyman.
"Oh jist bekase I'm thinking I'll
have to march no further than to
Brooklyn"
"But l cannot CO." said the patri-
otto divine, q" for am already engaged
to serve in the Lords army"
"Oh! it's in the Lords army yer
reverence is; then Im thinkingj yer
jist divil of a long way from head
quarters"
Took it Easy.-Yesterday a pair