The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-11-21
.siduu aud freo.e; We doa't laugh o. %.
joy, We siuply endure lie. aud viii dec.
porate longing sis waiting for lhs spsinR.
Numor aud Sarcasm.

pcra,e longing sis waiting for .hs spsins.
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Numor aud Sarcasm.
|. 10 not everybody who tuous sheee 10
joko, Or when. OF how; aud whoever 10 ig.
aoraut Of those conditions had better uoe
joke atall. A gcutlcuau poysr et.emp.a
TO bc humorous at Tho expense of psorls
With WHOM ho is bu. slightly acquaiussd.
Ia fact, il isueisher good uauuers sos
wise policy to joke At snybody's e1psusa;
that ia to say. to make auybOdy uaoots.
Portable merely to raise . laugh. Ola
Esop, who was doubtless The subject Of
many a1ibo 90 account Of biz bumped
back, tells tho whole 10 his fable Of "Ths
Boys aud tho Frogs" What vas Jolly fos
tho youngsters was de..l to tho breakers
A jest may ou. deeper than . ourse,-
Somc men are 10 constituted tha. thsy eaa.
not take frioudly joke iu good part. aad
Instead Of repairing il 10 tho same liOas
coin. will rsqul's il with eou.uucly saa
insult. Mover banter QUO of this elass.
for hs will brood over your baadiuage long
aher you have forgotten il. sad Il b noa
prudent to incur auy ouo's sumisy for tho
sake Of usterius smsr. doSb< snssadrs Or
tart reparsso. Ridiouis. At best. iss
pcrilous weapon. Satire, however. Whsu
lcveled at social tollics and political evils.
is not only Legitimate. but oolamsudsbls,
Il has shamei down uoeo abusss Asa
uerc ever abolished BY force oil,gio.
A laughabls incident occurred shv
days ago vhi'c tho oomui,tso 10 examine
the Vermont Asylum tor the Insane we're
being ch.peroued BY Ex-Governor ns.
brook, vha is QUO Of tho truk.ees. Oos
Of tho lady patients. who vss extremely
high toned. aud dressed 10 Tho height oe
fashion, yet unu'ia'akshly insane. vss 10.
.roduccd to thu Claud sn Governor, vhsu
shc drew lersclf up aud remarked: al.
| have tho honor Of knowing 0ovsruos
Halbrook, Sir, l vas as NaOtpelise
Several years agc,, vhsu you were svors
out as Governor, and Governor Smith
awsrn in; aud, "shs added. AL ths people
r9joicsd. Tho 0Oseroar aossssossiy AsA,-
smiliugly said good day TO tho "dsh" ID.
dy, and passed. on to lhe usEt pa.isos. :
WONDERFUL SraISo.-Silves Spring.
Florida, Is Que Of tho creates! curiosi.ies Of
tho South. II burss forth 10 The midst,e
the most fertile country 10 tho State. II
bubbles up 10 basin pear one hundred
fcct deep and about as sere in extent, aud
sending from !. . dccp slrssn. sixty "
pne hundred feet wide. aud extending aia
to eight miles, 10 OcklAvaha river. 10
the spring itself tif'y boats may lic =. 40,
feet. Tho spring thus forms
a natural inlAud port. 10 which three stes.,
'ncrs now run regularly from st. Johns.
making cicse connections with tho oceas
Al Patla,ka. The clesrncss of,hs
water is truly wonderful. II seoms svss
more transparent than air; you Gao Geo tho
bottom. eighty feet below tho bottom oe
Jour boat, The ezact foru u every pebble.
bo outline culor oi INC leaf that has SINK,
md all the pri'n'atic colors Of the rsiub6v
'rc rejected. Large fish swim jn il, every
cale visible. and every movement dis.iu.
My seen. lfy~ 60 over the spring iu .
'ost, sou will SEQ The 6ssure 10 tLe rookie
rom which tbc river pours up like 90 10.
'crtcd cataract
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