The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-03
The State Fair will be regularly inau-

Office will bo opened at 8 A NJ, and en-
tries received until 5 P. NJ, when the
books will positively be closed. Ne en-
tries received from citizens of Columbia
and its vicinity after 10 A. M. OF that
day. The olerks were busy, yesterday,
in receiving and entering articles. Our
country friends are already pouring in,
and tho indications are that the Fair of
1872 will go far ahead of any of it's pro-
decessors.
MIR. @. F. Jackson, of tho Little
Store" advertises "new opening"
every day. This is an innovation, as
most other establishments have only oc-
casionnl openings. AIR. J. is up with
the times.
Remember, Prof. Anderson and his
daughters exhibit in Irwin's Hall to-
morrow and Tuesday evenings His
feats in legerdemain arc said to be truly
wonderful.
Messrs. Love & Co. impart information
to visitors to Columbia during Fair
week" that may be worth looking to.
Tho goods are new and so arranged as to
uc readily examined.
Wo learn that the poetical works of
Henry Timrod, the gifted son of the
South, will be issued to subscribers
about the 1st of December. The proofs
are now being revised, and will be com i.
pleted il time for the appearance of the
much-deaired volume ns indicated.
a Memphis puper defines advertising
as "a blister which draws customers"
PHdsS1XIANA.-The true maid of honor
is the girl who does not iilt her suitor.
Which is the best way to retain a
young lady's affections? Not to return
them.
"A1an is mystery" said young lady
to her beau. eyes, dear" said he, land
a girl is q misery"
A German missionary is giving the
Chinese instructions in horticulture.
His first lecture was on Buddhism.
Can young lady who refuses an offer
be justly accused of slight of hand? was
the last question up for debate in the
Aookonack lyceum.
a queer old gentleman having been
asked what he wished for dinner, replied,
IAN appetite. good company, something
to eat, and q napkin"
The Feast of Imagination-Have no
dinner, but reading o cook book instead.
Something to go by-A rum.shop.
Monkey fur is the last furore in Turin
parts, and New York is expected to ape
the fashion this winter.
Why is a young lady's hustle like n
historical tale? Because it's fiction
. founded on fact.
The pre-hystcric period-bcfore tight
lacing was invented.
-Four years ago, Gen. Grant declared
that "if he was anything at all, he was
!. Democrat. AS he isn't Democrat, it
follows that he is what his best friends
claim for him, just nothing at all"
, A man is not like chicken-the older
, he gets, the tenderer he becomes. Young
} ladies, please note.
. Final dissolution and the basis of one
of Daniel Webster's most remarkable
J sayings about England, are thus coupled
together in the Marion Star: death and
taxes are approaching; put your house
, i'll order for the one, and your purse for
the other"
} There is an article called locomotive
, gin." We prcscme my ono inclined to
steam it will use this article, but we ad.
, wise young men to beware of it, for il
they but look in tho dictionary, they
Will find gin to be defined as snaro.
. The latest Eastern burglary involved
the deportation of church organ,
which had all the requisite stops, exccp,
a "stop thief"
, Remember know morality" said IN
actress to Dumas. "Yes, madam, as
robbers know the police" was the re-
ply.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS The Northern
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y. NJ. Charleston day mail opens $50