The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-19
TERMS or AOVER rsssNG

"NOt ut homo"-an out aud. out lie.
What poet never was blue ?-Gray.
Who was the talIest poet? ?-Lons.
fellow.
What poet was q grea: sufferer ?--
Paine.
What poet was not colored man p
White.
Who was the NOSE sarlike poes?-
Shakespear.
Who worked the precious metals p
Goldsmith.
Who realized the value of words p
Wordsworth
Query does dumb man always keep
his word
The first ark tic explorers Noah's
bed bugs.
If man is q "mister.y," woman is .
"miss cry"
tn. ~,o.hors henrr- Efvus Sch joy -
the baby's lst 9th.
A socia, glass to which the ladies are
addicted-Thc mirror.
TO cure tongues-Use a strong iufu.
zion Of good language.
Carpets are usually bought by tho
yard, and worn by the foot.
Consolation for ladies-The world
abounds with him .perfections.
IF time should repair the breeches,
would there be any vsst-iges.
One measure on which civilized na-
tions agree The church yard.
Every undertaking is involved in it's
faults, as fire in its smoke.
Disease comes in by hundred weights
and goes out by ounces.
Othello was not lawyer, although he
was tawny general Of Venice.
You cant get blood from stone but
you can get money from bricL.
Beauty is worse than wine it iutoxi-
Gates both the holder and beholder.
A Detroit picture dealer says tho
darndest work he has to do is to franc
excuses.
Baltimore claims the True Woman.
But she's weekly-and S2 a year in
advance.
Motto for railroad directors Never
mind passengers; it's freight that makes
the cargo.
Early rising was once an indication of
thrift, but now 1t indicates that man ID
thirsty.
Of what does philosopher in thread.
bare garment remind one? The poor
suit Of knowledge.
An irritable man who was disa appointed
in his boots, threatened to eat up the
shoemaker, but compromised by drinking
cobler.
"Ye are the children Of the devil"
was the text Of divine in the morning,
and IN the afternoon he said, "Chldren
obey your parents"
The time to possess your soul 10 pa
tieuce 10 when your hat blows off in the
street and your eyes are too full Of dirt
to see which way it goes.
A colored brother in H,llsboro, North
for telling on Two other brethren who
had been stealing hog.
A lake has just been discovered among
the Cascade Mountains in Oregon, which
is surrounded by n perpendicular wall
1000 feet high.
A German latsly married says; I'D
was yosst 80 easy as o needle Good walk
out NIT camels eye, as TO get der BE-.
hindt Vord init voman's."
Belfast has dog which goes for tho
doctor, when any body il sick, without
being asked. ave once had little cur"
says the Bangor Commercial, "that would
not only go for the doctor. but any
body else that passed the house, and
whom no QUO was sick, either"
In a recent debate, q member Of tho
California Legislature exclaimed: The
honorable gentleman from Claverss
county is undoubtedly q person Of great
abilities, man of talent, u natural born
genius; but there is one thing | defy
him to do, and that is to bite the bottom
out Of frying pan without shutting his
nose"
"What are you digging there for ?"
asked loiterer Of three men who were
digging q trench in the street. Money,
eur" the answer came. The man
watched the operator until the joke got
through the roots Of his hair and then
moved on.
There is a rumor of a we'll known blue.
stocking in Paris, who is hard upon sixty
years ofage, turning pious. She salected
h"r father confessor to avoid all possible
scandal, and the other morning took oc,
asion to consult him on an important
matter.
Father" said she softly, trying to
. blush, "if a man should tell me that he
loved mo, would SIN 10 listening 20
him?'
} Il am afraid you would. You musa
never knowingly lend your cat to false.
hood"