The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1873-12-24
a'0!la Series, 70, SO
aaEIT AND IIulIQR..ra -abnu

10 trying to- dtfae' or ilIustratershe dill.
fersaccdbetweenswit and humor there sts
alys5s iastaperss that will,not rup in ohee ef
the two parallel lines--instanccs so unique
as iritbe ease ofof CHARLES Lamp, ttatthey
laugh in your face and make fnnof your
theory. But wit, we think, only reaches
characteristics. wherers hnmor deals with
character. The most robust ond peculiar
the character. the better for the humorist---
Hence the earliest times and condition Of
society. being more fruitful in quiet char
aeter,, offer the finest playground forihu-
NOR. Wit Is more ;artful--a-thing Of ,eul-
Il, re- fnds more outlets in latter. time
apd more complex state Of society. With
Wit two opposite and combustible sgusli--
ties Of thought ara brought into sudden
eegiact, and at ta.tonch exploded .ipIsbe
lpdicrous. Humor shows to you two op;
ppsite personal characters, like Qdixote and
Sapcho Panza, wbich, PLAY into each Others
hands, aud make dissimilitpde dove.tail in
the laughable With tumbles and corrus.
Gates about the subject; humor glides
right to the heart Of the matter and lum,
inopsly Informs il, Wit teases,, tickles
tiiilatss; hqn,or fills you 70 The brim With
measareful contents.r-Wit gives yon
sharp, sudden, electrical ,shock that leaves
M, ,tingling from withours give. .you,a
bright quiet nod and i %, p NONE, I.
!, /" Yha,s going op;" said 4 great bore %
Douglass Jerrold on the street, /: I am
and away he went, That's what vii dees.
and you must be sharp. too, in taking the
hint. or ypq wilL6ad; yourself, ,ip . similar
predicaInent to that Of the poor fy, -,
That turiied about 8 -
afterhis 6ead Wis ! or t6ffad II out
But humor operates within, With Slow
Shdiprolonged isFxhorati6Stf your isities.
rs in no harry ;isfor keeping iteup. Wh
darts in straight lines to its point; shdmOr
flows n circles embracing yod.a II brevity
be the sbulof w.t. then surely the soul Of
:ssSrior is longevity. To utter wit d man
must Be conscious ofwlaths Il saying. This
is not necessary ofhumor. The Scotsman
who was met tumbling down the stairs as
the risk Of life and limb, when expostula-
ted with for coming down stairs IN that way.
replied !" Gamma a body come down stairs
any way helikes?' The Scots are often
charged with being unconscious of the joke
We langh at but they make up for it BY
laughing at things which we English can't
sec the bumor Of. l think the peculiar
prose Of the later american humorists Is
to assume this attitude Of being personally
Unconscious Of the joke. Ia Charles Lamb
writing wit and llumor are 50 iBexrlicably
blended that ! call him the most unique
ofour Euglish humcrists.a 81 !. fsse sie
IrEQ.sps. " .i .lfrsi n .s-s.ssi !! ssa,ss
An Ohio editor publishes marriages uf-
der the head 81 Attachmsnt Notice.
The most curious thing in The world Is .
woman who's not curious. -
"A thing Of beauty Is jaw forever. as
agehtleman said Of bis handsome, scolding
wife. l,l s1sn4 ilset
4 Bishop Meade said our girls are poorly
J. educated, but our boys will never find it
ont
Who marries for love takes wife who
marries for fortune takes mistress who
marries for position takes lady. You are
loved by your wife, regarded by your mis-
tress, and tolerated BY your lady.
An iowa school mistress Lad her toe torn
toff BY lightning the other day. She merely
Eremarked that il was an uhtoeard perform
ance onthe part Of tho lightning, and kept
on with her spelling class.
Doe Mrs. Law, Of Vermont. called her
husband liar eight yeaas ago, and be has
mot spoken 70 her since, though he has rs-
Imained inthe house. nthis he has done
right. Thepractice ofmmrried women cali
ling their husbands liass ought to be dis
couraged.
There is no accounting fos . woman
wrath. A man in Albany recently plnngs
ed into the river 10 save lady who was
. drowning, ard she got az rnad as m oil hen
because he pulled her chigncn.oif IN getting
her out. The probability y. thsl' maa
won't make 'hunsn. soriei, iof himself
again right away. ~. -.
ga western woman complains that since
her husband joined the pairous of llus-
bhndfy he has sown nothing but wild oats.
Al pious Old lady beng asxeh BY he. ps~-
tor what she thought cf the doctrine otto.
y TAI derravily, replied sho thought il most
J excellent dvctri,c,. end had no deuht il had
! been the means * saving many soal..
I'll Said Mrs Jints,s ~. Lar .et,.n r-o.,