The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-31


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'.'',@' IA contented Old Bachelor.
am throe scoro and ten, and am hearty and
Never walk With q staff, am as straight as
I'm . Abaehelor. too. which is better than all.
ia oaS o SsSs yss s
:, Ere old fether. time set his mark on my head;
But slyly retort "there are lew married. men
Have % little to growl at at three score and
sleep IN the morning as long aa please.
No madam to pout as she pours out my tea.
'G.hint atlate rising while glancing at me;
And then take snooze on the lounge sin
Apiece Of assurance that few married men
Are promo to indulge in 1t three score and
aS. = ten.
In my anug little parlor choice CUP of tea
.At:eyenfng exhales its rloh fragrance for mo;
The nentar sip In well-cushioned chair,
Nor envy the married their joys or their caro-
i5,T y Thesi TO the fire, give the Lehigh poke.
Then Hghting my pipe, am soon lost in tho
And here let me hint that but few married
Care to play at that game, cen at three score
and ten.
Having nniehed my meeraohaum, put on
With no one to frown or take umbrage at
I1epsi1 TO- the lodge, or I call on q friend.
(And perhaps late hour brings my call to
i....7,, anend); e,,-
Then home and to bed-after something to
,Suro that no curtain lecture will keep. mo
-.-t. awake; 80
A pleasant exemption, that few married mon
Dan truthfully boast OF at three SCORE and ton.
although on occasions things 60 rather tough,
with no one to reproaoS me- s whatever s ei1Hsn as
And mostly my conscience ia lenient, too),
take the world easy, and don't break my
Oyer other mep's foibles, their crotohea or
TRY to keep square and at poace with all
As should an old gray-beard Of three score
u. and ten.
Some views Of true wedlook are all very fine,
Bnt lotteries never were much in my line,
And doemipg 1t raahness to play for stake
Which might prove n,eel or turn up snake,
Iopened and furnished my baoheior's g hall,
Where Ben6dictH all are invited to call "
And learn this one fact, that but few married
Have moreto give thanks for at three scoro
and ten.
:. How JOHN CHINAMAN Cor a BED TO
HndBELF The following incident is re-
ported to have occurred on railroad re.
Gently, not thousand miles from Au-
gusta:
=. There were two seats in the car turned
SO as to face each other. Ono was occu.
pied by lady and tho other by q China
man. Evidently, the lady did not relish
the presence of the Ohinaman. She ex-
planned to him that she wished to take
the cushions and their frames and place
chem lengthwise across from seat to seat.
John 6aid, Gail rightee," and got out in
the aisle, and she proceeded to lie down
on the bed thus improvised, with her
head resting on her valise. She sup
posed that tho Ohinaman wonld take the
hint that the lady wanted to rest in the
space usually occupied by four persons.
But John at once proceeded to crawl in,
and stretched himself by her side, With
his head on little bundle OF his own.
The Chinese are an initiative race, and
like to do as others do, you know. The
lady, as soon as she discovered that she
had bed-fellow, got up little wildly,
and started for the next car, to the inf
mite amusement of the passengers, who
had been watching the scene with some
interest. John took no notice OF the
fun he had created, bnt went to sleep
with the whole bed to himself.
An unfortunate man in Now York is
haunted by what he terms ''souI slia-
dows." They used to come upon him
only ut long intervals but since the tax