The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-06-14
why Did Jacob Weep ?

AND jacob RlSScu RaCnel, ana lifted
up his voice, and wept.-Gen. goth
Chap. 1Ith verse.
If Rachel was pretty girl, and kept
her face clean, we can't see that Jacob
had much to weep about.-Neto Yorh
Globe.
How do you know hut that she slap
ped him iu the face ~ o Delta.
Gentlemen, hold your CAB. The
cause of Jacobs weeping was the re fu-
sal of Rachel to allow him to kiss her
again.-Fag.
1t is our opinion that Jacob wept be.
cause he hadn't kissed her before, and
regretted the time he had lost.-Age.
Grccn-verdant, all of you. The fcl-
low boo hooed because she did not
kiss him in rcturn.-Lunchestcr Adrcr-
ti$er.
No, gentlemen, none ofyou arc correct.
The reason why Jacob wept was, he was
afraid she would tell his mamma.-Jcr-
seq Telegraph.
May be she Bit him. Yaxoo Wig.
May it not be that it was his first at
tempt at kissing IF SO, she ought to
have bit MonSen,on Enquirer.
What list of iunoccnts. We know
for we have tried it on. There we.e no
tears shed, and the good book does not
say there were. 1t was only his mouth
that watered, and the lifting OK his voice
forced it out of his Peoples Pa
per.
Jacob wept II Yea, tears of joy For
we'll he knew he might: when Rachel all
confused stood, before his ravishcd sight.
-LcU,SrWc Democrat.
Wrong, wrong, one and all of ye.
Rachel was preserved by the Lord, cx-
prcssly for Jacob, and the taste of good
pickle always fctchcs the brine into Ja-
cob's eyes Lac and Lona -iducrtiscr.
lie wcpt at his rashncss.in rendering
himself liable to breach of promise
case. He didn't want to be hauled into
court, and cried about .Sumo,crsWe
Journal.
We'd weep too, under the same cir
cumstances. IL you don't believe us.
put us there. We weep at ,hc thought,
~
of'T.-LincoAs Statesman.
Like Jacob, We lave been there, and
We are now weeping for another oppor
tunity'--F"uon 7chyraph.
We fully agree with the Fuhou Tele
g'uph, as We Likewise have been here, aud
our only regret now is that favorable
opportunity does not offer. Osccol,
Dcmocrat
Jacob wcpt from sympatl,y-hc felt
it.-&prmafcM Times.
Well. perhaps he felt it; but as the
Ncosho Iia'es says, how do you know? !?
fe our opinion that Jacob wcpt because
he discovered that Rachel had better
looking sister and that he had kissed the |
wrong one That would make anybody |
weep, unless he could get to kiss both Of
them -UcroH
Gentlemen, permit us to cnlishten
you;Jacob wcpt, because it was over with
so quick.--Notiosui Tribune
Simplctons, all OF you. Jacob wcpt
because he had done the thing once 81
easy and thcu had to work fourteen years
before he could do it again Wurrc,
Eagle.
Jacob wept, that much we know, be.
cause the Bible tell us so; but why he
wcpt God only knows, he wcpt for more
we supposc.-Navaro Banner.
We were not acquainted with Jacob
personally but know something of his
characteristics Therefore We thiuk,
If Jacob wept at all
It wss because the kiss was all.
LQhhmah h,hpendcM
Oh Quit man--you naughty man
Jacob wept because the delicious titlla-
tion struck q tender chord in his manly
breast, and he upheaved: We have
been there ourselvcs-not with Rachel,
but one as fair, although she said "NIoth-
cr-says l mustn't, George" This was
tear. rible.- Charleston Chronicle.