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

ana jacob Kissed Rachel, and. lifted
up his voice, and wept.-Gen. .29th
Chap. 1Ith verse.
If Rachel was pretty girl, and kept
her face clean, we can't see that Jacob
had much to weep about,-Nc0 Yorh
Globe.
How do you know hut that she slap
ped him in the ace.-?-M o DeAu
Gentlemen, hold your CAB. The
cause of Jacobs weeping was the re -
sal of Rachel to allow him to kiss uer
ngain.-F2ag.
It is our opinion that Jacob wept b.. .
cause ho hadn't kissed her before, and
regretted the time he had lost.-Age.
Green-verdant, all of you. The fcl.
low boo hooed because she did not
kiss him in rcturn.-Lunchester Adrcr.
tiser.
No, gentlemen, none Of you arc correct.
The reason why Jacob wept was, he was
afraid she would tell his mamma.-,Jer-
seq Telegraph.
May be she BIT him Kazoo IVhw.
May it not be that it was his Fl rst at
tempt at kissing If SO, she ought to
have bit him Monsemon Enquirer.
What list of iunocents. We know
for we have tried it on. There wee no
tears shed, and the good book does not
say there were. 1t was ohly his mouth
that watered, and the lifting of his voice
forced it out of his eycs,-Ieoplc's Pa
per-
Jacob weptl Yea, tears of JOY For
we'll he knew he might: when Rachel all
confused stood, before his rayshed sight.
-Lcar,srHc Democrat.
Wrong, wrong, one and all of We!
Rachel was preserved by the Lord, cx
pressly for Jacob, and the taste of good
pickle always fctohcs the brine into Ja-
cob's eyes Lao and Land .iduertiser.
He 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 it.. .Sun,D,crcWe
Journal.
We'd weep too, under the same cir
cumstances. II You don't believe us.
put US there. We weep at ;he thought
ofR-Limcoln Statesman.
Like Jacob, we lave been there, and
We are now weeping for another oppor
tunity--fulton Te1eyraph.
We fully agree with the Fukor Tele
groEA, as VIC likewise have been here and
our only regret now is that favorable
opportunity does not offer. Osccolu
Democrat.
jacob wcpf from syinpatliy-he felt
it.-tPrihafeM Times.
Well, perhaps he .olt it; but as the
Nessho Times says, how do you know ?
1sisour opinion that j acob wept because
he discovered that Rachel had better
looking sister and that he had kissed tho
wrong one That would make anybody
weep, unless he could get to Kiss both of
them m-HcraH.
Gentlemen, permit us to cnlishten
you;Jacob wcpt, because it was over with
IL,
simplctons, all OF you. jacob wcpt
because he had done the thing once 50
easy and then had to work fourteen years
before he could do it again Wurrc,i
Eagle.
Jacob wept, that much We know, be.
cause the Bible tell us so; but why he
wept God only knows, he wcpt for moro
we suppose.-Navaro Banner.
we were not acquainted with Jacob
personally but know something of his
characteristics Therefore We think,
y If Jacob wept at all
Is wss because the kiss was all.
EQattmah kospende"G
Oh Quit man--you naughty man
Jacob wept because the delicious titiila.
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 "Moth-
er-says | mustn't, George" This was
tear rible.- Charleston Chronicle.