The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-09-17
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A bathipg suit-being prosecuted
for bathing in an exposed place.
Hashuaua is the name of a town
in Noxwbee county, Mississippi.
The champion postal card writer
of Charleston, S. c., has reached
2O14 words.
The man who wrote, 81 am sad
dest when sing" was foolish IT he
sang much.
When a patient begins to feed
more, his doctor is always feed
Jess. .
People who have tried it call de-
lirium tremens a tight TT.
A sure way to prevent bad dreams
don't 60 to sleep.
Beer should be cheap at watering
because they have the hops,
you know.
What is the difference between a
cloud and whipped child? One
pours with rain, and the other roars
with pain,
Little fish have the right notion
as to the commencement OF life :
they always begin it on a small
scale.
A young husband handed his
wife a dozen buttons the other day,
aud asked her to put o shirt to
them.
A devotee of Bacchus was over
heard the other night thus address
ing his hat, which had fallen from
his head 2; eff pick you up, I fall !;
if I fall, you will not pick me up.
Hanged if I touch you then," and
he staggered heedlessly away.
sPilot, you needn't wait any
longer, it is starlight over head y
"Y es, but we amt goin' that way.
A Bridgeport minister uses post
al cards to invite delinquent church
members to prayer meeting.
Ifyou want to ride on Lake Win
nebago, Wisconsin, inquire for the
little steamers Soutcnawbcquon and
Ninnogwanishkote.
A California gentleman thought
himself justified in sending his cook
to lunatic asylum because she per-
sisted in boiling cucumbcrs for his
breakfast. U..
The intellectual vowdies of Jackson
County, Indiana, find pleasure in
painting teams which they find stand
ing aboat ! purc whitc---hocse, buggy
aad all.
A prudent clergyman, unwilling
to accuse q citizen of lying, said he
ased the truth with penurious trn-
galty. .....s
The Minneapolis Times asks
ssShall the city be holocausted for
the want Of steamers and rescr-
soirs ?" Give it up.
They call Mrs. Wray, ofGsorgia,
unfeelihg because she chewed gum
while her husband was being laid
away in the silent tomb.
DR.. @. G. DeWolf is a Chicago
physician. The sudden and unex-
pected announcement of bis name
might startle nervous patient.
Bismarck stopped the execution
of the Persian's chamberlain at
Berlin, but the Shah will get ahead
of hun when they reach Teherap.
An enterprising drummer in
Alabama presented an editor with
two plugs of tobacco, and elected a
half:column puff in grateful re-
turn.
Scandals over Illinois divorce
Jaws continue. Depriving a wife
of either or both of her ears has
now been adjudged a sufficient
ground for divorce there.
The Maysville, KY, Bulletin an
nounces :Sunday-school picnic,
and truly hopes that for once our
citizens will leave their reyolvers
and bowie knives at home.
An old lady from the country,
with six unmarried daughters, went
into Augusta, Ca, the other day,
bunting the Patrons of Husbandry.
She meant business.
"A Texan town was recently Wis
ited by q clergyman for the tirst
fine in its history, and the hospita'
ible inhabitants proposed to get mp
A horse-race for bis entertainment.
A New Orleans juryman was
asked by the Judge if he ever read
the papers. He replied eyes,
YOUR honor; but if you'll let me 60
th;s time I'll never do SO any,