The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-09
GRAVE AND GAY.

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If twice eleven are twenty-five, how
can twice ten be twenty, tooP
Christmas carol for New York citv
hall" Ring out the old ring, in the
new"
japanese editors are allowed 90
carry swords, and n common man has
to take off his hat to them.
-" What is your name, little girl ?"
Minnie" minnie what2" Minnie
Don't, mamma calls me.
There are two things incident TO
| this life If which no one is ever pre-
pared, and they are-twins.
"A young man in Indiana sues his
father for loaned money, which the ia
ther claims was his own property.
A cynical lady, rather inclined TO
hirt, saws most men are like n cold, very
easily caught, but very hard to get rid
of.
The royal society Of England has
furnished Prof. Ferrier with money to
enable him to experiment still further
on the brains Of monkeys.
-" Who was the meekest man 2" ask
ed Sunday-school teacher-''Mosea."
VERY we'll: who was the meckest wo-
man? ?"-"Never was any"
A drunken Frenchman chatters n
drunken German sings n drunken Brit
on fights drunken Spaniard swears
a drunken American talks politics.
The showers will cause every stalk
of corn to carry ears like n iackass,
while every watermelon will fancy It
self lager-beer keg dressed in Paris
green.
Happy st. Augustine, Fla There
the flowers are blooming, and tho
orange trees dropping their fruit and,
still better, the people haven't yet felt
the hard times.
Michigan will hereafter educate her
cenvicts, and when they are discharged
will give each n suit of clothes, $40 in
cash, and such money as he may have
earned by over-work.
A western paper relates. rs an illus
tration of the power Of love, the case OF
Miss Catbarine Oats, of Cornwall Eng
land, who travelled all the way TO Ton
lumne county, California, 10 wed the
lover she had not seen for eight years,
and found him welded to a Mexican
rancheros daughter and the father Of
five children.
TOKENS.
| heard a blackbird a. the close OF day
Thrill ont its song against tho amber Westi
said. " o bird, my love il far away!
Tell her my thought, and shall he at rest u
The mellow-thruated singer left ite bough,
And few away amidst the twiiBhtH fall;
And ~ / thought of young loves burning vow,
Wondered IL that bird would tell her all.
1 plucked a red rose from its parent treo;
4 in IA AZ flowed along.
And said, "Sweet rose, oh, tako smile from
me,
To whore the blackbird spoodeth with It's
songl'
I watched Il take its way far down the stream.
With perfumed thoughts TO her 80 young
and fair;
And wondered oft il Ger its crimson CLEAN
Would mingle with her locks OF golden hair.
I dreamed heard hor voice. 40 low and sweet
Sing those grand songs that al the spirit hll
/ lnelt and lowly worshiped at her feet
woke and found my loved ono singing still.
And then know the blackbird, in its song,
Had told her all tho love my soul had sent;
And that the red rose had been borne along,
And found her ere it's fragrance yet was
spent Alexander Lamont
How they trap tigers in India is
thus described by n writer in the Lon
don Times Strong posts are fixed in
the ground so as 20 form n circle OF
palisades ten or twelve feet in diane
ter. Another large circle is formed in
the same way outside the other, leaving
a space Of a foot and n half between
the two. In the outer circle n small
door is made Of n width equal 90 tho
space between the circles. A goat or
calf is tied 20 a post in the center, and
the door is opened so that IL stands
across the space between the circles.
The tiger comes and walks around the
outer circle till he finds the entrance.
He enters, and walks around the space
till he meets the open door, which he
pushes back ints its place. The space
is too narrow for him 90 turn round or
exert his great strength, and he CON
tinues TO walk round and around till
morning, when he Is easily killed, and
the bait extricated unhurt
-Courtship and marriage in Sweden
are peculiar institutions. l saw ono
match made. He met her no the gate
and poked his fingers in her ribs, and
said "I want TO get married, don't
YOU ?" "Oh, / don't know. Go away"
Yes. Won do; let's get married.
well, ask papa" "Oh, never mind
him, we'll get married anyhow" And
he went around telling every body he
saw, I'm going 90 marry that girl.
The preparations continued during the
three weeks required by law 20 have
the bans published in the churches.
Fishes were caught, stores for tho feast
laid in, beer brewed, and whisky pur-
chased. Wedding publications. are in
dulged in for a week. This couple
were married. They went from the
church TO the house, and the brides
maids locked the bride in her room.
The groom knocked at the door. "How
mucb will Won give 70 come in?" 1.-TWO
cows and S." "That's not enough"
:" Three cows and go" "Oh, you are
rich you must give moro than that.
Five cows and s25 was the final offer,
which was accepted.-Du ChdtliU.