The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-16
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LIGHT,
Shariugs.

A rooted sorrow-An aching
t"oIh,
Journalistic indignation-paprr
choler.
A string band-:he vigilrn:,.
c tuinlttrr.
Impecunious animals tn ,s. vl .
haven Il scent.
A woman who tells fortunes fro II
a teacup is Il sauceress.
The "nlv circum<tancc und..r
which duel is proper is when it is
eft"
" I is l. tie rock Of ages, sid
the father rocking two hours and
the baby still awake
! There are many persons who
think Sunday is sponge to wipe
out the sins of the week.
| Can gentleman who sees a lady
home under an umbrella be ftly
designated as a rainbeau?
| Why bas hog the most brains
of all the animals Because he
hat ahog's head full of them.
| A country dentist advertises that
ne will spare no pains in his op-
erations to make them satisfacto.
ry.
| Mamas ana papas consider it the
proper thing for young men to leave
these nights at half past ten-not
later.
As an excuse for rejecting wild
over, a fair young damsel Informed
a friend that "she didn't want a
warmed over man."
Had you SIR said Henry Tr,
skine to dilatory carpenter, been
there to build the ark, We should
not have had the food yet
A man is not wholly lost says
Mr.. Marrowfat, who can apply a
bread poultice to his conscience and
feel that it does him good
One remarkable effect of hot
weather, according to Punch, is
that elderly young ladies express
regret that they are not on the
shady side of forty.
did anything about the defends
ant strike your eye as remark
able ? asked the Judge of the plain
tiff in a case of assault and battery. |
1t did, yer honor sAnd what
was it?' continued the Judge. |
His fist, yer honor
The sun is all very well,' said
an Irishman, but the moon is
worth two of it; for the moon af>
fords US light in the nighttime,
when we want it, whereas the suns
with US in the day time, when We
have no occasion for it,
Zeno, the philosopher, believed
in an inevitable destiny. His ser~
want availed himself of this doctrine
one day while being beaten for
theft by exclaimiug, WAS not
destined to rob 2 Yes replied
Zeno, and also to be corrected.
'Ah Ladies = said an old epi~
cure, as he opened bottle of wine.
what is more delighted than the
popping Of the champagne cork ?
The popping Of the question " un-
aninously cried the ladies.
An exchange says 'One of the
most vexatious things in the world
is to have your wite's uncle kicked
in the stomach by horse, will YOU
$50 600, and then deliberately get
we'll. Such an event must be q it,
tie trying to the nervous system.
In Southwestern town recent
!y, man fell into a ditch on the
outskirts, A pedestrian helped him
to his feet, and after the thing had
been accomplished, our hero said :
. All right, hic--l'll vote for YOU.
The stranger looked at him doubt
fully, and wished to know what for.
.'Wha't office ye runnin' for p ssI?Il
None at all, was the answer. "Notl 4
a candidate p 'tNo; ,why?'
why hic-why ? Cause 1 don'tli j
know as any n'd-hic-help mother f
as you did, thout bein a candidate
A gentleman saw his little daueh-
ter dipping her dolls dress into
tin cup and inquired: "What are r
you doing, my daughter ?'' elm Er
coloring my dolls dress red" -
'' With what? ?" With beer"
$ What put that foolish notion into :
your head, child? You color red
With beer" "Yes, l can, pa, be. I
cause ma said it was beer that made
your nose SO red." That man had
business that required him down
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