The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-13

What word is pronounced wrong,
wen by the best scholars Wrong.
The farmers are nov Affected aby1
,iderial Influences, and business will
soon be pressing:
a splendid ear but a very poor
voice as the organ>grinder said OF
the donkey. ,~A-~'TFF =
At What hour did the devil make
his appearance in the Garden of
Eden? Some says IN the night. He
certainly came after Eve.
\ barber isno longer. simply al
'tonsorialartist.9 He IS a professor
of cripicultural abscission ami Grams
illogical tripsis.'
An Irishman returning from his
travels s,allantly compared his land
!adysto Vesnvius because she was
a fine ole Greater = ~ ~
Why is the horse the most hu~
name Of all animals9-He gives
the bit cut Of his mouth and listens
to every wee. AZ aEE
That was bright little child who
inquired Ma, when COWS die do
they 60 to the milky way ?
The melodies played upon Pans
pipes are said to have been ofrath-
er q, satyrical character. ~
An Irishman was challenged to
fight duel, but declined on the plea
that he did not wish to leave his ould
mother on orphan.
Why is a man riding behind a
large drove of mules bound to live
| to be old? Bucause he has many
long years (ears) before him.
A wag, in what lie knows about
farming, gives very good plan to
remove widows weeds. He says a
| good looking man has only to say
wilt thou, and they wilt.
! Susan, how in the world did YOU
ever marry that brute ? 'On, !
don't know, Jane, | used to picS
lint off his coat collar, and he feE
in love with me.
What sublime courage was thai
displayed by the Nevada woman
who, when the stealthy savage ap'
preached her, juet pulled off he
hair and gave it to him F!
'I am afraid, dear wife. that Will,
I am gone atserce Will conque'
love. ....
'Neyer fear, dear, the longe
you stay away the better | shall
ike YOU
In Japan the laY,reauires tat
when person cuts down tree, h
shall plant one in It's place. Il
this way the supply Of wood is KEEP
up. George Washington owes hi
country q tree. ....
/, Aman who had very small wife
being asked why he chose one S
small, said, that he had heard
said, that among evil things choos
the least. -
4 wonder if it is sea sicknes
that makes sailors always heavini
up anchors ! exclaimed Aun
Hepzibah, as she looked thought
fully up from her morning paper
Jones presented his wife on he
last birthday with beautiful silye
service, She was very thankful
but said one piece in the set Wa
wanting, for the proverb says
One good Turn deserves another,
Said lady to small boy whor
she found cryingin the street, tn
other day: will you stop cryiEi
if give you penny? No., sal
he: but if you'll make it two cent
III stop if it kills me-
A minister approached mischief
Gas looking urchin about twelv
years old, thus addressed him
'My son, believe the devil has &C
hold of you 1 believe he has too
was the significant reply of tn
urchin.
Said a tipsy husband to his wife
You needn't blame me. Twas w
man that first tempted man to es
forbidden things "That won
8 do,' retorted the very indignar
wife. woman may have. first ten
pied man to eat forbidden thing
but he took to drink on his own az
count s*
It To KEEP SWEET POTATOES. -
correspondent of the. -Cincinna
Gazette says::l -$f3lG
Procure dry forest leaves; pla,
in a barrel or box layer of1eay'
- then layer of potatoes, and SO o
Last fall | wrapped some of tt
finest in paper before placing the
in the leaves, and these were four
in the Spring to be more perfect
preserved than those that were, n
thus enveloped, although all ke
we'll