The enquirer southerner., 1875-01-22
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What is pride my son? 2 asked Il
father twiddling his goll-headed
cane. Its walking with 4 cane
when you amt lame, replied the in
telligent lad.
The difference between a fool and
a looking-glass is said to be that the
fool speaks without refeCt:ng and
that the looking~glass reflects with,
out speaking.
Tom Primes Spirit has been
heard from. 1t contradictS the
story that good little boys who 20
fishing Sunday sit upon fence rails
and play the jew5>harp.
\ somewhat simple woman was
asked whether her husband feared
God, and replied, 1 guess he does,
for he never goes out Sunday with~
out his gun with him
The remark Of little eight year
old was in accordance with the wish
Of many people &: "Nother, he
said, L wish | ga5 built like 4 hen
coop out Of laths, and then the
breeze could blow right through
me-
Guess your eyes are bad re-
piled a Green Bay traveller when
told that his collar was soiled: why
bless you, mister, I haven't worn
that collar but two weeks"
\ spread>eagle orator wanted the
wings Of a bird to fly t. every viii
lare and hamlet in the broad land
but he wilted when a naughty boy
in the crowd sang out, YOU'D be
shot for goose before you hac
flown a mile"
Over the shop door Of pos,
butcher in village il the eastern
counties Of England, may be seer
a signboard representing a man il
black coat, brandiShing n hatchet
with the inscription - John Smitl
kills pigs ike his father.
Maria is very popular name il
Illinois. When a cat climbs a back
fence in a populated neighborhooo
and plaintively calls out Mariar !,
twenty or tLirty windows are haste
ly thrown up, from which protrude
twenty or thirty females heads wild,
ly answering What.
A Chicago boy of ten says shat
when his parents get into fight.
and his mother calls for fat~iron
and his father yeIls for the stove
handle, he is placed in most en-
barrassing position, as he is sure tc
get licked, no matter who he minds.
It is curious fact that while
business Of every kind is depressed
and the wages Of labor are being
considerably reduced, the price Of
billiards, and boiled che8tnuts and
opera tickets, aud horse, and sleeve
buttons and deviieG crabs, and
other necessarieS Of life, remain un-
changed.
A Sacramento lawyer remark ed
to the court: 1t is my candid opin-
ion, Judge, you are all old fooi.
The Judge allowed his mildly
beamjng eye to fall upon the lawyer
4 brief moment, then in voice
husky with suppressed emotion,
said: It's ny candid opinion that
you axe fined 5 100
4 Mississippi boatman with imr
mence feet, stopping at a public
house on the leVee, asked the por,
ter for q boot~jack to pull off his
boots. The colored gentleman al
ter examining the stranger feet.
broke out as follows No iackass
couldn't pull 'em off, massa, wilout
fractring the leg. Yuse better &C
back about three miles to de fork;
in de road, an pull 'em of, dar.
y farmer whose cribs were full
Of corn, was accustomed to pray
that the wants of the poor anC
needy might be supplied; but wher
any one is needy circumstances
asked for a little Of bis corn, he
said he had none to spare. Ono
day, after hearing his father pray
for the poor and needy, his little
son said to him:
Father, I wish I had your corn.
why, my son. What could you
do with it ? asked the father.
The child replied, I would
answer your prayers =