Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-15
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OUR SPICE BOX.

OUR SPICE BOX. /
Hard Misunderstanding ice.
Saving misunderstanding barrels.
Aaexecutve oificc-,he hangmaus.
The scale Of good hre.ding-B natural /,
A poor rearion-teIiug an anecdote badly. /
Sure to produce short crops-tlie BARRIERS .
sh.a-s
Home strr,ch-,he stretch across the mater 7.
mai knee.
Carpets are bought by the yard and worn
by the foot.
Order IS heavens fir, law, and it has
never been repealed.
A nusici4n an I a sailor should always know
how to sound the {.
Wasting Notwithstanding your arm
about a pretty woman.
As you cannot avoid your own company
make it as good as possible.
A Memphis paper defines advertising to be
a 'Dlister which draws trade"
III come to thee when daylight sets" as
the lamplightcr sand tn the lamp.
The dog who leads blind man to tie
different free lunches is bar pilot
Why is a compositor - 4 cripple' Be
cause he can't get on witaJu a stick.
What word is always pronounced wrong
even by the best Of schoarsf Wrong.
What is it which has mouth and never
speaks, and a bed and never sleeps A river
Mrs. Gubbins says her husband is like a
,allow caniIe; he always will smoke when
he goes out.
The hair of a young lady in Vermont turn.
ed wh;'e in single night She fell into
-four barrel,
Mr.. Sherry, of Indiana, became pale Sher-
~ on beng arrested for obtaining money on
worthless draft.
A Gel .bra,ed balr>ter VAS in the habit OF
saying, IL always study the JeastDituy OF a
case uef,re undertake it,
Precocious hoy munching the fruit OF the
date tree: Mamma, if | eat dates en- ugl
will grow up to "e an almanac!
I, is noted that all great humorsts are sober
tenancc. !; is rath r serious business to bf
funny.
Now that there is no longer any occasion
for secrecy, won't Mr.. Spinner be kind enough
10 tell Us what the two iur itialS 10 his nam'
really are!
Ever since We have heard of that Nain
editor named L Pot, we have been filled
,,;,t,, A "A IA WOuIu
him boil over.
There is no question about Mr.. Marley
nging the sinners to him Six person, hat
their pockets picked while he was preaching
al GGecnpont recent.
Some ingenious observer has discovers
that there is remarkable resemblance be
tween a baby and wheat, since it is graded
thea ,hrashei, and irally becomes the iiowe
Of the family.
Alta recent meeting of n society compose
of men from the Emerald Isle, membt
made the following moi IN: "Mr. Presiden
move YES whirewaSh tue ceiling green, !
honor OF the old nag.
The latest addition TO the umbrella IS
pane of glass inserted IN the front bread'l
through which the holder can see his wa
while the man he borrowed it from sia..t
watching under the awning.
An advertisement in the Washington So
reads III you want TO be well-dressed wei
n Warwick collar, and have your boots blacl
ed" 1t must be warm weather at tie cap
tal TO admit Of such wardrobe.
"No." said She leaning out of the windo
and addressing herself 10 her back dot
neighbor, this morning, 1--WE don expect
10 mnch at house ceanin this wear mil att
the Brooklyn trials over"-Chicdgo Journal
Tie Capital says: When freshly intr
duced stranger begins your acqain'ance by
history of his former life, beware Of hin
He will certainly finish by asking you TO lei
him quarter to be rcraId promptly ,o-nc
row.
The other day postmaster, on entering j
Office, had his ntactory nerves disagreeab
assaied. On questioning boy in the 9TH
rs To the cause, the facenous youth repliet
al don't know, sir: hut perhaps the SIN,
comes from some Of the dead letters
Eye.ronical - Waiter-Beg rarl'n, s
Languid Swell-We ell what is IT, jaime
Wai,er-Beg pard'n, I'm sure, sir; but d y
know, sir, is there a gentleman here with o
eve named Walker? Languid Swell-Do
know. IN sure Say, whats tue name OF I
other eye'
"W'ha,'s your buslness!' said magisir;
Of a police court, the other moraing, to
prisoner I'm an observarionist, your w
ship" San observationist! what Is that
"One who looks around in the daytime
see what he can steal at night, if it rle'
your worship"
reverend gentleman. during soJo'
among the hills of New Hampshire, stoppi
n, a cottage, inquirei ct the occupant If tn
was any Episcopalians IN the ncieiborho'
al don't exactly know" replied the dan
"but | believe John shot one in the gard
last week, bat he thought j, vas chipmun
A Bakersfield man dropped into the Pc
office and wanted 20 know how much IN
chandi.e he could send in ono parcel. "t'
pounds" was the reply. Then he blanc
said he thought he would send out to Arszc
four pounds of those red toy balloons, infiat
bur he had dirilculty in getting out of the dc
in time 10 dodge mail-baS .-.7itd, CAM
ria.