Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-13
TRIPLES.

are never known to smile. They are h
grave Diggers. (
Whether bird in the hand is worth p
two in the bush depends upon the ma 4
ture of the bird. Z
First class in spelling stand up;
spell fabbergasted wrong. Next, cor t
rect; go to the head.
The man who was hemmed in by
the crowd has been troubled with
stitch in his side ever since.
Correctly don't seem like hard
word yet they all go down because
they can't spell correctly.
The children in Florida say they
live on sweet potatoes in the summer
and on oranges in the winter.
Macauly once observed that prize
sheep were only fit for candles, and
and prize essays to light them.
Andrew Bates, of Hanover, Mass,
has caught 1000 skunks, and is now
as fragrant as Congressman.
A peep behind the curtain-''Moth-
er, don't get me mad now! Harry is
coming, and shall be all of flush. |
The man who three years ago mar
ried Newport belle says he begins |
to realize that thing of beauty is
jaw forever.
A fashion editor says: There is
something very pretty in ladies' gloves
this season; which is a handsome com
pliment.
Why did she turn her back on the
young man? Innocent child She
wished to make an exhibition of her
new overskirt.
The ghost of Noah Webster came
to a spiritual medium in Alabama, not
long since, and wrote on a slip of
paper, sit is tite times"
A Delaware man fastened knob on
the bureau drawer the other day, af-
ter delay of eleven years since his
wife first asked him to.
The boy who ran away from school
to ''go fishing all alone,' and caught
himself in the lip, says he's got enough
of fishing on his own hook.
''Meat me at the spelling match at
Muesic hall" was the invitation writ
ten probably by one who stepped
down and out on the first round.
E A Western man set fire to the pra-
2 irie for fun, but after he had run seven
miles and climbed a tree, with his pants
about all burnt off, he concluded the
, sport was little too violent exercise
to be indulged in oftener than once
lifetime
I
) at the Isles, and one of them, eyeing
with critical eyes pretty little yacht
that was moored at Star, one day last
= year, spied it's name, Psyche. Spelt
the old man slowly, P P-s-y-c-h-e e "Wall,
> if that amt the durndest way I ever
= did see to spell fish, p said he.
5 An enraged traveller writing home
o from the far West, says: Decending
to the bar-room, took my turn at the
! tin wash basin with a cake of yellow
. soap, and dried myself on a musty
), towel hung on broom. A boOt-iack
" and lean dog occupied the middle of
: the floor, the chairs long ago ceased
- to be quadrupeds, discomfort is king,
and dirt is prime minister
"A laughable circumstance once
q took place upon trial at Lancashire,
Z where Mr.. Wood was examined as a
, witness. Upon giving his name
a Ottiwell Wood-the Judge addressing
a the reverend parson, said;
= 'Pray, Mr. Wood, how do you
= spell your name ?" The old gentle
man replied
80 double T,
IL double U,
1t E double L,
N Double U,
< Double o, DE-
he Upon which the astonished lawyer
ot laid down his pen, saying it was the
tn most extraordinary name he ever me
in his life, and after two or three at
an tempts declared he was unable to re
rs cord it. The Court was conVulseC
he it'll laughter.
ne What Shall We Do With Oul