The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-03-10

Ioniy ls knsw she came and went
AS clasps some lake by gusts unriven,
The blue tpne's measureless content.
80 my soul he'd that moments heaven;
/ only knoY she come and went.
EEA,s. at oilnip,bsaad, one swift spring heaps
113Ss$sThe orchards full of bloom and scent,
]So Glove her May my wintry sleeps;
lfiI only know she came and went.
kan angel stood and met my gaze,
T Through tile low doorway Of my tent;
The tent h struck, the vision stays;
I only kaow she came and went.
O, when thsroem grows slowly dim,
And lfeS last oil is nearly spent,
t0Rgush ofBht these eyes will britn,
Only to tHtak she came and went.
d: = ~ Humorous moro
f. bill ,tickers .,Tsspary duns.
Head light SiIs Bohemian benzine.
Free ra-tAeals withoutlodging.
Circus gdcs-Polish acrobats.
sssSI@aro is married. 1 declare,
Itw1o to?
Rolling in wealth. Trundling in
the specie kegs.
Wasted sweetness healthy girl
in o tight corset.
Ladies of stay belle mind. FASH
ionable old maids.
Scotchmen love the reel, but euchre
players love theI deal.
When man comes home corned,
he must look out for the crib.
How the farmers improve the
spring. They make May newer.
A great capitalist-Aposte print
er.
Lach rhyme as poetry will make
an editor weep.
What often makes tho print Grr7
Echo, tho printer.
A Baltimore man was "dcliveted Of
an address" 5: H:.,
Hc was Warm Spring Indian tho
moment he sat down on a red hot
stove. 4
The dog who leads the blind man
TO the different free lunches is u bar
pilot.
The sentinel who did not sleep on
his watch had left it at the pawn.
brokers'.
A dressmaker's apprentice speaks
of her cross-eyed lover as q fellow
whose looks are cut bias.
The Spaniards believe that Jack
the Giant.Killer was real parsonage,
and that he lived in Canada.
Mark Twain says the Sandwich Is
landers are generally as unlettered as
the other side Of tombstone.
When you want to ride through an
English city you have to take cab
in passage.
Ono hundred of the employees of
the New York Cbstomhouse have
been discharged.
Next! Not to BE- outdone by Bal
timore, lady in Chicago has also
given birth to four children; Batrhey
are all boys.
Prussia will organize for the spring
.timc an enormous camp on the left
bank Of the Rhine, and will be ready
for emergencies.
The New York Sun expresses the
opinion that whatever the verdict
may be, Plymouth Cburch will con-
tinue TO adhere to Mr.. Beecher.
Says 'Arseno Houssaye, "a woman
has lesrning enough when she can
ten tho difference between two-time
and three-time waltz
The Chinese attribute their En-
peror's death from smallpox to the
transit of Vcpns, saying that small
pOx scar, not star, passed over the
face of the sun.
"Of what beverage did Julius
Caesar die?" Answer: "Of Ro-
man punches administered by Bru-
tus"
n Hint.-'I wish I was pudding
mamma" "Why2" '+Cause should
have lots Of sugar pat into me-"
IF man drops down upon chair
where bad boy has left bent pin,
he will rise like q pbenix from its
ashes.
An uncle left dozen silver spoons
to his nephew in his will adding: "He
knows the reason / have not left him
the whole Dozen"
Little Rbody proposes to have her
census taken. That's easy enough
let the people stand UP and be count
ed.
Avoid annoyance be cautions and
kindly. 1t is not safe to trample
upon so humble shing as bit Of
orange peel.
1t is time to stop talking about the
softering Influence Of women. a
Massachusetts man who has four
wives has just been sent to shc peni-
tiary for stealing horses.
Said n gentleman to his Mistress
"you arc very handsome" "PookH
said the lady, $50 yon wonld ray II
you did not think So "And so you
wpnld Think, answered he, 'though
1 should not say So"
Forbearance is not always virtue,
even in Il clergyman. Imagine the
feelings of rural divine who after
getting fifty cents for marrying
couple, found that the bridegroom
had gone off with his new silk hat.
Sunday-school teacher to pupil
"Now, my little man, can you explain
to US the cause Of Adams fall p
Little man, (emrhaticalIy Iy)-"Ies, sir;
cause he hadn't any ashes to throw
on the sidewalk
Josh Billings says: "If. you arc
going to give man anything, give it
to him cheerfully and quick, don't
make him get down on his knees in
front Of you and listen to the ten
commandments and then give him
five cents"
Churn with pressure, instead Of
friction. The dash churher brings
butter by pressure, and makes butter
better than most other kinds for that
reason. Butter should also be work.
ed by pressure instead of friction.
The ladIc or worker should, not be
drawn across the butter, but pressed