The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-19
PUNeENT PARAeaAPHs.
The babz,s little gama-baul

The bAby's little gam9-bawl
The ladies' of1776 wore pinafores, while
those of 1876 wear EN- pinLed behind
It is singular hos early in life child
gains the reputation Of resembling its
richest and best looking relations.
The Smiths held. a. mass meeting lin
| New Jersey last week, and theees was
such a number of them that they aIops
ped over iEte Pennsylvania. slae
'tMarie, what's that strange noise at
the front gate7' "Cats, SIR - @Cats /!
Well, when was young, cats didn1 {
wear stove-pipe hats ane smoke cigars I,
'Times are changed, sir. 81
a Kentucky sehoolmastor. whose wife.
was one of his pge2ils hal occasion 10
punish her one day The next day che
schoolhouse door bore this inscription
school closed fer one week School
master i'll. f."
'GspTnen, exclaimed an old Com
neeticuE salt as be grasped the brawny
arm of . Yaie College oaFs@an, aud
called the company's attention. to the
muscular development, @'gen fmehi tharis'
intellack for yer"
= BY "the G1Vernor" -It's hard work to
keep your sons in check while they. are
young. It's harder still to keep them in
eheoks. when they grow older. h
a belated citizen, from whom4 police.
man was trying to rescue lamp post
few mornings ago, violen ly resisted the
end.avor, exclaiming "Lemms lone
I'm (hict hDIjm tn fort -
Twenty Brooklyn ladies' voted on the
question Has young lady the right to
kiss gentleman with whom she tax es-
an eve Mug drive There were nineteen
a brmatige votes The one negative vote
was cast by woman with rsl hair aud
a gless eye.
In the billiard saloon he found that his
adversary was too much for him, -He
said: @Let US try new thing Let rs
blindfOld each one eye, and 1 bet I viii
beat' The other man consented, for he
was confident of his skill; but he lost.
With the bandage his opponent played
as well as without, for he was blind in
one eye.
At d circus, while the rope walker was
going through his performance, 2 boy
about tYelve-years old turned to- an ac-
ed:-''rorn, don't you wish you could 90
that Z" 'sYes, I do" sadly replied Tom,
.'but my folks make me go to school and
are determined that ahant never be
nobody" s.gg d
An Irishman was brought up before a.
Justice Of the peace on a charge of vag-
rancy, and was thus questioned; 'FWhat
trade are You - ''Sure, now, yer honor,
I'm sailer.7 "You sesfaTing man
question whether you have ever been to
sea in your life "Sures now. and does
Yer honor think came over from Ireland
IN q Vaughn q Commit him-commit
HIM"
The small boy sharpened his pencil
and wrote the adventures of the day.
The diary was passed around, and we adj
nnired the graphic description of sea life
couched in sentences like these; "June
13th.-Very Ruff. June I4th.-Ruffer to-
day. June 16th.-To-day we went 81
nots It is still very ruff. June ITth.-
There was not many at dinner to day,
and / liked the plums. June 19th.-I
didn't keep diary yesterday. Ma said
il was the plums. 81 nots to-day"
The seottsviIle CKy.1 Argles tells story
of a baclxwoodsman who few days ago
saw carpet for the first time in Bowling
Green, in that State. lie was somewhat
confused at first, thinking it was some
kind Of oTnament-probably an oil paint
ing-but perceiving a bare place at the
further end of the room, stepped back q
few PAGES, and with Running jump
struck the floor about six inches from the
edge of the carpet When his heels struck
the floor he slipped and fell back, but
quickly arose, and after looking COM
plaeentlv at the distance he had leaned.
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