Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-01-20
GLEANINGS.
tT oUGHT 10 10 allowed b u, down
"A merchant Of hrty Years ,tandiu,

{ n" suggests that tho Centennial Cofrae
. Tot will probably bo exhibited on the
grounds"
"a If you don's want your wife to
, oo'her you every day with the remark
: Don't forget that worstcd." Just mention
to her the pretty girl who tends the wors-
ted counter whore you got the last.
EV' GAm HAMILTON comes to thu
front again and advises girls to look ou,
Tor physical lcalth and beauty in n IIs.
band That's all right enough for GIRLS
up to a certainIoge, but after that, as Gail
very well knows, husbands are not to be
nad at peny a grab.
~ TIE FIRST ten amendments 70 ,bo
Constitution of the United States voro
proposed by Congress ut their first session
IN l'Sl. The eleventh was proposed IN
lo9l; the twelfth in 1903; and the ,bir.
teenth and fifteenth, since the rebellion
10 Maria, observed Mr.. TIoIcomb
as he was putting on his cloths "thore
ain t no patch on them breeohes wet"
Il can't fix it now no way: I'm too
busy well, give ne the patch, thc,,
an III carry it 'rouud with me-,
don't want people to think | can't afford
the CLOTH"
~ WHEN a St. Louis gentleman
meets his noighbor in the morning bo
LOOKS surprised and asks, "lIain't vou
beer indicted yet?" The reply is, No;
when did you get out?' Then they both
,auSA IN an in'beoilo way, as though they
both meant it for joke, and 60 and take
drink of tie "crooked.'
~ Book AGENT to lawyers clerk
greatly bored: Sir, you had better
take that book; you'll find it q re-.
markabIy good Investment. and
"Can You change . tcn,dollar bjup"
asked the clerk. "0h, yes, can do
that" Then you've got a mighty
siSnt more money than have. Good
dayl'
tI LOUISVILLE has been amused bv
" row IN a fashionable boarding house.
4 Ooarder refused to either pay his bill
or TO go away until the month for
which he had bargaincd for had ex
PRED The landlady was told BY The
lawyers that the money was not legally
due until the end of the month, and
'nat she must fulfil her part of the con.
tract before she could sue him She
next Took the case into her own hands.
put damp sheets on his bed, fed him
Oh the Viands,and put whining puppy
IN tAo room next TO his. Lie retrn,oI
after three days of endurance.
~ The loyalty and patriotism, a.
we'll as the strong religious faith, Of
Representative Alexander II. Stophens
were illustrated few evenings ago In
very touching manner. On New
Years eve soon after he had suifcred
his recent relapse. he received a yisi.
from his pastor, by whom he sent a
message to the congregation of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta
Georgia who were then holding n
watch service, requesting them To
pray that this, our country, may have
national peace, national prosperity
national fraternity and national happi.
ness and that our Government may be
reclaimed from its enemies and brought
pack to the designs ofour forefathers
"As for myself" Mr.. Stephens added.
Il ask only one prayer, and that the
Will of the Lord be done"
The very latest dog story is that told
by Mr.. Kelly Anderson, of FarnerSill.
Canada, who states that when he vas
young and bis fathers family were on n
migratory voyage in the Bay Of Fundy,
his eldest sister was sitting on the quarter
deck with baby sister on her arms
when small terrier made such n fnss
seizing her dress repeatedly and going
away, that she rose and followed him
immediately afterwurd the upper spar of
the mainsail fell on the spot whore she
had been seated. After licking his mis-,
tresS' hands with every emotion of ioy.
the animal soon lay quiet at her coet
No person on board had the least suspic,
ion Of danger.
~ Scene at Brooklyn wedding
breakfast. Company all seated about the
table. Happy husband, to his wife's
seven-year-old sister at the other end of
the room: "Wen, Julie, you have
new brother now." Julie: "Yes, but
mother said to papa the other day that