The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
OUR DESSERT.
Hard TO beat--Boiled eggs.

A man OF see-date tendencies-Tht
shronologist.
When ought mariners have fruit a
scar When they stem the currents.
"A prudent man," says a witty
Frenchman. sis like q pin; his head
prevents him from gong too far"
A lad from the Ridge was in town
Saturday to inquire when the Fall
term began at the cemetery.
When q young lady and gentleman
have a controversy about kissing they
generally put their heads together.
The pensive mule is not usually re
earded rs susceptible of pathetic emo
tons. And yet he occasionally drops a
mule-teer.
"You want nothing, do you?" said
Pat. "Baaad, au' if it's nothing We
want, yell ind it in the iug, where the
whisky was
A young poet of the realistic school
writes: Thine marches on with the
slow, measured tread Of a MAJ working
by the day."
The young collegian who wrote home
for a new coat and got n n mile too
big, suggests that that was not Il Eft
ting" reply.
The Young lady who always wanted
her sweetheart near ut hand explains 1t
on the ground that it WAS only u nigh
dear of her wi
Medical men say that when q mar is
full of whisky he can't freeGa, and APP
pearauces indicate that a large number
Of men are expecting q mighty cold
snap.
"a Miss Post is the rcigning beauty
at Newport. and ell the Young men
want to tie to her. This is generally
the fnFe of a rail pretty girl, and she
has no de Tense.
At m auction of miscellaneous arti-
ticles out>of doors it began to sprinkle,
when a bvstander advised the auction~
eer that he had better put up an UNI
brelln as the next article.
II is not believed that there is an ar
fist in the world who can catch the ex-
preston of n woman's face as she puts
her nose into the milk jug and finds
that the thunder has sOured the con-
tents.
The tramp who strayed into Il far
mer's premises and tired to make off
with n cheese came ont with a black
eve, acknowledging that he had been
rather dairylicked in the pursuit Of his
duties.
When n common school teacher in
Virginia found upon his examination
papers the question: "Iiow does a
chip at sea find its latitude and lonei-
tnle?:" be arose to the question and
PROMPTLY wrote: at finds its longi-
tule hot and its latitude kold."
Up in Rutland. Vt, a man has just
had a piece of window glass more than
two inches long taken from his leg.
where if had been for eighteen years.
It may be truly said that during that
entire period he has never been absa
lutely free from pane.
Arlral female beauty nlightei from
the stage coach the other day. when II
Dieca Of ribbon detached itself from
her bonnet and fell TO the bottom of the
carriage. "You have left your bow he>
hind" said q lady passenger, mo, [
amt; he's gone a~-ishing," i%nnocently
replied the rustic.
Suppose, Belle" said e poor hut
honest Chicago vouthsto a Prairie e
me girl one day last week, Suppose
that a Young man loved Won dearly
very d~early-but was afraid to ask YOU
10 marry him. because he was very tim
ii or felt too poor. or something-what
would Won think of such a cose?'
"rhink!' answered the girl immediate
", ''whv, if he was poor, I'd think that
he VAS doing inst right in keeping still
ahont it," The question was dropped
right there.
An excellent and honored citizen Of
Louisville WIS going home one night
tipsv, for the first and last time in his
lie. rs he protests. and no ao7ht truly
when he met Prentice reeling from one
side of The walk to the other. "Pron-
tee" exclaimed the elatnd novice, "Fm
jrrnk!' Staggered anew by this
amazing announcement. the v7tsran
slowly draw himself mp with the aid Of
q ~ueighh0rine picket. and. surveying
his discussed friend, said. severely:
"Welj. Josh, [ have been Gn'ltv in nv
time Of many Scandalous things, ond
Some outrageous ones and some id
mean ones. but, thank God, I never
WIS drunk"