The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
OUR DESSERT.

VV0
Democratic BOOSTERS this year are cut
much higher in the neck and the Hail
feather are worn less bias wise than
they have been for years
Marriage is promotions aysGeorge
Elliot. In the eyes of such a reasoner
n man with his third wife would Doubt
less pass for q brigadier general.
A business house in Columbus has
conspicuously displayed in its show
window a mans skull, and printed in
large letters across the forehead these
words Of warning: This was . drum
mer."
Chow is it, then, my friend. that
while you soy there Is no one is so dead
o shot as yourself, you never bag any
thingP" "Simply because when l go
ont shooting 1 never pull the trigger.
.iAhi And why?' "Why, it would b"
sheer butchery."
A traveller asked an emaciated "eof-
pian if the climate of the rice swnnips
was unhealthy. "Well, no, repi'e'
the loyal native, "'taint unhealthy; we
have the fever and ague all the time IN
these parts, but then we enjoy a power
full undertow of health.
DEWITT Talmage is at home again
greatly refreshed by his vacation, and
the first Sunday he preached he knock
ed the stufing out of the cushion and
pounded the bare pulpit until the PEG
ple outside came to see who was play
ing on the bass drum.
Il was twelve o'clock at night when
Nh. Berger, of Macon, Ga, discovered
q colored preacher in his stable untying
his horse, and the preacher observed:
"Jess what 1 said all de time, Mr..
Berger; your horse is bay sure enuf,
and that 'spute tween me and brudder
Jackson is settled"
Tommy is fond of sugar, and asks
his mother for some to Eat with his
strawberries. She refuses. He ap
pears resigned, but adds gravely: lyon
know, mamma, what happened round
the corner2 There was a little boy,
and his mother wouldn't give him any
sugar on his strawberries, and.
"And?-" "And next day he fell into
aweI." -
This note from q Chicago girl to her
lover was made public through q law
suit: "Dear SAME, Pap's watermillerns
is ripe. Come and bring some poetry
like you did afore. My love for you
will ever flow like water running down
a later row. Bring n piece as long as
your arm, and have a heap more about
them raving ringletG and other sweet.
things. Come next Sunday and don't
fule me-"
A few months ago one OF the masters
OF a country grammar school died. The
school building was closed on the day
OF the funeral. Johnny Smith passed
the day playing by a pond near his
house. A few days since his mother
sent him to school as usual, but johnny
preferred playing by the pond, where
he met his father, who inquired why he
was not OF school. Johnny said there
was no school, and. when pressed for q
reason, replied triumphatly, That man
is dead again."
"You must not smoke here, sir" said
the captain Of a North river steamboat
to q man who was smoking among the
ladies on the deck. 81 mustn't? Ha!
Why not?" replied the fellow, opening
his capacious mouth and allowing the
smoke to escape slowly. Didn't you
see the notice: Gentlemen are re
quested not to smoke abaft the the en-
gine?'" BLESS your soul! that doesn't
mean me! / am no gentleman-never
pretended to be-you can't make a gen
tleman of me any how you can fix it."
30 saying, he pulled away and took the
responsibility.