The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-02-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

BAYARD TAYLOR says that a black
eyed woman can never love as fondly
as those with blue eyes. Mr.. Taylor's
experience must be very limited, or he
would know that black-eyed woman,
even if she does not spend quite rs
much time in signing as her fairer sis
tel, can love more in five minutes than
a blue-eyed woman can in n year.-ChI-
cdgo Times.
WE lately met an old negro trudeing
along with heavy side Of bacon that
be had bought swinging over his should
ell. We noticed he was miserably clad,
and we felt sorry for him, for cold
wind was blowing. We demonstrated
with him. "Why do you spend your
money for meat? You'd better buy
coat The old man stopped, looked
us full in the face for a few moments,
and said, in the most solemn tones,
''Massa, when AK my back for credit,
it gibs it ;-when | speak to dis Qaying
his hand upon his stomach), 'lt calls
for de cash."
THERE is something SO sensible in the
following that it is worth setting down;
The Young woman who deliberately
goes late to church, to attract attention
as she scrapes down the aisle, is fool
ish virgin. The young man who plast-
ers his hair down tight TO a low, re-
treating forehead, bridges his nose with
eyeglasses and wears a loud cane, when
he comes late to concert, and strikes
attitudes before the audience at the door
10 hn fr1.4 oh for
then stalks to it with the proud air of 4
prize mule at county fair, is snob.
ONE night trombone-player wished
to be absent from the orchestra of a
New York theater, and as there was an
other trombone, instead of asking leave
of the leader, he resorted to the expedi-
ent of getting n friend to go in and take
his seat. "Watch the other trombone"
said he to his friend, "puff out your
cheeks well, keep your finger active,
look alive, and you will pass muster"
All went right until a passage for two
trombones was reached. Not a sound
from the instruments was heard! 1t
turned out that both trombone-playerS
had resorted to the same ruse.
"YOUNG ladies have the privilege of
saying any thing they please during
leap-year," she said, eyeing him out OF
the corners of her eyes with a sweet
look. His heart gave a great bound,
and, while he wondered if she was go
ing to ask the question which he had so
long desired and feared to do, he an
swered "Yes." "And the young men
must not refuse" said she. No, no!
How could they?" sighed he. "Well,
then," said she, "will you He
fell on his knees and said: Z" Any thing,
any thing you ask, darling" Wait
till | get through. Will you take walk,
and not hang around our house so
much?" And he walked OIL City Der
rick.
"YoU see," said the despOndent man
on the pickle barrel, addressing the
grocer, who was spearing the top OF
cracker box with the cheese knife
"you see, some people has good luck
and some people has bad luck. Now |
remember once | was walking along
the street with Tom Jellicks, and he
went down one side of it and | went
down the other. We hadn't gone
halfway down when he found a
pOcket-boOk with S261 in it, and |
stepped on a woman's dress, and so got
with my present wife. Ii
was always so," said he, with a sigh;
80 that Tom Jellicks was the luckiest
man in the world, and l never had no
luck.n