The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-08-03
OUR DESSERT.

A North Carolina writer tells of q lit
tho brook thaG s.giggles over the rocks.
II a man lose his breath, it is of nc
,se to run for it. He can catch it
quicker by standing still.
The man who lost four wives and
married q fifth, simply carried ont q
four-goLe conclusion.
81 cant undertake, wife, 10 crafty
yonr whims: it would be as much as my
wife ia worth" "Oh, sir, that's moth
ing"
A country newspaper is shocked to
find that q statue of silence in a Ger
tain city, is the figure of a woman-a
figure OF speech, in other words.
'.Thar's the main building" said 6
guide nj the Centennial TO a %greenhorn
from the Pine Tree State the other day.
''Gollyi'' replied the loyal son OF Maine,
II knowed our boys would put NJ
somethin' fine"
A despairing swain, in a fit of DIES
peration, recently said to his unrelentlnB
lady love that it was his firm determl-
nation to drown himself, or perish III
the attempt.
THE blessed man that preached for
us last Sunday" said Mrs. Darlington,
SERVED the Lord for thirty years-hrst
as circus rider, then as u locust preach
er, and last as an %exhauster.
Daniel Purcell was desired one night
in company to make a pun
Upon what ~subject?' SAID Dame
THE King" answered the other; On,
sir" said he, 1.-THE King is no subject.
.'My son." said an affectionate moth
or 70 her son, who resided at a little
distance. and in n short time expected
TO be married, you are getting very
thin" Eyes, mother" he replied, 81
am. and when I come next | think you
will see my rib"
A Vircinian accidentally stumbled
and fell. A lady, thinking to commits
crate with the mishap. observed that
she regretted his nn!ucky .tdWr-pos.
II didn't hurt my fore-paws," he re-
piled, sit was my knee
The LATEST man is on a Western pa
per. He spells photograph-itograph
There have only been three worse than
he. One lived i'll Kansas and dated his
letters-llworth; another spelled Ten
nessee 10aC. and another wrote Wy
audotte-I&.
A clergyman who was invited to
preach before a medical association, re-
piled that he would do so from the
text: ''In his disease Asa sought not
the Lord but to physicians; and Asa
slept with his and died" The time
for the delivery of the sermon has not
yet been fixed.
Second class in grammar stand up"
said the schoolmaster. "tJohn is a
bad boy Who does John correspond
with?" II know" said a little boy at
the foot, holding up his hand. III
you mean John Smithers, he cores
ponds with my sister Susan; here's a
letter he just gimme to carry home te
her"
"What am I made OFF" asked a little
girl from her Sundav-school lesson, as
she essayed to show off her knowledge
to a young sister. 81 don't know wa:
the honest answer. "What does mann
ma sweep up from the foor?" was the
first speakers next trial in the SO
cratic method. "Pins. needles an
hairpins," was the prompt and unex
pected reply.
Aletter from London tells the follow
ing story of Dean Stanley: "Onc
upon a time, the Dean of Westminster
going to the Abbey, put his gloves int
his hat. On returning home after hi
discourse he said to his wife, 'Someho'
the congregation seemed to gaze on m
to-day with a peculiar interest while
was preaching y do not wonder re
piled Lady Stanley, for during your Ell
tire sermon your gloves rested on tn
top of your mead.