, 1877-01-12
Merry Moments.

he thought II was his vile.
.TH,r's the only wedding trip l shall
,,,obably ever take, said an old bache-
or as he stumbled over brides train.
Esantiful lives have grown up from
,as darkest places. as pure white lilies.
fgIl Of fragrance, have blossomed on
slimy. stagnant waters.
Pouer will intoxicate the best hearts,
=. vine the strongest heads. No man
= wise enough or good enough to be
trusted with unlimited power.
"Jemima Susan. did you get my let
.srg" "Yes, Dick" =" / sent it in the
homes Of raising fame" "Dick, you
Sueceeded, for it lit the gas"
A man who shows no defect is fool
orahypocrite whom we should mistrust.
There are defects so bound TO the fine
oualities that they announce them-de-
3ects which it is well not TO correct.
Darwinian hshmonger to thrifty
bonse. wife: "Fish is dear, mum. Hits
A eettin' very scarce in conscience o
these ere aqueriums.
An unusually intelligent justice Of the
mace in Baltimore swore q Chinaman
on Tea CQcob S1O ObuCI uny ~ uOAouAb
Of the writings of Confucius.
petrifed trombone has been found
in the ruins of Troy. 1t is supposed to
have belonged to the italian brass ban
ditti or to one of the Greek tootelary
deities.-N. Y. Graphic.
In Paris they are making much noise
over an opera singer whose hair touch
as the ground whenever she unloosens
it," Nothing strange about that, if she
happened to be standing on the ground
and didn't catch the hair as it fell.
APreston man who called upon mu-
steal friend last evening at supper time
was warmly welcomed, as they. had a
party and were Just going to have q SYM
phony. He said he thought he smelt it
as he came over-Nor10ich Bulletin.
It is not considered subject of laugh
ter in New Haven to see young wo-
man prowling around with a cowhide,
looking after theological student.
A subscription paper was lately cir
culated with the following object in
view: owe subscribe and pay the
amount set against our names for the
purpose OF paying the organist and a
boy to blow the same.
Some things" said an excited poll
tician, scan be foreseen and foretold ;
and 1 now foresee, and will now foretsll
that the day will soon come when our
liberties will be no more. This is as
certain, my fellow-citizens, and it is as
sure, as that Romeo founded Rome"
A liquor dealer gave verbal orders for
UUl,solr.1o a.
vate Families" but was amazed to find
that the painter had made it, Private
Whiskies for Fine Families.
Speaking of bathing" says Mrs.
PartinRton, I" some can bathe with per-
feet impurity in water as cold as Green
lands icy mountains and midas coral
strands but, for my part, l prefer to
have the>water little torpid"
Some sharper advertised to furnish
for one dollar infallible instructions foI
" securing the warm attentions Of pref
ty woman" The answer to applicants
for the secret was "Step on her train. y
An old bachelor, who died recently,
left will dividing all his property
equally among the surviving women who
had refused him. Because" said he,
ito them owe all my earthly happi-
ness"
When country editor, not long in
harness, read in his fashion exchange
that English ladies wear full suits Of
ohamois, he grabbed his dictionary to
see if that was the right way to spell
ehemise."
Manure in the barnyard properly pre-
served under cover is worth twice as
much as that which is left exposed to the
elements, its best constituents being
washed away before its application to
the crop.
" Is it not time that you paid me that
five dollars ," said farmer to his neigh
Dor. 'Tain't DUE" was the reply.
But, said the farmer, you promised
to pay when you got back from New
York" well, 1 hain't been, was the
reply.
A politician, writing to the widow Of
deceased member Of the legislature,
says: I cannot tell you how panied ]
was to hear that your husband had gone
to heaven. We were bosom friends
but now we shall never meet again"
A contemporary says: cit is all
night for church choirs to serensde new
Unmarried people, but there are more
appropriate hymns for such occasions
than What Shall the Harvest be?
,Ninety-and-nine' wouldn't be just the
tnlng, either. 1t is too many"
When acommon school teacher in Vir-
glnia found upon his examination pa
pers the question How does O ship
at sea find its latitude and longitude )"
ne arose to the occasion, and promptly
wrote; 1T finds its Longitude hot and
Its latitude kold.
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