The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-05-24
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PORK raised under blue glass wont dc
10 cook with greena.
Obtaining divorces without publicit,
is s1ind!irg the press.
The Springfield Re0u6ltcGn accuse:
the Womuns JouYnatof using ''lady
'whereawomaa is meant-"a torn sacree
to vulgar gentility."
what is a blt?" asked a cotempo-
rary. As far us our education extends
2 ba. is a thing to encourage a car Il
get off a back fence, and is composed Of
half u b ick.
Don't you think" sho inquired
aniablv, THAT most men aro possessed
of a dovil?a He said he thought they
were, particularly after they were mar
ried.
A P~ennsylvauis woman who went to
Kansas a few years ago writes bacs,
hat size has done as well as could be
expected under tho circumstances. She
has had. three husbands, two pairs OF
twins and n agqe.
.,Nyhat are you doing now, Alexis?'
il the cable message daily received by
thc grand duke from his wife, his jn-
variable reply Is that he is just starting
oat for divine service, and will send full
particulars BY mail.
When o SEQ a man with his eyes
eat back ia his head, his nose as red as
n Turuer's necktie and the size of Il tar
nip. and n cola in HIS head al big as a
Christians hope, you may know that Re
ia the nan who laid off his Aannels that
lovely day last week.
A lady said to a neighbor, whose
husband was a bookkeeper. Your
husbands occupation Is d Very seden-
tary one; he must suffer for want OF ex
erclse." "Oh, Idon't know about that;
he's always talking about running up
tie oolumnG!" was the reply.
There are two periods in every man &
life when he feels, deep down IN his
heart, that if the earth was to open ana
swallow him up it would be Il pleasure
to him. Oneis whom he steals mp stairs
With the old mans razor to taks his
first ahave, and the other Is the first
sunday in a high hat.
Buffalo and Chicago are to hive a tel.
cphone experiment. A Chicago girl
will stamp her foot go that the Palmer
House viii rock TO its ~ceatre, and u
Buffalo girl will wag her ear IL ecstasy,
while chimueys are blown down and
trees are rooted up as By cyclone, aud
excluim they areplaying Wagner DE
Walkeure,"
Scene in fremont Temple a fraction
nf ons second after the DonGdictiou: An
anxious old gentleman, who had been
all solemnity aud attention during tue
lecture, tapped the shoulder Of a downy-
pated but thin haired young man IN the
seat before him aud eagerly inquired:
Sir, what do you pat on your head TO
make the hair grow
A gentleman took his little boy to a
model farm TO see the wonders OF the
place. After they had been there y
short time the little fellow ran crying to
his father, being at the same time pur
sued by "a t~urkeycock, which was trying
to get a piece of bread out OF hls hand
What, my boy" said the father, "are
YOU afraid of a turkey? Why, you ate
ya.t of QUO Yesterday" Yes, papa,
responded the little fellow, wiping his
ewes; ''but this one isn't cooked
A good anecdote is related of a lady
at a party whose dress and form were
faultless. Just before dinner All a3-
mirer offered her a flower from his bat
ton hole. The dress beng fastened b.
hind, the flower had to be adj listed with
a pin. just then they weut down to
dinner, and the gentleman thought ne
heard a noise as though wind was es-
Gaping from Il bellows. The lady had
soon lost her fair proportions, and the
tightly fitting dress was most baggy.. Il
appears that the latest fashion for thin
ladies dresses is sn air-ti4ht lining
blown out to the proper size. 1he piI-
put to keep the flower in had peAo5lat>
cd the alright lining and caused .
Grand collapse.