The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-02-01
FACTS AND FANClES.

tache is just like a plate of iCe.cream.
WHENEVER lot of men undertake to
crowd women out of legitimate calling
they make st. Paul responsible for it.
In this country there are now forty.
seven young women christian associa-
tions, formed on plans similar to the
young mems christian associations.
WHAT a silent old world it would be if
men talked only as much as they think.
A fellow would have TO carry rattle
around with him to make a noise with,
-Ha,ckeye.
DURING recent gale a full clothes
line of freshlywashed linen, headed by
red flannel shirt, passed over Mas.
sachusetts town, says the local paper,
bound east.
The other day some of the boys in
duced young man from Flint creek to
take hold of the handles of galvanic
battery. As it puckered him up he
roared: Jimmy Criminy, let up!
Who ever heard Of thing that made
you taste green persimmons with your
hands, before ?"
"YouNG man, do you ever drink ?"
asked a mild-looking sman, accostng
Jones. DWELL, yes, thank you, as lisa
cold morning I don't mind" replied
Jones, removing his quid of tobacco.
Don't do it any MORE" rejoined the
mild man, cor you will be eventually be
cursed. Good morning!
Ware glad to see that the ladies' are
again forming reading clubs for the win
ter. The reading club is an organization
that discusses the character OF Shak-
spcares Portia for fifteen minutes and
the best manner Of cutting n basque on
the bias for an hour and half, and
rarely fails to be of great profit.
LIFE OF A LEAF.
flung Il leaf on summer stream
That plucke,i from an alder tree,
And watched it dance In the sunny beam,
"Oh! for life like that leaf" cried,
"Floating along on the sunny tide"
Over the water came n breeze,
And IL hurried the leaf along;
Down to the margin stopped the trees,
And they whispered gentle song.
"Ohl for q life like the leaf" cried.
ever in sunshine and song to glide"
Fast sped the leaf on its joyous way,
Til 1t reached the rocks in the river
over the ledge, amid foam and spray,
Went the leaf and WIS lost forever.
"Ah, me! Is life like the leai?' cried
"Iike the leaf, the echOing rock replied,
ADoNls-Miss Jones, do you think
Brown so awfully ugly? Miss J.--Ugly!
No, indeed Why we all think him ex-
tremely nice-looking AdOnis- Well,
| was talking to him on the stairs just
now, and lady passed, and heard her
say, "That's the ugliest man | ever
saw !" And there was nobody there but
him and me
LET'S 90 shares,' This was COM
mon expression among boys when we
were young, and perhaps it is now. Our
Dumb AnimdlS. They must have been
very nice boys. There have been boys
who said Lets go in snucks !" but it
may be doubted whether any boy, unless
it was little Richard Grant White, ever
said "let's 60 shares"
WHAT'S in that satchel?" Said.a
New York police justice to blear.cyed
prisoner brought up before him the
other day. That" said the victim,
Contains the returns of all the states
including Dade county, Florida, and the
'bulldozed' parish of louisiana and
thev show thPt | am president-elect Of
the United States" 1.-Two MONTHS"
said the Justice, and the prisoner was es-
corted out.
ONE of the peculiarities of feminine
correspondents at the national capital
is that they speak of every round-shoul-,
dered man as having " the student stoop."
They seemed to lack that breadth of COM
prehension necessary to enable them to
understand that q congressman may be
round-shouldered from being Graded in a
coal-hod before he was large enough to
sit in an upholstered chair and spit. to-
baccO juice.
4 SERVANT girl who had been admon.
ished by her mistress to be very careful
in "washin' up" the best tea-things was
overheard shortly afterward indulging in
the following soliloquy while in the act
of wiping the sugar basin: " II was to
drop this ere basin, and was to catch ii,
| suppose shouldn't catch it; but if |
was to drop it. ant wasn't to catch 1t, l
reckon | should catch il"
KITTY OF coLERAINE.
As beautiful Kitty, Que morning, was tripping.
With pitcher Of milk from ths la'f o' 1o'e-
When She saw me she stumbledthe pitcher it
Ard ,iI ibe sweet huttermilk watercd the plain
nb what shall do now Twas looking at YOU
now; m
, sure, such pitcher III ne'sr meet again.
Twas the pride Of the dairy; on, Barney M'LeaIF
You'er se7t rs plague to the s'T!s OF Cole
! raiue ~
sa, down beside her pnd gently did chide her
That such misfortune ,hcud give htr NU-h
pain;
A kiss then give her, tr'orc did leave hcr--
sne vowed Tor such pleasure she break 1t ssa'h'
was hay-naLirg sclsor can't ie the reason,
N,stntture, will never come single that's rl-iu,
-or rery soon aiter pOor it'y's di,ssitr'
Tn devil Pitcher whole in Cclsraine'
A GRAPHIC idea OF the demoralikcd
condition of society in south CMOlind
WAS furnished to congressman Abbott al
Charleston, S. c., the other day. An
old darkey was IT,, ing 10 build nre 10
his room, was - slow that The Judge
asked him what the matter was. ne
: reply was prompt and comprehen,ire;
d" Fact is. Judge, that dar's no coal down i
stars. It's no use talking, dis countiy
Is gwine to hi as fast as Il KIN III
besn nm and down the ollev and stole a, s,'
do rood | could find, and, in the P'ess',
demoralized condition Of society," '
do no better.