The Cecil Whig., 1877-11-10
GLEANINGS.
An Iowa editor recently announced
that a certain patron of his was :" "theving
as usual" IL was written thriving.

AN iowa eultOf recently announced
that certain patron of his was "thieving
as usual IL was written thriving.
A sign on a Baltimore street reads,
Joseph Amborn'' We do not wish to
deny the assertion, but we object to the
grammar of it.
The old en-cent paper currency is fast
a sample as memento. and already calls
it dime-nove.
A railway car for people who get
drunk is the fastest suggestion. 1t is
around Brandy Station, Va, that this idea
must have originated.
The New York Commercial publishes a
poem entitled g The Mosquito (after Wm.
Cullen Bsyant.') 1t does not tell whether
the venerably poet escaped.
"A lady has just been appointed princi-
pal of high school in Delaware. From
which it is fair to assume that the motto of
the trustees is Principals, not men,
"A curious sign has been adopted at
Cupar by native baker, proud of his
knowledge of English, European loafer'
being printed in large letters over his door
"A Baltimore Councilman refused to
vote for lamps in front of tabernacle
until it was explained to him that the taber-
nacle was Il church, and not taveran, as
he had supposed.
4 II ,i,1
her little brother the Lords prayer the
other night, and, when she had said, % Give
us this day our daily Bread he suddenly
called out, "pray for syrup. too, sister,
The New York World asks: "Of what
use are the legs of a pair of trousers below
the knee? - Not much use, we confess
but the trouble can be remedied by putting
on pair Of suspenders and hauling them
up where they belong.
A Connecticut man. whose death was
falsely reported in newspaper, writes:
" Its a mistake, I've no thought of dying.
| couldn't afford it when funeral expenses
are up higher than a kite, and potatoes
worth only fifty cents a bushel in Water
bury.
-hentucky gets up more crime than all
other Southern States. For instance: Three
daug ghters of kentuckan determined to
be married the other day, and their father
refusing to approve their resolve, they all
elored with the men of their choice the
same night.
-"Quarter, quartei?' shreked an ex
hausted Turk, falling upon his knees and
holding up his clasped hands beseechingly
toward the pursuing Cossack. And the
Cossack, vino was fighting in the cause of
humanity and Christianity, felt the appeal
and answered it. He quartered him.
The origin of the cucumber is thus
accounted for; "a seraph was sick with
the collie one day, and, weeping, leaned
over the moon; the tears, as they fell, float
ed lightly away on the gossamer pinions of
June. But one, as it drifted along in the
damp, sank weariy down to earth, and, as
trembling it lay, twas embraced by
cramp, and the cucumber blushed into
birth.
He was wild Texan. just from the
frontier, and had boarded the train at
Fort Worth for Dallas. 1t was his first
ride on the "keers," and as the conductor
reached in his hip pocket for his punch, the
sharp eye of Texas caught a glimps of its
polished handle, and, quick as thought, he
leveled navy six" on that conductor,
saying: &C Put her up or I'll blow daylight
through you. No man can get the drop on
men'