The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-11-02
GRAVE AND GAY.

Mock-tdrtle-kissin before com
pany aud quarreling aiterwRrc.
A farmland for harvesting ispaid in
central Italy seven cents day, and con
siders himself fortunate man TO find
employment at that rate.
"Oh, George, I'm ashamed Of you
rubbing your lips like that, after that
dear little French girl has given you
kiss % "Pm not rubbing it out NANNY
Pm rubbing it in r'-Pmch.
Recently, while the president was at
the Washington Schutzsniest, a facto-
tum, wishing to do the handsome thing,
said: Mr.. PRESIDENT, vas glad you
komb. We yoost vos keepin some water
on ice for you, eh y
"A resolution has been adopted by the
Fiat River Baptist -assaiciativn, a North
Carolina, requesting the churches to re-
port the number Of moderate drinkers
among church members, and the amount
of liquor distilled by church members.
An exchange tells how the joke was
on him. "a bright little girl o; our ac-
quaintance asked us the following conun-
drum: How many letters are there in
a postman's bagT We gave it up, and
she said there were three-b-ag."
What's the use ofall this sacrifice OF
human life, this bloody butchery Of
Turks and Russians ?" said Philadel-
phia Quaker to a Cincinnati hog mer-
chant. 81 don't know" replied the lat
ter mournfully; "pork isn't riz any that
/ can see"
.Gambetta is stout, and has a power
full nack. His hair is somewhat gray, he
is blind in one eye, his walking is a roll
ing gait, and he wears a rusty hat. His
voice is like the roll Of thunder, and
when he becomes vehement he is a great
orator.
A New York critic, in speaking Of
Boucicault's new comedy, Marriage"
saws that the author "has frozen Mr..
Montague into a pink deliciousness likes
raspberry ice, and no woman under
twenty can look at him in Marriage
without an Irresistible desire to stick
spoon into him."
Virginia papers are telling Of ser
geant who was vounded in the arm at
Malvern Hill, in the groin at Chancel
lorsville, had three ribs broken at the
Crater, and was shot through the neck
at Hatcher's Run. In eighteen months
eight pieces Of bone " from the spinal
column" they assert, worked out
through his mouth, and few weeks
since, more than twelve years after the
wound, the leaden bullet (Which proved
to be a percussion bullet from a Belgian
rihe) came out into his mouth.
Zone extreme leads to another"
That is the reason a young man who be-
gins by treading on lady's foot ohefQ
ends by kissing her lips. And, we may
ldd, the same rule applies on the other
iide, when a girl who has wasted hours
# time and skeins Of chenille embroid-
ring on a pair Of slippers for Henry's
exquisite feet, soon begins to claw the
capillary vegetation out of the top Of his
read for coming home at a. m. and try
ng to go 10 sleep in the coal scuttle.-
Ha0keye.
There's no showman.On the road who
would think Of letting a lady be first TO
lass through the doors when opening
hem for a Performance. There's a sort
# feeling that it brings ill-luck. Then
here are cross-eyed people; many vete-
an ticket-seller loses all heart when one
presents himself at the ticket-window.
4 cross-eyed patron and bad house gem
rally 90 together. A cross eyed per-
ormer would be a regular Jonah. With
.ircuses there is superstition that man
With n yellow clarionet brings bad luck.
and then there are superstitious notions
bout going on the stage from the wrong
ide and b ginning study or rehearsal on
Friday and a dozen other things-Iony
Pastor.
The mother OF n young miss on
Federal street was recently explaining to
ier daughter the indescriba5le grandeur
If heaven, and drew a picture Of para
iise that would infuse new life into many
4 weary pilgrim. The fond parent said
that the streets were paved with glitter
ing gold. and out into the evergreen
groves, where the angels dwell in eternal
Joy, flowers spring up under the gentle
pressure of their airy feet, bearing among
their beautiful petsls brilliant gems and
precious stones The girls eyes bright
ened, and sheseemed absoi bed in the con
of the portrayal, but at It's
close she calculated, "Golly, I'd steal
some ~ Troy Times.
How they Voted for Sneaker.