The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-20
TRUTHS and TRIPLES.


..Humpty Dnmpty Fox, with
brain all correct again, Is living quietly
in hiso own house in Brooklyn, in excellent
health and spirits BE thinks of the
stage, but does not know when he will
jam his hands down hard into his pockets
toe in, and assume diabolical grim be-
fore an uproarious house again.
"A Frenchman has invented solder
to seal up holes in tinware, which is not
only pronounced perfect, butawful cheap.
But he'll lose money IL lie comes over
here with it, for the American nation is
so surely welded TO the use Of small
piece of rag, that the most elaborate COM
bination can not wean il from its idol.
With virtue, capacity and good con-
duct, one can still be unsupportable.
The manners, which are neglected ss
small things, are often those which de
eide men for or against you. A slight
attention to them would have prevented
their i'll judgments.-Bruyere.
Between Roversto and Trent, at the
foot of hill, an immense bronze table
of the Roman epoch has been discovered.
1t reproduces in perfectly preserved
characters the decree of Julius Caesar, in
which he granted to the people Of those
towns the Roman citizenshipand alliance
with one of the civic tribes.
The heirs of Joseph Lewis, th
Hobeken man, who willed a million dol
lars to help retire to national debt, are
coming forward by the band-wagon load
and putting in plea Of the patriots in
sanity. Not that they want the million
dollars, understand, but because they
desire to'suslunacy dipo0nraged.r s.,.
:. Young lady in the country "Aunt
Tabithy, my fur-sack of imitation mush-
rat is about played-whoddy you think
I'd better git into for summer wear p
Reoshy, I'd jest like to zee your lovely
form in one of these new-fashioned Gus
pidors, cut bias, turned over on the
edge and box x-pIeated around the topl"
Sensation.
=. The book agent was a red-hcale
man, and when he took off his hat with
surface politeness, and ran his hand
through his blazing top-knot, each hair
seemed to glow with satanic fire. Then
he bobbed his head and showed more
erubescence, and opening his mouth, ex-
hibited his deep magenta-hued fangs,
and Missed forth, GOOD day."--Detrot
! Ners
The advice of the Globe Democrat
to the young man who hung around the
chamber-window of the fair girl with the
scarlet lips, was:
Pray cease your senselers gushing
About the girl 30 fair
And don't go hanging round her
But court her on the square.
And TO this an anonymous correspondent
thus makes reply;
followed your suggestion,
And stood ON court square All day'
But the lovely girl. with the scarlet lips
She never came that way.
"A lady in Springfield had been talk
ing with her little girl about death in
the neighborhood, and about good chill
dren going to heaven, when bright eyes
said Mamma, shall we have clothes
ready for us in heaven ?" and the mother
replied in the affirmative. The little
one went away again to her play, but
soon came back in thoughtful mood
with, "Well, mamma, guess I'll take
my trunk Of clothes along, to make
sure"
The Buffalo Courier hunts it up
again and starts off with; MI. Secretary
Thompson has never served two years
before the mast, but it is affirmed that
his nautical requirements are more
varied than were those of President
! TayIor's ~eerotar1, of the navy When
/ that official first boarded n man-ofwar at
the Gosport navy-yard he paused before
the hatchway gave startled glance down.
ward and exclaimed, Great Cesar's
ghost if the - thing isn't hollow !"