The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
GRAVE AND GAY.

Mock turtle-Kissing before com
pany aud quarreling aiterward.
"A Farmland for harvesting is paid in
central Italy seven cents day, and con-
siders himself fortunate man 10 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 :" "Tm not rubbing it out, nanny
I'm rubbing it in p-Pimch.
Recently, while the PRESIDENT was at
the Washington Schutzeniest, facto-
tum, wishing to do the handsome thing,
said: 4" Mr.. Bresident, vas glad you
komb. We yoost vos keepin some water
on ice for you, eh =
a resolution has been adopted by the
Flat River eNp,ist association, Of North
Caroline, requesting the churches 70 10
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 OF our ae>
quaintance asked us the following conun-
drum: How many letters are there in
a postman's bag? We gave it up, and
she said there were three-b-ag"
"Whats the use of all this sacrifice OF
human life, this bloody butchery Of
Turks and Russians g' said a Philadel-
phia Quaker to a Cincinnati hog mer-
chant. 81 dou't know" replied the lat
ter mournfulIy; "pork isn't riz any that
/ can see"
.Gambetta is stout, and las power
full neck. His hair is somewhat gray, he
is blind in one eye, his walking is a roll
ing gait, and he wears 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 delicieusness like
raspberry ice, and no woman under
twenty can look at him in Marriage ,
without an irresistible desire 10 stick a
spoon into him."
Virginia papers are telling Of ser
geant who was wounded 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 # 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
rife) came out into bis mouth.
.."One extreme leads TO another" ."
That is the reason a young man who be-
gins by treading on a iady's foot often
ends by kissing her lips. And, we may
add, the same rule applies on tie other
side, when a girl who has wasted hours
of time and skeins of chenille embroid-
ering on a pair of slippers for Henry's
exquisite feet, soon begins TO claw the
capillary vegetation out Of the top OF his
head for coming home at , a. m. and try
ing to go to sleep in the coalscuttle.--
HaDkeye.
There's IA showman.on the road who
would think of letting a lady be first to
pass through the doors when opening
them for 3 performance. There's a sort
of feeling that it brings ill-luck. Then
there are cross-eyed people many vete-
ran ticket-seller loses all heart when one
presents himself at the ticket-window.
4 cross-eyed patron and bad house gen.
orally 90 together. a cross eyed per-
former would be a regular Jonah. With
circuses there is a superstition that man
with a yellow clarionet brings bad luck.
And then there are superstitious notions
about going on the stage from the wrong
side and beginning study or rehearsal on
Friday and dozen other things-7ony
Pastor.
The mother OF 4 young miss on
Federal street was recently explaining TO
her daughter the indescribable grandeur
of heaven, and drew picture of para
disc that would infuse new life into many
a 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 petals brilliant gems and
precious stones. The girls eyes bright
ened, and sheseemed absorbed in the con
temptation of the portrayal, but at It's
close she calculated, "Golly, I'd steal
souoa ~ Tran Ty,ues