The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-07
HR IC-A-BRAO,
m Who ran to catch me when I fell :
The sheriff. --- W..

Lne Snerlu.
In former times the man :ata the
cream, Gf the cat didn't anticipate
him. but now they oremate the
man.
This promises to be a very cold
winter, and all of our young men
are wearing the heaviest kind Of
canes.
Putting bent pin in chair is
very amusing practical joke. It
never fails to excite q mans rise.
ability. -. ..f..
A pretty girl down East is q
''mind-reader." She said to a bash.
full beau the other night: "Lal I
believe you are going to kiss me-"
She was right. = .. .'.>,
Professor Edison is invepting q
machine to turn over the festive
slapiack while the hired girl sits in
the corner and reads the latest
novel. Move on, great army of
progress
Alabama has on anti i.eque strian
society, based on the belief that
horses were never made to carry
burdens on their backs. and that, it
it is extremely cruel to ride them.
Prince Henry, second son, of. the,
Grown Prince of Germany, is q
lieutenant in the navy, and set out
recently from Kiel for a two-years'
voyage on the Prince Adelbert.
"a beam upon the face OF: our
Democratic waters--a perfect sky~
scraper in all our election" s"--is
what q Kentucky paper called its pet
candidute for ieutenant-governor.
Rev. Josiah Henshaw, said to be
the original "Uncle Tom," recently
visited Detroit theatre and for
the first time witnessed the pertor-
nance of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
General Sherman says the stories
about the supposed unhappiness in
his family are lies" But Sherman
is such liar that nobody can credit
anything he says.
We are tickle as people in our
love for populax songs. We first
admire, then run the thing in the
ground. Finally we wind mp by
abusing the author.-Nyc.m Ad-
verttsey. g. :.
Henry G. Work deserves a first
class funeral after he is dead. He
wrote "Grandfathers Clock" He
ought to have about sixty days in
the workhouse now.--Boston Post.
The late Mr.. Yanderbilt's lawyer
will swear to the old mans calling
him scoundrel, fraud, a vulture,
just before he died, thus establish-
ing the old gentleman's sanity.
Napoleon SEEING to have had an
instructive dread of the 1iterati.
Besides his persecution Of Madame
de Stael and others, he attributed
the whole of the Revolution to
Rousseau, and pronounced him q
very bcd man. C... ~, 81
It frequently happens that the
United States troops can't oyertake
the Indians, but, on the other hand,
if the United States troops J get q
fair start the Indians can Z oVertake
them either.
Gambetta has created q great en-
thusiasm in France by his speeches.
Some of our eagle orators could
also create great deal Of enthu-
siasm tin this country by making
speeches in France.
The first fifteen minutes following
a marriage engagement may be
turned from ecstatic bliss TO bitter
gall by tho girl remarking that ahe
can tell q Brazilian pebbls from d
diamond in ring with her eyes
shut.-Eres I'yesS. III ri bui
It makes q young man feel very
much az, if some things,in tho, world
were all in vain TO sing et.Dome 70
my bosom, como love nndsf b winsR
dow, and then happen to see sign,
"To Let," on the door...-C Cincinnati
Breakfast- Table.
If the New York banks wonld
give their safe combinations direct
to the burglars iustsad OF imparing
them through janitors, it. might
saye the thieves q good deal Of pre-.
cious time and make robbery 4
much less complicated ahair
Phisadelphia Tir.es. !. !,aia.N1 ..
About this time Of the year eysry,