The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-02
RRIC-1-BR1C.

ohh, uh0 SUo"s,
Cork trees boar m edible acorn
resembling our chestnut.
The man who is going down in the
world is the coal miner.
Bad-fitting shoes make corns on
horses feet, the same rs ON peoples.
BE careful how you indorso drafts,
especially the draught Of q chimney.
The entire seacoast line of tho
globe amounts to about 10000
miles. .-.
Not two persons in ono thousand
of the people in Roumania can read.
There are nine hundred miles of
water-mains underlying the streets
Of London.
If a man is on his way to the
woods to commit suicide and bull
suddenly gives chase, the chances
arc that he will run for his life.
The power which the toad has of
initiating his body is the power Of
defense, to prevent the possibility
Of his being swallowed by snakes.
Old sailors tell us of frequent
fights between whales and sword
fishes so invotorate are they that
both often float dead upon the sur
face of the sea after the conflict.
II anything will reduce full.
grown fat man it is well-directed
bank failure.
We have seen many poor horse
out in q driving rein and not wet
hair on his back.
Thanksgiving approaches, and
the wise turkey will at once com.
mence taking anti fat,
Milk is nutritious, but the chap
who drinks half gallon of it must
feel completely cowed down,
~ declare, 1t beats awl," as the
shoemaker said the first time he
used n sewing machine,
Joint debate-Tha one held be,
tween the heads of the house on
whether this piece of stove pipe will
fit that.
Part of the edge of the cone of
Mount Vesuvius has given way, and
Prof. Palmicri is having a sort of
retaining wall of ashes built.
A man who was in tho habit of
talking to himself, being asked by
his wife why he did SO, remarked
that he liked to converse with q
man of sense.
Gen. Ben Butler says he has but
one thing to beg pardon for on his
death bed-that's bolping to elect
Hayes
"Is this air~tight ?" inquired
man in hardware store, as he ex-
amined Il stove. ''No, sir" replied
the clerk ; "air never gets tight"
He lost q customer. !.
One archiyist of Antwerp has dis
covered bill of sale of September
1st, 1547, for twenty-five bottles of
petroleum, at that early date i'm
ported into tho city.
Brick Pomeroy contests with
Boast Butler the daddyship of the
fat money scheme. We always
thought it was a Observation-Disclosures
Constitution. ...,tl
There is much Importance dis
played in the manly tread of the
police thore is much pride shown
in the looks Of a darky with white
ribboned hat there is much light
ness in the gait of prize pig; but,
for conglomeration Of all these,
give us one little boy after sum-
mer~day's fishing. with sixteen
foot pole in one hand and three
inch sunish in the other.-Syranuse
Times, ...
There is nothing like making
yourself understood. The other
evening Western gentleman was
accoated by two practising commune
nists, who intimated that they would
"trouble him for his watch" He at
once explained that he carried his
watch in his hip-pocket that it was
stom-winder, full barreled. and
that there would be 'Ftronblo all
around" if he was obliged to pull
it out. The communists requested
him to pass on his way and to keep
their share of the watch till they
asked for it again. Boston HeraId,
A Fulton IN. ~ man laid his
finger on the table in front of q