The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-07
RRIC-A-BRAC.

The sheriff.
In former times the man ate the
Dream, Gf the cat didn't anticipate
him. but now they oremate the
man.
This promises to be O very cold
winter, and all of our young mon
are wearing the heaviest kind Of
canes.
Putting bent pin in a chair is
very amusing practical joke. It
never fails to excite mans rise,
ability. '...,..':...
A pretty girl down East is O
''mind-reader.' She said to a bash.
full beau the other night "Lal I
believe you are going to kiss mo"
She was right. II ...'!.au
Professor Edison is inventing 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 an anti .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 HenHJ, second son of. the
Grown Prince of Germany, is q
lieutenant in the navy, and act OF
recently from Kiel for q two.years'
voyage on the Prince Adelbert.
"a beam upon the face Of our
Democratic waters--a perfect sky-
scraper in all our eiections"-
what a Kentucky paper called its pet
candidute for acknowledgements.
Rev. Josiah Henshaw, said to be
the original "Uncle Tom," recently
visited Detroit theatre and for
the first time witnessed the perfor.
nance of "Uncle Toms Cabin.
General Sherman says the stories
about the supposed unhappiness in
his family are lies" But Sherman
is such a liar that nobody Can credit
anything he says.
We are tickle as q people in our
love for populax songs, We first
admire, then run tho thing in the
ground. Finally we wind mp by
abusing the author.-Nycunl Ad-
uertiSer. -.
Henry G. Work deserves 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, a fraud, a vulture,
just before he died, thus establish- |
ing the old gentleman's sanity.
Napoleon SEEING TO have mad An
instructive dread of tho literati.
Besides his persecution of Madame
de Stael and others, he attributed
the whole of the Revolution to
Rousseau, and pronounced him o.
very bad man. ,..... .,a n y
1t frequently happens that the
United States troops can't oyertake
the Indians, but, on the other hand,
if the United States troops get d
fair start the Indians can't overtaks
them either.
Gambetta has created a great en-
thusiasm in France by his speeches.
Some of our eagle orators could
also create a great deal Of enthu-
siasm lin this country by making
speeches in Franco.
The first fifteen minutes following
a marriage engagement may be
turned from ecstatic bliss to bitter
gall by tho girl remarking that abe
can tell d Brazilian pebbls' from d
diamond in ring with her eyes
shut.--Free x'ress. I'll vri Lui
It makes young man feel very
much as if some things, in the, world
were all in vain TO sing sApome ,'toI
my bosom, come low" nndst'a wshs
dow, and then happen to see sign,
"To Let," on the door, Cincinnati
Br<okfast- Table.
If the New York banks wonld
give their safe combinations direct
to the burglars iustsad Of imparting
them through janitorS, it, might
save the thieves good deal Of pre-.
cious time and make robbery 1
much less complicated affair.
fhilade!phia Tif.es. All. na!aolii 81
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