The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-25
BRIC-I-BRIC.

! lolS from SCHOOL DOtiuS III IOWA..
Why is balky horse like the
capital Of Turkey? Because he is
constant in no pull.
Thirty-scvcn men have been
hanged in New York in four years.
New York is tho Hempiro State
The Cincinnati .En1ui1cr observes
that marriage is often mirage,
And still young people will make
haze to the wedding.
There will be no ball club;n Tur-.
key this season. They can't play
there without knocking the ball
outside of the new boundary lines.
General Mite, the dwarf, is said
to have earned $4,000 for his
mother in the last two years. This
is a fine illustration Of the value Of
the "widow S mite
A st; ;olling theatrical company
was at dinner. A waiter approach.-
cd one OF tho members and said,
"Soup!" "No," replied the guest,
"I am one Of the musicians"
Tho Hcr0i0 man says OF Con-
gresham Kelley: He is tall,
angular, and with voice like an
anvil chorus, is very quiet, and
looks as sad us Il Philadelphia news
paper
In case England drafts mon to
fill up her army, the Prince Of
Wales will Indignantly exclaim,
Here, you can't take me; I'm the
only support of Il widowed mothcr.'
On letter put in IL Maine post
Office the other day, there was tho
following address: "Aiiltonnc Mill
Nouaime Chir.' 1t was intended
for Milton Mills, New Hampshire.
The Prince of Wales created
great sensation at fancy dress bail
in Paris recently, by appearing rs
Robinson Crusoc in his dress Of
skins, and surmountel by tho
traditional umbrella
Out of my 1,5G0 employees, only
about fifty use liquor in any form,
and they all know that just rs soon
as can find equally capable mon to
take their places they will have to
go.-P. r. Bu11,un.
A New York sculptor is engaged
on work to be called "Wingcd
Sorrow" IF the work isn't too far
along we suggest that he givc it the
form and size Of Il Jersey mosquito.
- Worcester Press.
An optical dclusion-Travclcr
eli! Guard! Have you seen man
walking about with one eye, of the
name of Wnller?' Guard (mnsing-
ly): "N-no, sir. I dunno as 'av.
What was the name of the other
eye, sir ?"-Judy.
"Can that horse run fast?" asked
q boy of a lni,liman tho other morn
ing. NO, sonny" replied the
purvcyor Of aqueous lactcal fluid,
she can't run very fast, but he can
stand the fastest Of any horse you
ever saw.
A young man, just engaged on q
rancho in Truckcc, CAL, was set to
driving II yoke Of cattle, and at
noon, when he wanted to feed them,
was observed trying to mscrcw
their horns, in order to get the yoke
off the animals.
a little girl said: 81 like tho
country because there arc no corr
ncrs. When Tn at homo mother
tells mo rot to go farther than tho
corner Of the street, but-don't YOU
sec ?----thoro arc no corners here,
and / can go anywhere.
Here is another awful conundrum ::
What is the difference between ,hc
man who has n weakness between
thc shouldcr-b!adcs and tho man
who wants Congress to voto him
S100,00O for services rendered dur
ing tho war? Now listen to tho
answer: Ono has lamo back and
tho other q back claim.
Mrs. William Crawslcy lost hor
life recently at fox hunt in Eng
land. She was riding rapidly after
the hounds, when her horse lcapcd q
hedge and landed under u small
apple tree. STOPPING to avoid the
branches, her head came in violent
contact with tho trunk, by which
her neck was broken. Sho was only