The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-13
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unbroken colt at the other, and in
hurry to got somewhere.-Ke'',e-
bu,ek Star.
We thought of holding this over
until 1880, but afterwards conclud~
cd to lot the world have it without
delay: A good dentist is u SUCCESS
full man on the stump lVheetiug
Leader.
London Sporting Neeos:-"A
thrifty father took his boy to q
doctor IF you can cure him for
less than the funeral expenses, said
he, 60 ahead; but if you can't
sonny'll have to take hfs chances. >"
Great zeus! George Reogeon-
coiroplle and Demitre Johnnnoes-
trawtu have just beena admitted to
American citizenship in Portland,
Oregon. They arc Ggseks by birth,
and also by name--shghtly.
The London Times regards tho
resumption of specie payments in
America rs settled. M declares that
80 great a revolutiqh was never
accomplished with soaittle disturb>
ance of interests ana 50 slight
shock. :
The roof of the CAPITOL at Wash
ington will rattle ike IN empty
wagon bed behind a,Aunaway toani.
and the Goddess ofe Liberty will
dance on Irish jig on tho dome,
when those two giants, Logan and
Voorhees,, shake their names and
plunge headlong into each other.
A minister told beautiful young
girl, who was about to become Il
bride, that she must remember that
the man and wife arc one. "Lord" |"
she, "if you were under my father
and mothers window when they are
quarrelling, you'd think they were
at least dozen" =
Professor Wise, the veteran bal
loonist, says balloons may be built
of boiler iron, if builtlargc enough.
When the surface is doubled the
cube is quadrupled, and q balloon
400 feet in diameter, of copper
plate, would lift up @ man of war
vessel and sail away withit.
DR.. Carver, the marksman, gavo
m exhibition of his skill in q New
Haven theatre recently, and, after
perforating trade dollar with
rife ball, he tossed the coin ont
into the audience, accidentally
hitting young man on the heal
and making wound which bled
freely.
A doctor, writing to the New
York Su'a, says that after ten years
special investigation of the topic,
he finds that this country is losing
far more lives by consumption and
diphtheria-direct result of vacci-
nation-than we are saving by the
prac tice of vaccination.
It was left for the Elmira Gazette
to discover that "the prominent re-
ligious features in some mems devo-
ton is the amount Of noise they
make in yelling amen ! and the ex>
treme silence they assume when
asked how much they will give to-
wards some charitable object"
"Do you call that clothes 2"
sternly said British customs off
cial to the woman who had sworn
that there was nothing in her trunk
but clothes for herself and husband,
and as he spoke he pointed to six
bottles of brandy. YES" said she
softly "those, are his night caps"
A colored firm recently dissolved
partnership, and posted the follow
ing notice to the public: De disso~
luton Of coparsnips heretofore re-
sisting between mo and Moso Jones
in de bark or profession, an hereto
fore disso)v d Pursons who ' Q must
pay de subscriber. Dem what do
firm ose must call on Jones, as de
firm is ipsolved."
Danbury Noaos :-"By boring q |
hole through q silver dollar and
tying it to a tag Connecticut man
sent it through the mail for cent,
whereas if he had put it in an
envelope it would have cost him
three cents, No one but n New
Englander would have throught of |
such device, and it is this prompt
graphing with the situation that
gives New England it's mighty in
fuence upon the world"
London Truth :--sAt the same
time that he ia s,1ch q fluent ,o11s;nnl