The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-14
BRIC-I-ERlfC.


BRIC-A-BRAC.
Alfred: Your poem must lie over,
having some minor defects. For in
stance, gorge docs not rhyme with
morguc.
Father Cto sleepy boy): "Comc,
James, you ought to bc up with the
lark on such u beautiful morning"
Mattcr-of-tact boy: "All right; but
how'm to get up therc?"
"A pennsylvania editor ucknowl-
edges the receipt Ola tomato weighing
nearly pound. AS missile to hit u
stump speaker in the nose the value of
mat tomato can never be properly es-
timatcd.
-"Marria9e witha tingc ofromancc"
is what they call it in Kansas when the
OLD man rides after the couple and
shoots the hat off the bridcgroom's
head with bullet from an army car
binc.-kree Pi'ccs.
Charley: "What girl was that you
nau IN low last evening, llarry?"
Harry on his dignity): "What you
please TO call tow, sir, is what people
OF culture generally speak Of as k.o,dC
trcsscs, SIR" Goes off in u huff.
"a story is told of Chivac, the duke
oiOrlcans' physician. lie never motto
ca That nc was i'll, being so anxious
about the health ofothcrs; but one dav
he felt his own pulse and said: Gle is
dead man; have been called in too
late"
How the eye Of the editor sparklcs
when he picks up the Paris papers and
finds the opposition press calling Jules
rerry "a vulgar scullon," Gambctta
% biack pudding on gridiron,"
,WaddinGton can imbccilc," and &c.
bcrc ga beast"
The Boston Heyo1d says: "In q
recent letter to an old friend, Grant
says he shall GO directly from San
fraclsco to Galena, Ill.,, where he still
has house, and that he shall not take
III any demonstrations calculated to
make part of the 'boom.'"
The abolition of tiogging in tic
British army will now become Il rccow
niZcd party cry, says the Sutuytltu
ncc'eW, unless the government takes
the wind out ofthc opposition sails bv
abolishlng it themselves. And if thc
government doesn't, its cpitaph will
be, ''Thc cat did it,"
The purchase Of the famous Cas-
tie ofJohnannisberg, on the Rhine. has
been effected by Baron Rothchild. thc
Nlcncsc banker. The celebrated cs-
tate. presented to Prince Mcttcrnich
Dy MS generous sovereign, during the
congress OF 1878, has not remained
long III the hands Of his son. 1t was
AT legal investigation Of q liouor
seizure the Judge asked an unwilling
witness: "What was in the barrel that
you had" The reply was "Wcn,
your honor, it was marked 'whiskc,'
on one end ofthc barrel and Pat Dunv'
on the other end, so that | can't say
whether it was whiSkcv or Pat DUFFY
was IN the barrel, being rs am on my
oath.'
A Newport letter says the histo-
rlan Bancroft's roses arc looking more
lovely than ever, and his collection of
plants is large and choice. Mr.. Ban
crolt's garden runs ont to the edge of
the cliffs and ovcrlooks the Atlantic
Ocean, and he delights to point out to
strangers the rarest of his plants, ujon
which hundreds Of dollars are spent
annually.
,.-Joscph Cook, pnce asked a certain
lady to be his wife, and immediately
lapscd into profound study of some
thing. The lady. softly said, .'Ycs,"
and us he didn't respond she repeated
the word little louder. "Stop your
noise" 'roarcd Joseph; "l'vc cot an
argument at my tongues end that will
Knock the spots out of John Mill, and
here you're trying to spoil ."-BuDu-
10 Express.
There is an old soldier now en-
ploycd ut the Royal Military Academy,
Noolwlch, who was present at tho flu
neral OF Napoleon l., at St. Helena, i'm
1871. lie was also at the funeral Of
Napoleon ILL.,, at Chisclhurst, in 1873.
and Oh Saturday July II, with the Cen
tlcmcn Cadets, he attended the funeral
OF the Empcror's only son. He was in
the Royal Artillery, and his name is
Henry Weathers.
Mr.. Ross r. Winans, SAYS New
York WorM correspondent, will pur-
chasc large schooncr-yacht on his re-
turn to the United States. Mr.. Winans
possesses every appliance and improve
mcnt thht money can purchase or hui
man ingenuity devise for the catching
of bass; His father was great ang.
ltr, and had built out from'thc rocks.
near his mansion at Newport, an iron
bridge, on which he would sit for hours
enjoying the sport It is said that in
one day he caught nearly 400 pounds
Of bass.
The Partisan Of July II, says:
"Alr: Samuel l.. Clemens Mark
TWain), who has been living busy
retired life in Paris for the last four
months, left Paris last month for Bel
gium and Holland, en- route for Eng
land, where he is tho expected guest at
one OF the magnificent English country
seats. Mr.. Clemens will sail, with his
family, for America about the lst Of
September, and immediately on his ar
rival nome will give his attention to
the publication of a new book he has
Wittcn during this last visit to Europe,
the Illustrations Of which have been
designed by Walter +. Brown lin Paris,
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