The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-20
WAITS AND WHI1IS.



And words are music from your tongue
Little girl, love you well,
How much my verse can never tell,
But If the truth must be confessed,
love your grown-up sister best.
"A thermometer gains Inotoriety by
degrees.
Why is young wife like hinger
Because she is something TO sdore.
The mean man is always mesner to
himself than to anyone else.i
"A pistol is not half so dangerous
when the owner is not loaded.
The Bennett Arctic expedition will
leave San Francisco during June.
Almost all of us are generous to q
fault, if the fault happens to be our own.
The sausage is the only species OF
ground hog that does not hibernate in
winter.
..Hudibras calls matrimony perTerse
fever, beginning with heat and ending
with frost.
The /" watch-dog's honest bark may
be all right, but it's the quiet dog that
puts in the bites.
Poverty is bully if you are afraid
of it, bat is good-natured enough if you
meet Il half way.
The man who is waiting for some.
thing to turn upi generally finds it when
he steps on a bsrrel-hoOp.
For fifteen years no governor of
North Carolina has served out his full
term,
One writes iIlegibly to hide his bad
spelling, as one contents ones self with
half smile to conceal poor teeth,
The man who signed for the wings
of a bird did not, apparently, know that
the legs were much nicer eating.
..Modesty is a priceless virtue; but
if, ike the paint on woman's cheek, it
is only "put on" it loses its value.
1t is base ball where only one lady
menopoliEes partners enough to have
nine on a side. ANY other woman press
ent will say so.
1t is inferred from th heroism with
which Spartan women used to encourage
their husbands to go forth to battle that
they looked well in black
"A million little diamonds
Tvinkling on the tees,
And all the little maidens said,
| 4" A jewel, II you please'
But while they held their hands outstretched
To catch the diamonds gay,
A million little sunbsanls came,
And stole them all away.
-" What" said an exquisite young
lady, sis the most popular color for
bride ?" We may be little particular
10 such matters, but We should prefer
white one.
"A man was DESTROYS to call his boy
by the name of Asa, but shis wife, not
viking the name, he told her that, if she
wou.I les lim have his way that time,
she might name Jh0 next two.
-" SAM" said one little urchin 10
another" Sam, does your schoolmsster
ever give you any rewards of merit %
al s'po5e he,does," was the reply; "he
gives me Iickin' regular every day, and
says I merit two"
Musician: You say you have de-
! sire 10 become musician, and have a
good ear loc --us4c. Jud"ing from the
ear on the photograph enclosed il Jour
letter, we should think you had better
ear for lead pencil.
"A very old lady on her death-bed, in
penitential mood, said: 81 have been
great sinner more than eighty years, and
didn't know it." An old colored woman,
who had lived with her long time, sx,
claimed, "Lorsl l Iknowed it all the
time"
A pair of ORA wers- sEraws in lemon
ade.-T Puck. A pair of pants-two
dogs after long chase Philadelphia
Chronicle. A pair of slippers-two eels.
-IAlDany Argus. Apair OF shoOs-two
women chasing a hem Rochester
| Democrat.
Amelia waved her fan with glte,
AND, being in playful mOO1.
she gave the airy toy 70 me,
Ana babe me hirI II if could.
TIE rlelsant toll quick began,
But jealous pangs my bosom huIt,
Madam, | cannot hirt Ian,
But with your leave III tan firt."
"A correspondent wishes 10 know it
we are the author OF the American
Encyclopedia" Well, mono; net ex-
actly the author of it. We killed the
ealvasser, however, if that il what you
mean HawkeYe.
An insurance agent in New York
speaking nouchSlantly about the fires
which are occasioned every year by eric
tion," explains that he meant the ruh-
bling of large amounts Of insurance
against small amounts Of stock"
1t is all very well to talk about econ
Omy, but the difficulty is to get anything
, to economic. The | tile baby who puts
his toes into his mouth is almost the
only person in these hard times who
manages to make both ends meet.
&C Can man belong to brass band
and be a christian ?" asks an exchange.
We see no impediment in the way. But
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