Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-30
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tlaS, y SOAR Acaus
/, When a man bows assent /,
what you are saying, be stoopl
/ TO concur. sss
No wonder. the California
Legislature is a gaseous affair,
: six of its members are editors
The reason we can not have
an honest horse race is because
we haven't an honest human
race. p eI
IT doesn't take schoolboy
long to eyince a love for division,
provided another boy owns the
apple. ~ ''.i.'
Twenty thousand white men
"exodusting" TO, new country
ARE called fools. Twenty thou
sand negroes are called martyrs.
Ittakcs a whole Legislature
to changc a man 8 name. A
woman can change hers by the
act Of a single MAN.. 3.'i'.a-
A contemporary informs as
that Texans raise hemp" We
can inform our contemporary
that hemp often raises Texans.
The telephone is to be intro
dnced into Paris, but before it
can become thoroughly success
full the Frenchman must learn to
bawl "IIellol''
The man who attempted to
assassinaie Booth was dry
goods clerk. He must have
! cen the victim of some coun-
ter-irritant. 3
A man is always wanting
some one to tell him how hand
some he looks. A woman VIII
just stand before a glass and
see iol herself.i & ..sa.i .s,a.
IA Chicago policeman arrest
ed a boy who had an, n,onion tied
in the corner or his handker-
chief:a The Charge against him
wascarrying concealed wcepins.
The correspondent who wants
to dispose OF a business on ac-
count ofrill health shonld say
whether his business is un-
healthy risl'i or only himself 0riHe
A farmer, whose son was
clerk in New York, Iwpote to
his employer asking ''if there
was sanytl.iugz in, the boy"
Yes, he replied, "juStalter he
has been to u saloon."
That was an observing fellow,
lii he was but 6 years old, who
said, ''Papa, ] wish you'd quar-
aptine against Tom Jones COM
ing here every night 10 see Jen-
mic. It's got to be .oo epidemic"
Young wife-"Oh, my dear,
there is a most lovely 'se;-pin,
earrings and sleeve-buttOns.
Dc go buy them. "H Mr.. Tight
string Yes, dear, / mean o go
by them as quick as possible"
Shakespear never repeated.
There was a gifted little boy in
Kentucky last week who rescm-
bled the immortal bard in this
il mpoftantA particular. He
thoughtlessly twisted q mules
tail ~ =
A stranger asked resident in
Milford, Del, "Are you always
troubled with mosquitoes here?"
"Mosquitoes!" was the answer,
Swing a pint measure aronnl
and you'll catch q quart OF
them" iod g1idiaa 5ias g aaag0 Il
The curious fact Is noticed by
the Cincinnati Commercial that
''no matter how handsome a
family monument q man may
have in The cemetery, he never
wants TO lie on his back and
look at it, 1-7rr
An unsuccessful vocalist went
toithe po0rhouse and delighted
the inmates with his singing.
He said it was q natural thing
for him to do, as he had been
singing to poor houses ever
since he began his career. o
( AT a party on Nelson street,
the other evening, the conVersa-
ton appeared to be dying out,
when a bilious man suddenly OBJ
served to a young lady ON his
right, 81 don't think they make
pills as large as they used to"
After that the conversation went
out again. ,gTl9H9S
'9An agent who had sold a |
DafthIhaii some goods was to
deliver them at the residence of |
the purchaser. The Dutchman
gave him the following direc-
ton: "You shoost goes behind
lie church; den you turns up de
right for while till you come
to house with a big hog in the
yard. Dos me. HkE
4 good church member in
NewioA, Mass, Il who had, by
sopse acr5tient become a little
.tipsy met his pastor, in thai
CONDITION. The pastor sterhiy.