Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
NO. 35.
FACETIE.

Tho most bashful girl we ever heard
tell of was the young lady who biushed
when she was asked if she had not been
counting sleep.
-"If you don't stop your coughing"
said the judge, "I'll fine you q hundred
dollars" ''Pll give your honor two hum
dred if you can stop it," was the lawyers
reply.
"A young lady sent twenty-five cents
and a postage stamp in reply to an ad
vertisement of "How to make an impress
sion." and received for an answer, s'Sit
down on pan of dough-"
Mark Twain is coming home, and
the Chicago Times says he Is compelled
to do this in order to look after his rep
utation as i first class liar, which has
been .icopardized by the recent cipher
investigation.
--"At the end of the first year comes
the cotton wedding" explains an
exchange. And this is not the only thing
that comes at the end of the first year.
-ometimes the mother in law, aud some-
times twins.
Josh Billings says: 'There is ono
thing about hen that looks like wisdom:
they don't kackle much until after they
have laid their egg, Some pholks are
alwuz Il Dragging and Il kackling what
they are going tew do bee-fore hand"
IA letter was put into the box, the
appearance of which denoted that tho
writer was unaccustomed to stamps, and
had failed to make one stick at all. At
last in despair, he pinned it to The epL
velope, and wrote just under it-PAlD,
if the id thing sticks ~
"A gentleman, who is no longer young
and who never was handsome, says to q
child in the presence of its parents:
"Well, my child, what do you think of
me, eh 81
The little ono makes no reply, and the
gentleman continues:
"Well, so you won't tell mo what you
think of me. Why won't you"
"'Cause I don't want to get licked.'
Tho fact that Congress appropriated
100000 to the improvement of the Ken
tucky river has broken up the poetic
thusly he gusketh -
Now, old Kentucky, blow yer best
From all yer hills and hollers,
Yer goin' to have npon yer breast
A hundred Thousand dollars.
| But don't be SO with glory crammed
| That you must cry, "Well, Pll be d ID :"
A reverend gentleman residing in =
neigh boring town has the misfortune
to own Il son who is addicted to drink
The other night, when the family ha.
| retired to rest. the son returned home ii.
his usual condition. When the clergy
man opened the door to his graceless OIL
| spring, he exclaimed: "DInnk again, Her.
ry; drunk again, !" "All right, father,
replied the staggering repro obate," so alt,
Iw
! The su tjoined picture of the muta
tions in the stream of love may meet s
response:
| "When a feller falls in luv
| he duz ware Il white kig glUv,
| and let's the barber scrape his chin,
| and wears flashy bnzzum pin,
| and puts on lots ofsplclid,l close,
! and wears tite boots onto his toes,
and slneels just like the sproutin TOSS,
| all newly sprung il Joon;
| But if he dug the mitten git,
| what Phancy PheellinX round him Git
| he grows all over melancholer.
and hides behind q Atandin' kollar.
An eternal warfare seems to rage be-
| tween the cofntry negro and the tow:
darlley. This was illustrated at the pas
senGer depot yesterday. A colored yout =
from Pix county approached tow.
| "a l,a
| ensucd:
"Whar bouts is do ticket Office ~
"Right dar fore yo' eyes,
"Fore whose eyes 7"
"Yone."
"Is you dc ticket office p
"Lools yer, nigger, don't gin. me roae
yo' slack"
| "rm a mighty slack man whenI gifts
stirred up"
can you'll git stirred up of you stan
roun' yer foo!in, longer me.'
Oats do kinde: excise what Pm {
pinin' fer"
And with that they ce"ched and had 4
right lively tnssle. They were separated;
however, before a police came along, aut
the Pike county darkey found the Office.
The town negro, it may be we'll to men,
tinn, was badly used up.-AtlaHta Cr4~
stEtutiOn.
"A crowd of youuS chaps about toWr
were in one of the popular beer saloons
yesterday, where they met Il Jolly old
| Dutchman, who often gets thorotl ghsy =
soaked in beer and mau,llin funny.
"Hello. Old cheese, have you heard tke
| ncws7" said one.
| ''Nein vas iah dasT"
| "The Water Works are busted %
! "Vel,, dots bad NIT dem tenn