The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-29
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BRIC-A-BRIC.


The Popc's new organ is tho Au.
rora. A Aroarcr3 A bull, of course
Some peoples brains are like
+. western lands--cnough Of them, b,,t
not half cultivated.
--"This is a high-handcd OUTRAGE. !,
as the boy remarked when he Connd
! that his mother had put tho cookies OF,
tho upper shelf.
--"heepaway! Death Beware !" arc
some OF tho signs on an Ohio Dowdc,
magazine which has been empty for
twenty years. "
"A physiognomist SAYS that large
ears denote generosity, which is prob
aoly the reason why mule souandcrs
his hind legs.
-"No! Algcrnon, tcar,I say that the
+ poy sh"ii not be brought up on the
Dottic; Look at his grandfathor's
-Bets have been made in Russia
that the Car would not live a year.
ana the chaps who made those bets arc
now living in Siberia.
"A black crook danccr had her lew
cry stolen, a few days ago. Poor
thing She will freeze to death. this
winter, if the trinkcts are not recover
-"Who was Gains wife ?" asks the
hcv. Hatfield, of New York. IT our
memory serves us righs, we think she
was one of the Smith girls.
"A Kentucky man was hit in tho
leg by bullet, while on his knees. in
prayer. Such thing might not occur
again i'll Kentucky In one thousand
years.
When it comes to choosing bc.
tween having al Italian musician plov
a tune on his hand-organ or on lis
iarynx, we have pretty difficult mat
ter to settlc.-E1.
After Texas jury had stood out
lor mlnety-six hours the Judge got a
verdict out Of them in two minutes by
sending them word that a circus had
come to town. '>'
-"Dearcst Sophia" he murmured.
81 give you for Christmas all that /
have. l give you myself" and amid
smiles and bushes she whispercd.
make it pint Of peanuts.
-!fthcrc ever was thing that the
Lord made and said, "No one viii
ever like this" it was tobacco, and
when men learn to love tobacco thcv
can learn to love anything Bcecher.
--Lamson-"Am l governor or nm 7
President of the Senate? Ifnot ono
am l the other? IF either. which nm 7?
lfneithcr, what am l? Who, and what
am lanyhow" w"-Indianapolis Jour-
nal, Rep. 00'"
"A young oyster, in growing
state, Will attach itsclfvery soiidlv to a a
oittcrs bottle. Hundreds of Young
men Know no better than the oyster, so
lie.
Parent. to dssolutc son who had
been making calls: It's a shame vou
should go on so. BE man and keen
sober, and you may make your mark,
h)lssolutc son: Can do (hic) moro than
mat noW-can write my name.
In anticipation of the next bosc
ball season, it is well torcmcmber thot
molasscs and cobwcb arc considered
good for bruised finger. They will
time. ''o''
"A fond mother, hearing TINT an
earthquake was coming, sent her bows
TO friends III the country to cscanc
1t. After few days she received
note from the friend, saying, "Take
your boys away and send along the
earthquake instead"
"A terrible cracking of tho ice WAC
heard the other night and the next
morning q Young lady came down
town and said it wasn't tho ice at all-
IL was the young men breaking their
ho
maid.
The difference between man who
dlgs Ill the ground and one who digs
IN books is that the former digs for
hlrc and the latter for lore. II an A.
iopathic and homeopathic physician
should consent 10 consult together, it
would be strange pair o. docs.-En.
IS curious to note, said the New
ofK Sta'', how a flaming new silk
handkcrchicf will struggle up from the
deepest breast pocket into the liuht of
day and linger there, while the soilcd
cotton one skulks at the bottom. max
ing only now and then hasty sally
into the open air.
Unless Mr.. Edison can arranoc somc
contrlvancc whereby his electric )ioht
can be turned down to such q point as
to be practically cxtinguished, and
still DC turned on by means of a string
connecting with the sofa in case the
old man is heard in the hall, he can
never hope to make it popular with
young people.
"A good Rochester pastor, q Wild
over, proposed to a young lady a
short time since, but was rejected.
Ills feelings had the second severe test
when widow neighbor sent him the
following text to preach from: "You
miss" '''N ''
The Pottstown Ledger denies that
several hundred young men of that
town congrcgate at the depot every
sunday evening to welcome an incom-
ing train; and further declares that
therc is not word oftruth in the story
that a conductor once jumped the track
and ran his train across the fields 10
play, q joke OH the crowd waiting at
the depot. "'
"A benevolent Bostonian, now liy-
ing IN England, has given one hundred