The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-05-13
FACETIR.

The secretary OF a young ladies' liter.
airy society in Kansas keeps a %"iurnel Of
proceeding"
Mrs General fremont, who is in Wash
ington. has white hair and a complexion
like a girls, with sparkling eyes and a
merry laugh.
Potato parties are the latest church
amusements. AS they give an opportu-
nifty TO "mash, they ought to be popu-
lar with the young people.
Hundreds Of young ONE are going
TO join the Mormons. Their salt tears
will perhaps add TO the extent Of the
great Salt Lake, or perhaps make q new
one.
With every sun the time for fpripg
house cleaning draws nearer. Wise
pastors will perceive the necessity Of at
one ~discoursing upon the evils OF pro-
family.
ANY young lady who goes to more
than $50 expense TO get ready to be
married ia throwing away cash which
should be invested in June butter and
salt meat.
Colonel "Bob" Ingersoll has met his
match in Canada. He was challenged
to a discussion by a clergymen named
Bray and promptly declined. The name
frightened him.
A little book on the "Fifteen Puzzle
has come out a day after the fair all
the people who were interested in the
thing have been passed on by the coro'
ner are put in straight jackets.
Miss Anthony says she wants to be
treated just as if her name were Samuel
b. Anthony. Very we'll. Will Samuel
kindly 60 out and attach the horse to
the plowP-Elmird Free Press.
When Mr.. Thomas Mast heard that
DR.. Schliemann had found a Ratchet
belonging to Helen among the ruins of
Troy, he asked il there were any traces
Of HeleD's babies.
"Pjnafore" was supposed to be a very
innocent work, but carefully collated
statistics show that 9St per cent of the
inmates of our prisons have heard it
more than once.
OF a gentleman recently deceased, a
friend said to a news gatherer /: "He
was in the Legislature one year, 1 be.
ieve ; but 1 would not say anything
about that. Otherwise his life wa free
from blot"
Gam 1 tired of life r. said a cheerful
old man the other day, in reply to the
question. "Not q bit of it. 1 remem-
Der landing in this town with a chip
hat, hickory shirt and a pair of breeches.
I've been way up and I've been fat on
my back, yet I'd like to begin and go it
all over again-ohip hat, shirt, breeches
and all. Why Well, you see, when
you come to the end IN don't know
what's beyond. I'm dead sure OF this
other thing ; and on the whole, this
world just tickles me TO DEATH"
Twenty ladies "chipped in" and
bought some lottery tickets. One of
them told her minister, and he was
shocked. "My dear madame" he OK.
claimed, "do you not know that is
gambling :" She ratified right along as
if she hadn't heard him "Yes, we are
going to draw the $50, 900 prize, and if
we do-then we all agreed to give you
So, 900 of it for the new church organ"
Gan excellent idea, my dear madame +;
excellent, and 1 devoutly trust you may
win it,"
A quaint story of Andrew Jackson is
told by a writer in The Nashville Ban
ner. He was visiting a Kentucky town
where, among the gentlemen presented
to him, was a Major Lewis, who desired
to impress jackson and his admirers
with his " independence. Taking a
dignifed attitude, he said "Well,
General, Ihave all my life been voting
against you" jackson %courteously
bowed his head to him and said, good
humoredly "Well Major Lewis, 1
have all my life been fighting the bat
ties of my country in order that you
might enjoy that privilege"