The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-05
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1t HdfHcudtto draw theline between
spring lamb aud mutton.
How to remove Widows weeds: Say
"Nilt tifou? add they wilt:
When big trees begin to shoot, it's
ohont time for little bushes to leave.
A gambler calls his fortune 'tE pluri-
bus nnum." because it Is won OF many
A cruel husband calls his wife SCREEN
fruit" be~causeqshe never agrees win
him. ~ ca Gl y IL
The Emperor of Germany is always
poing over to Ems. He should be looks
ed after.
Raising a structure is like raising a
baby-great care should be taken IN
lhe un%derpining.
Nevada issthe place for cowslips.
One nan haslost fourteen this year
slipped over a preciplce.
A great many men who start ont to
reform the world leave themselves for
the last part of the job.
Some one saws a man must either be
an anvil or hammer. But how many
are nothing but beliowsl
Strawberries are sold by measure and
cherries by weight, chiefly because cher
res have stones in them.
Some people put stockings on then
hens to keepfthem from scratching. but
7, is better to ''shoO' them.
An Irishman says he can see no
earthly reason why women should no:
hs allowed to become medical men.
They want a mama for the new Ter
rltory that is to be cut from the top OF
Dakotah. How would Sittinbuil do?
The trouble with too many in tins
world is that they want reserve seats
everywhere except in the family circle
Fifty years age. according to Girls,
mothers used to enforce the You XIII
rulc upon their daughters, and 1t work
ed we'll.
\ murderer was hanged in Texas
other day. but it was a mistake-the
worthy citizens thought he had stoler
IA horse.
The chief use of a sea captain in these
DAYS is to explain how it all happenee
after most of the passengers nave b
drowned.
INV lord,p said the foreman OF al
Irish Jury, when giving in the verdict
1--WE find the man who stole the mar
not guilty"
Some people regard glass blowing a
difficult to comprehend, but we cCnsid
er the construction Of glass very easy t
see through.
"eIn Que portion of Siam the native
worship o horse, and one of those wor
Shippers pretty near being
neighbors, doesu't he?
AIittle eirl defining ''bearing falls
witness against your neighbour said
was when nobody did nothing, an
somebody went and told it.
Some colored men will dig all day
told there is a half dollar buried IN
certain spot, but they will not dig
cellar for less than 81 so a day.
A negro teamster in Nashville declare
that be Emast either give mp drivin
mules or Withdraw from the church,t tt
two positions being Incompatible.
A Connecticut lady has eloped vii
two gentlemen, whose wives dlscons'
lately mingle their tears and agree tn
she has a majority of the convention.
A negro teamster in Nashville d.
declares that he must either give u
driving mules or withdraw from tt
church, the two positions being incon
patible.
1t is said birds sing their best sons
at s O'Clock in the morning. That
the hour when men, going home fro
committed meetings sing their worst.
Wrinkles are not always the sign
age. Look at the calf's neck. Or 6
a corrugated stove-pipe elbow. Or at
badly ironed shirt hos
James H. Gallup and Emma Cant
were married at Grand Rapids a te
days ago. Give them time aud the
will make q Spanking team.
Two church socials at Topeka led
five divorces, one violent death an
several fights. Seems to be a GOO
place Topeka quarrel