Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1880-11-20
The Scrap Book.


minutes answered fearful by
standrr. well, it's all right. I-never
got chance to see any Of my folks
draw their last breath. If hundred
of my friends were to die. twould be
just my luck TO miss it every time"
Grief will assert itself.
\ pickpock4t in Paris, taken with
his hand in some one else's pocket, en-
deavors to invent all manner of possi-
ble explanations Of the phenomenon.
What's tlK use of your trying to lie
about it so clumsily:" says the magis-
trate, quite benevolently; haven't
you lawyer":''
A little girl heard some one say
Tempus fugit," and asked her mother
what it meant She was told that ii
was one way of saying time flies"
A few days afterward she said, very
gravely: why, ma, how tempus does
fidgetr'
Arabella ION her toes in chair
clutchiny colfYulsively at her skirts !
oh! Bridget! A mouse! mouse!
Come and catch it, quick" Bridget
"Shure, mum, there's no hurry. If
this one gets away, can catch plenty
more for yer, num-
Married-William II. Penn to
Alice +. Hogg," is the announcement
in an exchange. We believe this is the
first instance on record of Hogg being
turned into Penn without making a
vigorous resistance.
Why,' asked governess Of her
/ little charge, "do we pray God to give
/ us our daily bread? Why don't we ask
for four days, or five days. or a week >"
Because we want it fresh" reptile,
! the ingenious child.
a w>paper biographer trying to
say his subject was hardly able to bear
the demise Of his wife," was made by
the inexoraole printer to say, "wear
the chemise of his wife"
She's a regular coquette, Miss Pacific
-.ail. DO you notice how she jfHs her
first love for her second, and don't con-
sult Pa ma Ma on the subject, either.
political speech is something in
which a mans statements are apt to
come back to him, just as if it were a
boom haranyue
Patrick on the zebra" Plat kind OF
a baste is that-the mule wild his ribs
on the outside of his shkin entoirly"
wish l was a pudding. mammal
Why:" Cause should have such
lots of sugar put into me-
A bright boy recently told his teacher
there were three sects-: the male sect
the female sect and insects
A baby in Milwaukee, Wis has beer
christened Zero,' in honor of The
cold sunday upon which he was born
The one thing needful for the perfec
enjoyment Of loSe is confidence-sam.
with hash and sausages
The spots on the sun do not begin tt
create the disturbance produced by TIA,
freckles on the daughter
\ dressmaker's apprentice speaks o
her cross-eyed lover, as the fellow
whose looks are cut bias.
Many editors are of such a peaceful
. nature that they will not put head OF
their editorials.
a close observer says that the word
which ladies are fondest Of are the fir
and last words.
Many a young lady marries a ricl
man, but finds soon after that he is
very poor husband
When man bows to circumstance
ne Is forced to be polite.
Retiring early at night will surel
-horten mans days
! A depraved punster says he shal
smoke if he chews too
Time Is money, and many people pa
a their debts " tn il.
What animals are often seen 8
i suneral>? ? Ba k kids.
; Se!f made men are very apt to wol
!, ship their maker.
Living on excitement is very exper
/ -ive living
Cheap drapery-the curtains Of tn
night
: A gool line Of business-the fl.
line
/ Tea for the gos-ipers' tablet. rs
: The New Orleans Picaytne hear
! that the funard Steamship Comp pan
= Will put on a line III vessels betwee
: that port and Liverpool.
GEATITUDE preserve. old friendsh
, and prorures new.
: 4 GOOD cause makes stout hear
/ and i strong arm
: He Is unworthy to live who live
only for himself.
Hf hath lived iii that know. not ho,
10 die well
ALL between the cradle and the co
4 fin Is uncertain.
r ANGER begins with folly and end
I with repentance
!, BLESSINGS are often no. valued I'll