The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-03

-"Never borrow trouble" said a husband &c
his wife. ooh, let her borrow it if she can,
| exclaimed the neXt-door neighbor, 'sht
never returns anything"
She believed in advertising:
on On, where rear are you going my pretty maid
And where" asked in glad surprise;
"Oh anywhere, where they advertise"
When member, in the course of long
speech, called for Il glass of water, n member
sitting near exclaimed @tt0 r0rc To his neigh
bors "rhls is all contrary to the laws OF
mechanics-a windmill running by waterr'
X, arriving from Naples, is questioned
by a friend: Had you no adventures in
Italy" No" mo brigands attack you ~
II turned them all to fight" "IIow sop
"Why, if ! saw an Unlocking individual, |
went and begged charity of him"
"A short Italian prayer which is not with
out wisdom q pray that may never be
married. But i'll marry | pray that may
not be deceived. But if | am deceived pray
that may not know it. But if i know OF
it pray that may be able to laugh at the
whole affair"
In Boston: Estheiic young lady-"By
the way, Mr.. Gosoftly, have you read Bias
CONS Science of Mind :" "N-n-aw. I'm not
reading much nowadays. Ipass my time in
original thought" Esthetic Young lady
with sympathy l-"IIow very dreary, Ia be
surcW
A gentleman complained TO old canister
that some malicious person cut off his horses
tail, which, as he meant TO sell him, would
he a great drawback. Then" said Charles,
you must sell him wholesale" whole.
sale" said the other; chow 500 Because
you cannot yctdH him"
johnny was visiting at a ncighhor's
house. He was offered piece of bread and
butter, which he accepted hut not with any
degree of enthusiasm. "What do you say,
Johnny" said the lady, expecting him to say,
Thank you" 81 sayit amt cake" was the
impolitc response -GdiCeSton NetcS
Said old Mr.. Wiseowl, "There is pas
sage of Scriptur brethren, thets impressed
me much, very much I've thought ont and
thought ont, and I'm alluz thinkin' ON it
disrcmemher Jest whar it is, and en-, for that
matter, jest what it is, but you carn't tell
how much oy n Soils it is to me ON my iour-
ncy through this vale o tears"
They had been engaged to be married
fifteen years, and still he had not mustered
up resolution enough to ask her to name the
happy day. One evening he called, in par
ticularly spoony frame of mind, and asked,
him. She sat down ut the piano and sang,
Darling, ! am growing old, = ,ooklyn
kagc.
A colored man was once asked why he
did not get married "Why, you see, sab, "
said he, 81 got an old mudder, an hab to
do for her, We see, sab, an if don't buy her
shoes an stockin's an bread an butter, che
wouldn't get none Now, if | was to get
married, | would hab to buy dem tngs for
my wife, an dat would be takin de shoes an
stockins an bread an butter right out o my
mudder's mouf"
On the recent occasion OF the marriage
of Prince William of Russia, it having been
suggested to the bride that of the hymn to be
sung in the chapel verse should be omitted
on account gifts reference to evil days, she
objected, remarking that she and Prince Will
liam neither expected nor desired to be always
bedded on roses, but were willing to bear
whatever trials might await them Her com
mands were obeyed, and the following verse
was sung:
If hard lot doth await us,
Give us strength 10 bear il, Jesus,
Grant that we in worst of days.
No complaint of burdens raise