The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-01
CHIT-CHAT.

o'"'i'oS oNcr lnelf commencement
compositions.
Doubtless we will have some music
from the Winchester Silver Cornet
Band in the "Sweet bye and bye"
II we were sure it wouldn't remind us
OF coat Of varnish ON II rotten stump
we would be in favor of painting the
Courtyard fence.
See here, you fellows on Legal Row
please quit discussing theology-youl
deep knowledge eXcites envy and dis.
turbs ones equilibrium.
People, these days, are too apt to
mlSjudge each others motives. 1t does
not necessarily follow that because Il
man wears goggles he does 50 to
hide red eyes. But, still some people
think so allie samee.
And still some Of our people spend
their time i'll trying to WOO the trout,
but the trout won't WOO "worth Il cent, "
If we Judge from the Respondent looks of
some Of those who cast their lines al
most daily. We think they carry the
wrong kind of bait.
A beautiful young lady Of Winches-
ter recently sent a certain young man
boquet, and in writing n note Of thanks
to her he used the following language {;
"The fogu1,t and odious flowers remind
me Of the Jeautious doter." Shoot him
through the midriff, somebody.
a few days since it was our fortune
to be guest at the dinner-tablc of one
Of the most estimablc ladies in Winches-
ter, and who has as boardcrs several
Mary Sharp College angels. We passed
two hours in the presence of these SER
apis, (kind reader, don't think that we
consumed all that time in cating,) and
we must say that we never spent two
hours more pleasantly and proitably-I
proftably, because we learned some
thing, as will every one who is thrown
into the society Of the pupils angels, we
mcan,) Of Mary Sharp. Mrs. w. is a
hostess, Owe don't blame the
girls for being partial to her board, }
looking after the comfort of her boardcrs
and all who partakc Of her hospitality
in an agreeable and happy way,
having a smile and kind word for all.
And the daintics, as well as the substan-
tials, spread upon her table were splen-
lid-in fact, delicious enough to tickle
the palate of the most fastidious cpicure
that ever sat ut the festive board
TO say that her boarders are lovely and
intelligent would simply be tautology.
And we wished, most heartily,
for the noncc, that we were boy
agan-hcnce the tears (?J that trick
led down our adamantinc (alabastcr, we
mean,) cheeks when we retrospectcd. |
Ia ia, girls-may your lives and the
life Of your clever landlady be full Of
happiness.
Here's q chance for some man to put
himself under "tcmininc government:
Mister cditur,
thank yu for printin mi noat last
Sckc. incsmutch es cal 2-hundred
)owndcr IL alrcddi marrid, j with drawe
mi luv fur him, and aske yu to pleese
ldvurtes fur husbin fur me, and if va
git the kline NV | want will pal yu
hav sum propperti, or will
lav whin am marrid, and want II man
who knoas how ter talk cair NV it, and
whew vii knot git two big fur his
,ritchcs. Will want man with
putty fare skulc cdicashun--i never will
lav Il man whu is mi intcriur in edica-
hun-hc must awlso kno how ter boss
he muvemints Nv no, how ter regcr-
ate the distuns betwenc korn stawlks,
md hes sence enull, wen NECESSARY, ter
clerk fur pare NV nevis an waulkin
,ultivatir. To sutch an wuld sal, in
he langwigc ov the poit, cum ter mi
rms luv, pervided he vii agrc to let
ne du the luther bossin on the primisis.
me perfccshun in an argumint, an ewes
ind NV the bruno M wei az the luther,
knot bettur, an theze argumnts vii
leerly alwais convins a man that he IL
rot monnark NV awl he cirvays. Now,
MISTER editur, hav sayd my sal. Plcse !
,ut it in yore papur, ackordln ter the
urms suggested in the beginin, an
vii sit on the logg Of cerlibersy and pa
huntli waite fur nibbul.
Yores trooly, i j 4
p. :. partys wantn ter korrespon
yithe me must q dress me threw yore
,apur, orr eff thai ar two timmid ter du
hat, a dress n. Y. S, in kaire Nv yore
,apur,' an WI kan sind it ter me.
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