The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

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eLLow the example Of trSes--keep
some things instho shade.
MANY of the richest planters Of San
Domingo live on coffee grounds.
NEVER write the word "Anis "back-
ward. twill be shit" you do.
A PIG was meyer Known 70 wash, hut
great many peorae have seen the pig
iron. ~
A DRy-aooDs house advertises lawn
dresses that will wash. Isn't it the bust
ness of lailndress to wash?
THE hog may not be thoroughly post
ed in arithmetic, but when you come to
square root he is there-the hog is.
"WHAr makes the hair fall out ?" asks
a correspondent. Usually it is the prop
erty of the deceased that makes the heirs
fall out.
A RIVERS mouth is larger than its
head, tho sea has arms but no hands,
and q mountain has foot but no legs
Queer, isn't it?
REV. GEORGE III. HEpwoRTH has writ
ten romance entitled GIL" It is III
SIS, and the interest is sting and unHed.
--Lowcu Courier.
A CORRESPONDENT writes "Wil you
tell us what Mrs. Langtry's maiden
name wasp" Certainly; her maiden
aim was to marry Mr.. Langtry.
MANY a newspaper has been assassin
ated in the same way as the late Sultan
Abdul Aziz, by means of scissors. -Ncu
York Commercial advertiser.
A LIrLE 3-year-old said to her mothe,
one day, "Mamma, you married papa
so that no one else could get him, didn',
your" Her ideas Of human nature were
quite earnest.
"WHAT is the greatest charge on rec.
ord?" asked the Professor of History.
And the absent-minded student an.
swered: "Seventeen dollars for hack
hire for self and girl for two hours"
AN Arkansas journal says that they
have in that State spring SO powerfully
impregnated with iron that the farmers
horses which drink at it never have te
be shod, the shoe growing ON their fec,
naturally.
CAUGHT in the act: Clara Char
ley, you naughtysboy! L saw you throw
your cigar away just as l came round
the corner" Charley-"Why didn't
you say you wanted it j? How was 1 tc
know"
That genial old proverb manufacture,
who wrote, Gall work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy" forgot to add
that all play and no work makes Jack q
professional sport at 20 years of age,
and lands him in the penitentiary at 80.
"HENRY," said his wife, with chilling
severity, 81 saw you coming out of q
saloon this afternoon" "Wel, my
darling" replied the heartless man,
"you wouldn't have your husband stay.
ing in saloon all day, would you?"
PHYsIoIAEs have decided that man
mailing from a small town in Kansas has
two hearts. Whata predicament he will
be in when his girl asks him, Do you
love me with all your hearth" He will
have to say, Which hearth" and tina,
may break the engagement.-Philadel
2)hia San.
SAID distinguished politician to his
son "Look at me! 1 began as al
Alderman, and here am at the top O
the tree. And what is my reward
Why, when die my son will be tn,
greatest roscal i'll the city," To this the
young hopeful replied: "Yes, 6ad
when you die, and not till then"
Dir. BEARD says the Americans are the
most nervous people OH earth becaus,
they are the most highly civilized anf
intellectual oh, well: if that's wha'
ails us We shall no longer complain; bu'
there have been times when We Shout,
have preferreiza little more nerve and
less intellectually. -Aorristopn Her