The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-02-10
ALL SORTS.

/ 81 don't like that cat. I,'s got spIn.
tcrs in its icct.' was tlcryllsrofa four
year old for throwing the kitten away.
A new work on etiquette says: Soup
must bc eaten with II spoon.,' Persons
who are in the habit ofca;ing soup with
II fork or carving knife. will lm slow 10
adopt these new iirngl". ideas.
What makes you feel 80 uncOminrt-
able when yoa are dri'.s wiv:,s asked
Il teacher who was lcr;uring his pupils
on conscience. "My fathers leather
strap" wns the reply.
GLOW did you cnmc to get married."
asked Il lnanofa Il very honrly friend.
"Wcll, You see" lc replied, "a!icr !
vainly tiicd to win several girls that
wanted. finally turned NY m:rr,ion
to one that wanted me. and then it
didn't take long to arrange nmltcls.'
We often hear of II wo,nan marrying.
Il man To reform him; but no one ever
trlls0f anan marrying II wonian tore
form her. We, men are mWt,st AMI
don't talk about our good deeds much.
New York Times.
The Solid Mul,luon na'c,tl,is touch
ing appeal to delinquent subscribers:
"Gcnilemcn, we mast have wealth.
the nights are growing cold, ani this
thing at forcing u tcn-rcnt mustard
plaStcrio do the work of an all wool
nidrlslirt is growing mrnOtonous."
A yolng man living in Lcad.1!;c
shipped to lis little brother in ST Louis
as n christmas present choice donkey
og.lc dimNutiyc SPECIES known as the
Mexican buiro. TIE agent: concluded
that .'burro" mean, "blrcan'' and re-
ported to his supc:ioi'acro,,linely 'onc
bureau missing ai,l one Jacliass over
New Haven Palladium.
a yonng lady who WIS squeezed hc-
tween two freight cars says il felt ,iust
like trying on Il ncw pair of corscts.
The man who has Ill Knowledge ~
his fingers cnds Sllould not bite his nails;
he might bite more than lie could col.-
vcnicntly 5clicw.--RoStnn Transcript.
The truth always pays in the long
rin, is an old saying, AMI that is the
reason, probably, why there IL 80 liitlc
of it told ut the beginning of any brsi-
ness tiGlnSiction.-Sonrrvi!lc Journal.
A gentleman wen: intoa Pearl stree
dry-goods store yesterday, an,l asked inr
ten yards of 'nakcd camhric." IL guess
you mean addressed combric." "Oll,
yes; tlla,'sit."-Albany Argus.
a Straight Answer Wan;ess.
One of the east bound trains was
heavily loaded, and u passenger who
got on mt ipsilan,i walked through two
ears and finally halted ut Il seat Occi,-
pied by small man and grub-bag
and inquired:
"ls this seat 0ccupicd.'
"Of course this seat is occupied, was
The reply.
"Arc both halves of this scat occu-
pic1v WAS the next u,,rry.
"Of course both lalvc. a,c occll-
pied"
"Well, my fiicnl,' said the ncw arri-
val, ~ he let 20 of his satcllcl. II want
to bother You with one more query
Had you EitlicrI would toss that grab.
sack ont of the window and sit down
with yon, or chuck you out AMI ii, down,
with the grab bagi'
The gral,-lmg man got mad ut that
and wouldn't ride any where else than
on the wood box.
Tho Presidents Message.
"Have you read the PrcsidsntA
message yei9" asked Erastus, as ho
sazed fondly and lovingly into tho
eyes Of ler through whom ho hoped.
ut sometime in the future. to capture
u good bank account.
"Yes, dearest" replied she, II com-
pleted it only fcw days ago."
"And what do you think Of it?"
"Oh, I think its inst too awfully
splendid for anything
"Yea. rs u literary production il ia
very good.'
"And wasn't it j,st too lovely to
think that they got married at lasi,
in spite OF all the FUSS"
Then followed n pause md tho
! young mans mind wandered out intn
: the back yard Of he flturc, and hO
, a,kcd l,iinoclf what kind Of woman
, that won!d bo 10 bringup aud edu,
Q cato the family Of which he hoped Y