The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-01
Wpr AND WISDOM.

Il : /.
| lit is, says recent writer, neither
kindly nor particularly wise for one
social class to laugh at the vices OF an
] other,
"A man who carly in life is thrown
on his own resources ought to pick him
self up again as soon as possible. =
Lo,ceN Courier.
| --Judge-"WhatI cannot understand
is how you could kill man with q sin-
| gle blow" Culprit-" Shall show YOU
] howP" FNege1Ide Blatter.
| There are some folks in the world
who arc so in the habit of looking on
| the dark side of life that, as Jerold saws,
they can't even see the bright side Of
| the moon. .....
"A wag, speaking Of friend whom
he suspected of living altogether beyond
his means, observed that he believed he
"would owe several thousand dollars
after all his debts were paid. ."-L0a0-
renee american.
The Philadelphia Bulletin propounds
this conundrum: "Could two little boys
pounding their father be called, with
any proprety, pair of Pa iammersp"
Pa-haps; but what on earth are :" Pc
jammersP' We've lost the combination
N Y Commercial AdCe,tiSer.
"A man was found dead on the floor
of his room at the Merriwether Hotel.
Frankfort, the other morn ng. He had
blown out the gas "Sad aIairP" said
the landlord, speaking O. the event; ~
should say it was. Over one thousand
feet OF gas escapedW Pest.
$50 your business is picking up,
ehp" said q facetious cobblcr to a rag
picker, who had just commenced opera
tions on an ash barrel i'm front OF his
| shop door. Eyes, and see yours is
mending' quickly replied the ragged
| erchin, glancing ut the dilapidated boot
IN the cobblcr's 8 hand YoHEers States
man.
The dancing lady who tries to wear
the skirt of her dress under her arm
and the waist around her knees. and
kicks her slippers clear over the orches-
ira chars every night. gets 5000 h
week, and the city missionary gets 5000
II year; the horse race scoops in $1,000
the lirst day, and the church fair lasts
week, works thirty of its best women
nearly to death, and comes out $40 in
debt. Chicago Times.
Newspaper proverbs: "Two heads
are better than one," when the news is
important. There are n great many
things which "go without saving =
horses for instance. "All the worlds
n stage"-and everybody prefers to be
on top, even if he can't drive. Tho
"relations' of rival railroads give them
much moro trouble than their ''conncc-
tions. "-B0Ston AdUerttSer.
| When some Of the Conpressmen
sent their albums around in the House
for the autographs of their colleagues
the other day, ono of them thinking
that the pages who presented the books
for signatures also owned the volumes,
wrote words of fathcr)y wi dom before
his name. In Senator Edmunds book
he wrote with a flourish BE n good
boy and you will become n good man"
1he Senator hopes to profit by this adj
vice and even to grow up, perhaps, to
be the pride of his parents.-DctroH Post.
"A London organ grinder recently
escaped fine by q very ingenious eX-
cusc. He had been playing before tho
house of an irasciblo old gentleman,
who turiously, and with wild gesticula-
tions, ordered him to ''move on" The
organ-grinder stolidly ground on, and
was arrested for his disturbance. At
The trial the Judge asked him why he
did not leave when requested. mo
spik lnglcsc,' was the reply. "Wen,"
said the Judge, "but you must have un-
derstood his gestures, his motions"
81 tinkee he come to dance.' was the
rejoinder, that caused the Judge to
laugh heartily and let the musician GO.
--nuSiCak XeraIA