The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-01


1T Is. says recent writer, neither
kindly nor particularly wise for one
social class to laugh at the vices of an.
other.
"A man who early in life is thrown
on his own resources ought to pick him
self up again as soon as possible. =
L0soeH Coarier
Judge -"What cannot understand
is how you could kin a man with a sin
gle blow" Culprit-"Shall show you
howP" -FEegeRde Biatter.
There are some folks in the worlt
who are so in the habit of looking OF
the dark side of life that, as Jerold says
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, observei that he believed he
.'would owe several thousand dollars
after all his debts were paid. Lag
renee American.
5. The Philadelphia Bulletin propounds
this conundrum: could two little boys
pounding their father be called, with
any propriety, pair of Pa-iammersP
Pa-haps; but what on earth are Pa
jammersP' We've lost the combination.
m T. Commercial Adrc1tiSer.
A man was found dead ON the floor
of his room at the Merriwether Hotel,
Frankfort, the other morning. He had
blown out the gas. Sad atlair?' said
the landlord. speaking of the event; al
should say it was. Over one thousand
feet of gas escapedr' Boston Post.
$50 your business is picking up,
ehp" said a facetious cohbler to rag
picker, who had just commenced opera
tons on an ash barrel in front OF his
shop door, ''Yes, and ! see yours is
mendingr' quickly replied the ragged
urchin, CHANGING at the dilapidated hpt ,
in the cobbler's hand. - YonkerS/lsy g., ~
man. -
tho The dancing az hsI lady S tries to
sne SKIRT ,bs 0s he :, under her arm
a; a sI re- si;.s'). Ground her knees, and
ira cha:rs% .,pers clear over the orches-
weak 80 every night, gets 5000 a
a and the city missionary gets 5000
% Fear; the horse race scoops in $1,000
the first day. and the church fair lasts a
week, works thirty of its best women
debt. Chicago Times.
Newspaper proverbs: 1.-TWO heads
are better than one" when the news is
important. There are great many
things which Ego without saying
horses, for instance. 'All the world s
a stage"-and everybody prefers to be
ON top. even if he can't drive. The
..relations'' of rival railroads give them
much more trouble than their ''connec-
tons. "--BoSton AdcertiSer.
When some of the Congressman
sent their albums around in the House
for the autographs of their colleagues
the other day, one of them, thinking
that the pages who presented the books
for signatures also owned the volumes,
wrote words of fatherIy wi dom before
his name. In Senator Edmunds book
he wrote with q flourish BE q good
boy and you viii become good man."
The Senator Eopes to profit by this adj
sice and even to grow up, perhaps, TO
be the pride of his parents. Detroit RoS'.
"A London organ grinder recently
escaped fine by very ingenious eX-
cuse. He had been playing before the
house of an irascible old gentleman,
who furiously, and with wild geSticula-
tions, ordered him to "move on" The
organ grinder stolidly ground on, and
was ARE ted for his. disturbance. AT
the trial the Judge asked him why he
did not leave when requested. "No
spik Inglese,' was the reply. ''Well,"
said the Judge, but you must have I'M
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.
-MnSicnL HeraLH