The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05
PITH AND POINT.

"A bad temper always manages TO
act on the theory that two wrongs will
somehow make 1t all right.
--,Che man who never changes his
opinion amt a-going TO know much, and
he one who changes it too often is
a-going to know less.--Josh Billings.
How sharper than serpent's tooth
IL is to have q daughter marry poor
but Industrious young man instead of
the rich noodle you picked out for her.
elizabeth Cady Stanton wishes our
hired girls had more manners. Don't
agree with you, Elizabeth. The hired
girl has manners enough already. What
She ought TO have is, fewer manners and
better ones. .--Detroit Free Press.
While William Gable, a deaf man,
was walking on the Reading Railroad
tracks, near Leesport, Monday morning
but why pursue the painful subject
further. He was deaf and, like all deaf
men, loved to take his morning promo
made on o railroad track. Peace to his
pieces.-N. Y. Graphic.
The honest reflections of gontle.
man after marriage are very interesting,
but it is not often that VIC find them in
tender verse:
We are scratched or we'aro bitten.
BY tho pots to whom wc cling; ..
Oh, my love she IS a kitten,
And my hearts Il ball of string. "
-" Indeed, shall not buy my wife
a scalskin sacque," remarked y Philadel-
phia man. "They are so hard TO get
off that tho fair owners keep them on
when making calls and are sure to take
cold when they go out again into the
open air. 1 love my wife too much to
expose her to such dangers"
She was one of those nervous,
| fdgety sort of women who got up on
chair to thread a needle, and when she
swallowed lively Fly with her raspber-
rias the neighbors thought that the
Fourth Of July had arrived twenty -four
primest days of Kosciusko, never
shrieked with greater velocity than she
did.
| 1t was down at Lancaster, Pa. The
Major sat looking earnestly and affec-
| tionatcly at his friend. "Bob," he said,
! presently, 81 dreamed about you last
night" ''Did you, Adp" his friend re-
| piled, his eyes filing with tears. eyes,"
said the Major, in hcartlcss tones, 'I
had the nightmare" And then the
sounds of two strong mon "rastling"
under the table were heard in the dis
tance.--Norristown Herald.
| "A friend informs us of the following {:
A man who bought badly-ftting suit
that was much too large TOR him, was
constantly taken to task by his good
wife for the folly. One evening as their
little daughter was retiring, they were
much surprised to overhear the follow
ing conclusion of her evening prayer:
"Please, God, make pa over again, so
as his clothes III fit him, and then ma
won't nag at him 40 more" e!"-Dctroit
Post.
Little Johnny Fizzletop attended q
child's party at q fashionable residence
on Austin avenue. While the supper
was progressing, it was noticed that
Johnny was weeping. "What's the
matter, JohnnyP" asked tho lady of the
house. "I-can't feed any more," said
Johnny, sobbing ~ if his little heart
would break. "Well, then, put some
apples and cake in your pockets "
"They are full already,n replied John
ny, with a fresh paroXysm of grief
"Then I'll get you a big basket to I'll
up to take home with YOU" Then the
incipient little Office holder smiled
through his tears, harmony WAS restored
within the party lines, and the forna,
ton of new party was happily ayerted
| --IeraS StJtipQs.