The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-02-19
PARAGRAPHS.

The bill collectors work Is al
ways dun before he gets his pay.
The young man who gets snaitten
with a girl often gets mitten, too.
No part of mans anatomy will
stand so many severe blows as his
nose.
1t is in the night time that crime
stalks rampant and marriage pro-
posals are made,
A little girl on seeing peacock
for the first time remarked what a
beautiful hustle it has.
A certain young lady objects to
smoking, because it leaves a very
unpleasant smell about the mus
tache.
A spring poet sings; "Will you
miss me, l wonderP' If they do,
they ought never fire another gun.
A poet sings: 81 miss you, dar-
ling, my darling; the embers burn
on the hearth" Yes, it's an aw-
full thing not to have a wife to at
tend to the fire.
If man really knew himself to
be so wicked and mean as his moth
er-in-law often reckons him:to, he'd
feel too depraved to hire himself
out to hitching post.
One of the toasts drunk at cele-
bration was: "Women! she re-
quires no eulogy-she speaks for
herself"
Next to being president of the
United States, there is no greater
honor than to be able to address a
barkeeper or a hotel clerk by his
front names.
whenever you speak, tell the
truth said an ancient phiIeso-
pher. If this principle were to pre-
vail now, silence in thiss country
would be SO thick that you could
cut it with q case knife.
Nearly all the postoff1ces in Tex
as are in charge OF females. 1t is
said that since they assumed con-
troll the males arrive every hour of
the day, Nothing is said of their
departure.
Women are the poetry of the
world in the same sense as the stars
are the poetry of heaven. Clear,
light-giving, harmonious, they are
the terrestrial planets that rule the
destinies of mAnkind.-Hargrave.
Few men have fourished who,
were they candid, would not &C
knowledge the vast advantage they
have experienced in the earlier
years of their career from the spirit
and sympathy of wonen.-Becoas-
field. =
An author not long ago was heard
to remark in company. ga mar
ried waman is letter delivered at
its proper address; young woman |
is letter which has not yet been |
and an old maid is
dead letter"
81 wish 1 we're you about two
hours" she said to her husband |
with great tenderness. "And why,
my dear?'' he asked. Because"
she said, toying affectionately with
his watchchain, because then 1
would buy my wife a new bonnet"
If ladies' would take my word for
it, and as they dress to please men,
they ought to consult our fancy
rather than their own in this par
ticular. / can assure them there is
nothing touches cur imagination SO
much as a beautiful woman in
plain dress. Addison.
A celebrated lawyer with al ex-
,ensive practice was lately asked
which were the most disagreeableI
clients he had met with. His an
iwer was: ga young woman who
wants to get married, a married NO
nan who wants a divorce and an
I'D maid who doesn't know what
NorE.-The editor is not respon-
ible for the views of lawyers.
eyes," said the merchant, Il al
vavs mark the most expensive of
ny goods sold during the holiday
eason. Then when women read
he sign it makes them crazy to
ave the same article, and they are
o disappointed that L finally prom
Sc to try to get them another
vhlch, Of course, / have no trouble
n doing. Oh, its a great scheme,
tell you, and it never fails"
The late N. P. Willis, when once
sked to make a speech, replied !
hat it was not his forte. Said he:
1 am by profession a writer, and
on cannot expect pump to give {
rater from the handle as well as
rom the mouth"
Passengers to the Pacific by the !
abroad across the American conti-
ent breakfast with twenty feet of
now around; four hours later they
nd wheat four inches high, and :
be next day see pear and peach :
rees in blossom. :
Labor costs just as much when /
expended upon. poor material as '
non good. True economy In
tock. therefore, consists in keeping
ne best, which, while returning
lrge profits, are no more expensive. t
Prairie Farmer.
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