The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-23
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BRIc.A-BRAc.
Murmur not. TO get relief:
For impatience makes thy care
Heavier much for thee TO bear;
Happy he who, childlike. will
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The best cobblers do not talk Least
said, soonest mended."
On Christmas day, though the turkeys
tender, the caters stuff.
The baker is the only loafer entitled to
respect.
The universal Christmas carol is adapted
to the Fest toon.
The fmte of the pretty girl under the mis-.
tletoe--Kiss-met.
lis the BARRIERS apprentice who often
dyes young.
Oysters have a language of their own,
and CLAIMS stew.
A fog signal reminds the sailor of the
tower of bay bell.
When man falls down his temper gen.
orally gets up before he does.
A question for decorators-How con y
1reZc adcrn ''warm intcrior?"
Of a man suddenly struck dumb, it NAV
oc sad that his melancholy dazc has come.
Courtship like champagne, soon looses
It's zcst II kept too long after the pop.
Hush money is what the young husband
parts with for paregoric, soothing syrups,
etc.
Christmas is apt to be followed by blue
mass in families where the old allopathic
practice prevails.
Christmas dinner at home, no matter
now mcagrc, is preferable to Christmas
lunch anywhere else.
Santa Claus is dead issue-thc rising
generation is very smart, and know q thing
or two when he sees it.
The man who racks his brain to get up
an original Christmas menu is called the
Great Christmas Menu-vir.
The man who never does any harm
might crawl into q cave and stay there ten
years without being missed.
They say ''onc swallow does not make
spring, Just try boiling coffee, and sec
if it won't.
Christmas lesson for the young: "Chil-
4rcn, thG best part of the turkey is the
drum stick"
When man is about to sneeze he had
world
Points in the stock market are proba.
bly SO called because spectators GENERALLY
get stuck on them.
England doesn't object to taking dron
When she feels likeit. Last year she drank
S6l6,343, 600 worth of liquor.
\ fashion writer says all the fashions arc
for slender women. They are Certainly
not designed for slender purses.
Love is blind" True truc Tho
young lover never sees the dog till il is too
late to escape in dignitied manner.
The Puritan is the name of a new color
III ladies' goods. OF course it is warranted
TO he fast.
The only circumstances under which y
tl,,x~
is pulling at a bottle.
For every man killed in war ten have
hcen sent over the gulf by the aid Of the
'oiNScie"' says temperance paper.
y policeman in st. Louis attacked hv
cholera morbus lost so much rest that he
was forcca to go on duty to recupcratc.
Washington prides itself upon the DOS.
session OF an egg 1000 years old. We've
that '''''''
a nice, easy exercise for Christmas dav
IS mat OF counting the change you have
left, 1t can be done generally with orc
! hand. '"'
Kate Field has recently said that women
| near with their eyes. This particularly
applies to the woman who watches hcy
| nciShbor through the keyhOlc
Some one says there is a GREAT deal Of
| character III cycbrJwS We do not know
about this, but VIC do know that there is n
great deal OF India ink in them sometimes
\ little girl under five, looking NJ IN
ugly face III a book, said: Il think the
features are good if he was not making nm
4 face ~
Speaking Of the widening of womon's
sphere, why do not some of the sex take to
carpentcring? Women arc generally inter.
cstcd i'll joiner work.
y Tennessee man can so nerfcctlv i'm;
tate the sounds made by two dogs engaged
III lighting that he calls a Memphis conerc.
Sation out OF church in three minutes.
y shoe can be made in some of the LYNN
Mass, shops i'll 40 minutes. A pair of feet
would be likely to go through such shoes
with almost us much dispatch
II don't think there is any royal blood in
my veins remarked q sad-faced youno
man as he made a bcc.i:ne for the dentists.
'but my jaw is every iuch aching"
Bad seasons and short crops arc the latest
solutions of what ails the farmer Ought
not short crops to bring good prices? If
not, why not?
man becoming angry because his gun
kicked badly, his companion said, Guns
are but human, after ALL They are almost
sure to kick when the load is too heavy !"
When you visit fair this season politclv
inquire for the treasurer. When found
hand hlm your purse with pleasant smile
1t will save you all further trouble
1t is hard scratching either to devise or
TO afford all the Christmas gifts that thc
season calls for But if you have to scratch
remember that your patron saint is Santa
Claws.
Hallway conductors say that Friday Is
the hghtcst day of the week for travel II
ls probably because SO many peoDle have n
SSupcrsttious idea of the day as being un.
lucky. 'o VII
a kentucky man claims to be able 10
''till his mouth with water and blow II
through his cars" The remarkable nort
OF this statement is that tho man is ablc 70
take the water into his mouth.
Going security for relative is q rood
deal like licking rcd-hot poker With
the tongue. There is nothing to be gained
and only about one man in million cam do
it with safety. Wv
a boy was asked if he ever praycd in
church, and answered, 90 yes; | always