The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-15
BRIC-A-BRAC.
THEY COULDN'T TRADE.

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And she was fair to sec; Il
"Give me kiss, fair maid, cried;
''Give me gift" said she.
ga gift within purse have,
The purse Is In pack;
The pack in keeping lieth safe
On my good chargers back.
"And my good charger cometh not
While on the hill l roam;
He lieth in his stall, l wot--
My charger is at home"
"And yet thou 'dstA have kiss, good sir;
My lips would give it thee,
But they are locked full fast, good sir
My mother has the key.
'And my good mother is not hero,
While on the hill l roam;
just as your trusty stccd, good sir,
My mother is at home"
A clean shirt Is not q bad bosom friend
"Put up and shut up"-The stoves and
doors.
A sweeping statcmcnt-That ancient one
about the new broom.
The critics who expect warmth and color
in instrumental music should study the
steam whistle.
a philosopher is man who may think
a great dCal, but who never seems to do
much.
"This is cold, backward spring." said
the man whose feet had Just shot from
under lrim on n slippery sidewalk
Some thoughtcssly overload the horse
and then wonder when the education thus
given dcvclopcs an obstinate, balky animal
The number of women who care to vote
is about equal to the number Of men who
like to put the baby to sleep.
Il
! swear it, NAY, do not swear. Speak
it into the phonOgraph, and that will be
enough"
There is question about the validity of
marriage by telephone, but we should
think any levcl-hcadcd Judge would decide
that ii is 'sound' proposal
How to make fortune as Journalist
Go into some other business and exercise
your journalistic talent by telling people
privately how newspaper out to be run
There arc in the Sunday,shools Of the
Christian world rs, An $50 scholars ,952, ,.
l61 teachers, making q grand total Of 49,
400, 151
You sec, the trouble with "succcss" that
is too dearly bought is that you have rot
to go on associating with yourself after you
have attained it.
There is another fashionable institution
that should be sat on" said the lecturer on
hygiene, 'and that is the hustle" And
every lady in the audience gave vent to an
audible litter.
Married men arc preferred as officers on
the police force. The authorities want
men who have their couragcd tried and
proved.
III the sudden changes in the weather af-
tCct you disagrCcably, it is no less lln-
pleasant for your animals to endure. Make
them ~ comfortable as possible
Oysters do not claim to be the lords of
creation, and vet they are probably served
IL more way s and by more people than any
otncr living creature.
Young writer's in preparing their manu-
script should leave plenty of space between
the lines. The world would not suffer
much If many of them should make it all
space.
Tobacco stems are now being used in
making paper; on the principle, we suppose
that turn about is fair play, all the Straw
and Old rags having been utilized long age
IN the manufacture of cigarettes
a man who wanted to be facctious with
the militman us he was measuring out his
morning portion said, "Do you charge
extra for the watcrY" "No," replied the
mlIkmHn; 'thc water is thrown in :"
Wirc-Now this is the third time Eve
caught you in the kitchen talking to the
cook. lIuShnnd-Gcs. II believe it is,
Niic-Wcll, the very next time | catch
you talking to the cook I'll discharge her
and do the cooking MYSELF
Ibid YOU enjoy the opera last night,
inquired his wife. Not much, he an.
sWcrcd: II was lonesome, and was sorry I
was detained ut the Ullcc so late that
hadnl time to come for you. This going
al"rc to the theatre isn't what it's cracked
up to bc, my dear" mo, | suppose not, -
returned the lady, thoughtfuly. "Still
You must have been very comfortable, -
she nddcd, us the two ticket stubs found
IN your vest pocket gave you the advantage
Oh more than one seat"
WHAT LACK WE YET?
When Washington was president,
AS cold as any iCiclc,
lie never on Il railroad went,
And never rode q bicycle.
lie read 10y no clcctriclamp,
| Nor heard about the Yellowstone;
lie never licked II poStagc.stamp,
And never saw II telephone.
His trousers ended at his knees;
By wire he could not words dispatch:
| lie tlIcd his lamp with whale oil grease
And never had match to scratch.
But in these days its come to pass,
All work is with such daShing done.
We've all these things-but then, alas
We seem to have no Washington.