The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-02
BRIC-A-DRAC.

Sweet monades, my darling,
We love each other now,
But in tho evolution
VIII you forget your vow?
o will you love me, dearest
Crhe monad's plcadings raD),
When you've become a woman,
And Eve become man2
He who docs not look before lags behind.
Don't expect too much from those around
you.
He that speaks doth SOW, but he that
holds his peace doth reap.
A helping hand at the right moment
would save many from ruin.
Wnerc there is no want of will there will
be no want OF opportunity.
The unliindcst cut of all is to be found in
the average cight-dolar suit of clothes
More people are drowned in the intox
icatng cup titan in the sea.
One talent cu;cfully cmplo, ed is better
than hundred merely possessed.
Dispense with the check rein. and get
more work from your horse without
torture.
Men are not Judged by their deeds now
a-dayS; they alc Judged by their bords ard
mortgages.
lie who does no good gets none He
who cares not for others will soon find that
others will not care for him.
A wcmqu confrsscs to the marrying of
eight husbands. Few women possess her
power TO fasicnCight men.
Landady-Janc, pass Mr.. Dumlcy the
salt for his egg Dumlcy-Thanks not
any salt. The egg is none too fresh rs it is
'lIow CGd it is" said Pat, a: he trudgcd
along on foot, "ihat man nivcr meets 4
team going the same way he is.
A good healthy business year, in spite
Of the Presidential election. seems to he the
general conviction among conservative
judges.
Sweet potatoes, like the white, were
found growing here when Columbus came
and they were among the presents he carried
to Qnccn Isabella.
New OrlcanS women cultivate camclins
at such good profit that more than one
woman IS said to have gone to Europe on
hot ,;mr,iA huth.'
"Ah, yes" SIid ca'inct-mallcr to a
Cr0Ckrry dealer, to whom he was intro
duccd, ,-"Hh, yes, You sell tCa-SctS and I
sell scttCcs.
"Dan, what wui ycz call man who
stole Il gallon Nv whisky aud drank it. and
got the llEl-HmS? "BCgnrra, | think Ill
call him Il snake thicF.'
J"r"s-SlrlnEc hing. Mirandv: every
time you draw Il breath S0mcbodv dies.
Mrs. Joncs--Wrll, | amt going to stop
breathing on that account
"Did it rain:' he exclaimed. in tho
c"u>S: Of thril ing recital cf border life.
'Say. ii rainCd 50 hard that afternoon that
the water stood three feet on slant roof. -
BrcGar PHASE, sOr, can't yc help poor
man with LARGE family out Of work
Scho"lma>tcr-No; why don't you set youl
| family at work?
These who would render their charities
useful should iudiciuusly dilIusc them.
He who would have n good crop must sow
with his hand, and not pour out of the sack
into one heap.
When hotel clerk becomes an ANGEL. if
his wings arc prnportionatcly us wide as
his earthly smile he'll topplc over the bat
Elements OF heaven unless his feet arc adc
quatciy bollastcd.
''You needn't order ne around, sir,
said The washcrman. "Tm not the hirc(
| girl. It's Bridgct's place to look after tn,
milk. I'm the laundry lady" "Tha
! doesn't scare me. said the man. "I'm tn,
+, w. G. II. X. Of the u. O. G.. G ant
| Most Eminent Pas: G.. w. of The Ancj,.nr
| Order of NJ. \. G j. and | want some
body to take this milk" "Ycs, sir" sale
the washcrwOman mcckly, as she went t,
find Il crock.
Il S. that a pnS''mortrm examination i.
| often lnadc IN mlut;irr cases What does ;
post-m"rirm examination mcan?" asked ;
| Jcun& wife Of her bcttcr-half. "A post
m0ricm examination, my dear, is intcndcl
t" allow the victim to state verbally his owl