Year: 1860

mend it.


Aunt E. was trying to persuade little
Eddy to 90 to bed at sundown. using as
an argument that the little chickens went
to bed at that time


Yes says Eddy, but the old hen al
ways goes along with them.' Aunty tried
no more arguments with him.


1 am very much troubled with cold
feet and hands. madam


L should suppose, sir. that young
gentleman who had so many m,ttens Civ
en- him by the ladies might keep his
hands warm


A young man in conversation one eve-
ming CHANGED to remark, i am DO prophet


True. replied lady present, no profit
to yourself or to any one else


Suicide is becoming very prevalent in
my city, said gentleman to an inhabi-
tant of neighboring town.


We'll. sir, don't know where it could
prevail with better advantage to the world
at large


1t is said that it Is better to give than
receive Probably Heenan and Saysrs
thought SO when they were pitching into
each other inside the ropes.


1t is with charity as with money-the
more we stand in need of it, the less we
get.


Poverty sticks to man after all Of his
friends and the rest of mankind desert him.


When your friends are laid up with the
rheumatism, always press them to come
over and take tea with you. While such
acts of kindness entail no expense, they
procure for you sympathy and neighborly
kindness.


When preachers grow proud of the beau.
ty of their prayers, Satan himself might
readily toll the bell to Summon the congre-
tion to church.


Never answer calumniator. If you
will only give rattlesnake time enough.
he viii! sting him self and die of his own
venom.


An Odd Fellows Lodge has been es-
tablshed at Pixies Peak The poet who
sighed for "a lodge in some vast wilder
ness can now be accommodated.


Give thy children sound educat:on.'
coupled with some useful trade. and you
thereby give them fortune. Give them
to understand from the beginning, that la
Dor is honorable


Madam. your shawl is dragging in the
mud We'll what If II ia amt 1t the
fashion,


A word of kindness is seldom spoken
in vain. 1t is seed which even dropped
by chance. springs up sweet flower.


The thumb is useful member, but be-
cause you have one. you needn't to get
your neighbor under it.


1t is very well to blush when you are
detected in mean act; but you had
great deal better blush when you first
think of committing it.


Any thing Midas touched was turned
into gold. In these days, touch a man
with gold and he will turn into anything


SURE REMEDIEs.-For corns: easy shoes;
rheumatism--new flannel and patience;
toothache--pull it out; debts--retrench-
ment; love--get married.


1t is noticeable fact that in Sewsrd's
letter to the New Workers., he does not
even mention the name of Lincolu.


w The Japanese Embassy are de-
scrbed as being mostly young men. from
thirty to forty years of age, courteous and
refined in manners. gentlemen of taste and
culture, accustomed to good society, and
good things af all sorts, exceedingly fond
of and gallant to the ladies'. and immense
ly sound on the champaign question. They
are wonderful. moreover. in tho knife and
fork way. and epicurean in their tastes.


The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says: The news from
Chicago greatly disheartens Mr.. Stewards
friends. He was warmly beloved by thous-
ands, and his heart and theirs was fixed
upon the Presidency. They were very
confident and are proportlonably much
cast down. They charge all sorts of things
upon other candidates, but l will not re-
peat them.


The North Iowa Times says: 1t is cheer
ing to be informed. as we have been in the
past few days, that many prominent gen
ilemen of North Iowa, lately adverse to
Democracy are stating publicly their in
tention to vote for Mr.. Douglas if he is
a candidate We care not to trumpet their
names. but we have them in our possession,
and when the canvass begins they will be
in the field to vote for popular sovereign
ty and its ablest defender.


The number of persons who will attend
the Baltimore Convention on the 18th Of
June. will be immense. Large delegations
are going from almost every county OF
Ohio and The Northwest. The Convention
promises to be one of the largest ever
held in the United States. The people will
be there to see that the delegates proper
ly ratifv the selection of Mir. Douglas
as the President of the United States.
1t is estimated that over 100000 arti-
fetal teeth were made in the United States
last year; the largest proportion Of which
were made in Philadelphia. One firm in
that city pays out $500 per week for wages
The same firm nroduceS 5000 different