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sfl three moiitix
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miscellaneous.
A Bache.oi’s Woes.
VVliti't n pii tinl thing aii old bachelor
is, with big cheerlesa hou*e and hrs rueful |
jp , z on a bitter whl : ght, when the
fierce winds lil’ vv , mu] when tlyeeiil'tb is j
eovefeil.with a loot of siwfv. When bisi
fire is out anti in slivering dread he slips
’math the streets of Us lonely bed. How
lie (ir cws his toes, all eneased in .yarn,
hose, and he buck's bra nose and his toes,
istili wcaaed in yam hose, tfcatthey tnrv
inot cbance to gtl froze. I ben lit* puff
(and be blows, and lie swears that be
knows, no mert-at tin earth ever auf
sered such woes ; and with nil’s ! and
with oh’s 1 and with limits so disposed,
that neii her his toes nOr his nOse WaV be
froze, to bis slumbers in silence the baeli
elor goes. In the morn when the cork
crows. ;;• 1 the sun It adjust rose, from be
neath tiie bed clothes pops the bachelor’s
pose, when he hears IrflW tStc tvind blows
and sees the windows all froze, why back
Ueatfe the clothes pops the poor fellow’s
nose, for full wed 4rc kind's il from lib
bed be rose, 10 put on his clothes, tbai
he’d wtiroty be froze.
May iaeonsdered an unfortunate mar
ryittg month. A country editor says
that A girt was asked recently to unite
her-efi in th: silken tie to a brisk chap,
who named Xay in his proposals. He I
tenderly hinted that May wae an imhnk)
inontli. “ Wdl, make it June, thru,’’
honestly replied the swnin, anxious to ac
commodate. The damsel paused a mo
meat, hesitated, cast down bereyes, and
with a blush sad, “w oedd wot Apdl do
as well ’’
An Ohio paper sajs that the fashion
of dandies wearing shawls had its origin
in that State, and iu the following man
ner : A swe 1 who had attended a par y,
got so much intoxicated that he could
not tell a cloak Iroru a shawl, and there
fore, ou retiring, took a shawl, supposing
be had his cloak, and marched with it
through the streets. The small fry see
ing what Was done, thought anew fash
ion bad come, and fell in with it at once.
S®“ The Cleveland Herald tlins ad
dresses eld bachelors: “If uur Makei
thought it wrong for Adam to live smgle
<whea there was not a woman on the
earth, how criminally guilty are old bach
elors, with the w-orld sud of pretty girls ’’
An editor in California recently
received a long document, which he was
requested to publish gratis, undtr his ed
itorial head. He placed it under his pil
low that night, and expresses his willing
ness to inseit similar communications in
the same way and on the same terms.
editor of a newspaper cut to
wards Lake Champlain, has and acoveied a
way of keeping eggs from spoiling. His
method is, to eat them while they are
lreeh !
(UHItERT REPORTER.
A sketch of Joseph Smith.
BY WII.I.IAM H. PAYNE.
Thirty years ago there lived near Pal
myra, Wuyue county, New York, an ob
scure individual, whose name has since
become familiar to ‘he world. That in
dividual was Joseph Smith, the Motmon
prophet. A sketch of this person’s life
is interesting, not because we find any
thing in his character to admire, but be
cause it presents to our rltw the origin
of Mormonism—one of the most extrava
gant humbugs that the world has ever
itnessed The idea of anew religion or
iginating in a person possessing less than
ordinaty abilities, and rapidly increasing
in number till both the Old and the Ne<V
World contain multitudes of proselytes,
is a mil j< ct of much interest. To give
the reatkf au idea of the or-gin of this
singular sect is the object of the present
t S-ay.
The family of wh eh Joseph was *
member was large, remarkable neither
for inlettigeflce nor industry . His father
possessed a vi-i nary mind, and eheri-hed
the notion that a prophet would arise out
of his family. It is hard to say why hr
should arrive at this cone!;,sion, yet the
means of aeeoinpl sliing his wishes were
evidently in his own power, for it was
soeii announced to the world that a bro- j
tlier of Joseph was the expected prophet. :
It i< eviule-ffit that this appointment >vas
i.ot made by Divine authority, else so se
rious a mistake could net have occurred,
Inr the prophet suddenly died —died of
surfeit -of eat ng too much raw turnip t
flic hopes of the ambitions father were
o; to lie blasted by this unfortunate oc
currence ; lor it was soon known to the
people of Stat’ord-street, wh- re they re
sided, that Joseph was the successor of
liis brothe".
In order to obtain a clear idea of tin;
prophet’s rxwif, it will be necessary to
rest rto his early years Tno boyhood of
Joseph was passed oa the farm with his
father. Luring the winter months he at
tended the i.stiict school, where he ac
quired the little knowledge which he pos
,-essed. lie is remembered by his-school
mates a- hi ing idle, and somewhat vicious
and was regarded by all as a very dull
scholar. Asa young man, his prospers i
weie anyth ng hut cheering. - Ile was
ngaged in no s eudy employment, and
in ght often have been found lounging a
ound the bar roorfts of Palmyra, in eom
pnnj with ptia-ons as worthless and idle
as himself This was the g( ueral cli one
ter of Josej Js ISu.itii up to tne time of iis
prophetic career, and n > one would have
surmised that he was to become the foun
der of anew religion, or an inglorioas
martyr at Nan vow.
Jo-eph's prophetic powers Were fiT.-t
directed to the acquisition ol Wealth, and:
urmiey-digging soon engaged the atten
ion of the family, nudapart of the ncigh
dorliood: NigliL after night (these fanat
ics labored, urged on by visions of untold
wealth. Kxcavalions were made in hill
side and Viitley, but Foniitvc, the fickle ‘
aodil’css, refused to smile upon tlietu. —
Their golden vision’s were fruitless 5 the
prophecy was ful-e.
At tins -fete of affairs a circumstance
occurred w bich r< trieved the waning hopes
of the prophet, and gave anew direction ,
to his genius. This was the discovery of!
tlie Hook of Mormon, or Mormon Bible.
This event proved to lie the origin of
Mormonism—the feeble germ which pro
duced the tree of giant proportions, whose
branches has extended over a large part
of the known wor.d. It was pretended
by the prophet that ibis record was found
on a hill, below the surface of the ground
written on ] lates of gold. This being
transcribed by a mysterious process,
became the work now known as the Mpr
: mon Bible This is the fabulous account
of its origin Its authentic history is as
Hollows:—It was wiitten by a Vermont
clergyman immed Spalding It was in
tended merely as a work of fiction, and
was entitled “The Manuscript F"Uiid ”
, The author died before its circula'ion, and
after various fortunes, it fell into the bands
of Joseph Smith, Who at ouce made it
necessary to his ambitious schemes.
It is probable that this book owes its
origin to that sentiment which prompts
us to venerate old manuscripts which
contain an account of men and times long
since passed away. It professed to be
the history of a people which had its ori
gin at the time of the confusion of tongues
and whose prophet’s name was Mormon.
The style of the book is in imitaiiou of
tire Holy Hible, but in point of beauty of
diction, sublimity of character, and divin
ity of its Author, it holds no comparison
The only work with which the Morm”n
Bible can be compared is the Koran. —
K*eh is the orae'e of a false religion, and
| the author of each was au impostor.
Well may Mormonism blnsii at its pa
rentage Tlie life of its founder exhibits
[no feature worthy of imitation, and his
I character is associated with all that is
vicious and immoral. Mormonism itself
but a specious humbug, whose vital priii
ciple is polygamy. Such is the man—
such the religion of which be was the
founder,
CIJTIIKKKT, Oi., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 18.10.
SWEET MEMORIES.
Oil, and. vnti not remember
The spot where li'Ht wninnt?
’Tw;is evening, in September—
Oh. ne’er eun T fmert
Hmv Limn glistened brightly
Above llie tall tree tops.
While zephyrs rustled ligluly
Tim leaflet’s dewy drops.
tVe wandered o’er the meulow,
And lip the green liitt—'M't,
And lingered in the shadow
Os the forest,dark and wide ;
And plunked the fruit ill gludnos*.
Th it bv the hedges grew ;
Our hearts ns Iron trout sadness
As the breeza that o’er us blew.
Oh do you not remember
’(’lie place where last we met ?
Th” stars in countless nunibclr
to the azure sky were set;
Tin y smiled pmi our kisses,
And wats-h’ and our wu m ■ tnbraco,
The while, your twining tri-ieos
Hid the blushos of your face.
“Then sil ntlv and fleetly.
We sought once more the grovo,
Tim I oft has echoed sweetly
Our simple gangs of love.
Oil. can you ■ vnr, over
Those blissful hours fnrgel?
1 lie parting kl-s—the last furiAvolb,
Aii thinks I hear it id.
1 What Railroads do for the Interior.
The Pennsylvaniaßnilrond furnishes the.
amplest evidence of whnt ra I roads can
do for building up the wealth of a State.
Along its route new towns have sprung,
up with wonderful rapidity, and the ag
ricultural and mineral resources of the
magnificent country tlwongh which runs
the iron horse have been deVolo]i‘Cd to a
remarkable extent. Look at the town of
Altoona, at tire foot of the mountains
A few years ago, what is now about five’
thousand inhabitants consisted of two or
three houses at most. There is now irol
more flourishing and prosperous inland
town in the State. There are five chnreh
es in tin; phi’C'c-, viz:; Presbyterian, Meth
odist Lutheran, Bapti t and Catholic, —
It supports six public schools employing;
seven teachers, two private academies a
book store, and a first-class family news
paper which fawi-b ample evidence of,
j the intel igeirce of the population. Al
toona is ihe site of the extensive work
shops of he IYnn-ylvonia Uaiifroad (Jmu
pany, and the head quarters ■of the coim
putation: It coinains two feunki g
houses, and a number of the most pros-’
peroas mercantUo establishments in the
interior of the State It boasts of the
largest bote outside of Pittsburg or Phil
adelphia, and supports iwinnerous minot j
ones We tl iak the town is destined to j
be one of the largest, as it is undoubtedly 1
oa® of tli-e me t beautiful and bustling inT
: the interior of PeiMisylVatiSac An ) all j
becauuf tire Central Kai'roa.l Was.con
st ructed. Wluu ‘he Keystone Hate is
’ like Massachusetts, “gridironed’ by
railroads what an empire will it be with
in itsc'f!
Lma so Stfambk in the Wonkrt —
Tlie following are the dimen ions of some
. of the largest steamers in the world.—
Tire H rent Western, 2'lfi feet long, flo
broad ; Great Britain, J !2 feet long, ol
! feet broad ; Himaluye, 350 feet long, 42
| broad ? the Persia, 390 fed long, 4o
j broad; the Adriatic, 304 feet long, 50
! broad ; the Vanderbilt, 335 feet long, 4,5
Vend ; the Kastern, now being built un
der tlie direction of ITunelj is uiorc than
twice the size of the largest of these, and
may w’ell he considered the greatest nie
i chanbal aehievment of ancient or modern
times.
When Dr. Franklin’s iiiothcf-'n-1
law discovered that the young man had!
a hankering for her daughter, that good
old lady said she did not know so well |
about giving her daughter to a printer ;!
there were already two printing offices in
the United Slates, and she was not cer-!
tain the country wodld snpport them.—
It was plain young Franklin would de
pend for support upon the profits of and
third, and this was a father doubtful
chance.
Thonerh but eighteen years have elaps
ed since the first vessel wholly propelled
by steaes crossed the Atlantic, now there
are fourteen lines oj steamers, Consisting
of forty eight vessels, plying between
Europe and the United S'ates. Out of
UiesC forty-eight steamers but twelve are
Am rieau construct inn. The foreign
companies have lost four of their steam
ers, aud we the same number
Wit at a WeStebn Editor wants. — 1
Wanted at this office,- a bull-dog, of any
color except pnmjikin and-ntilk ; of res-’
pectablc sizp, sriqb nose, cropped ears, I
j abbreviated combination, and bad dispo
sition— who can come when called with a
1 raw Ireefsteak, and will bite the man who
. spits tobacco juice on the stove, and steals
| the exchanges.
The gentleman so often spoken of ifi
novels, who riveted people with his gaze,
Mias now obtained permanent employment
’ at a boiler manufactory.
NO PROSCRIPTION FOR OPINIONS’ SAKE.
S'lie Crop- of flit* United States.
I he IL’Ston Traveler thus glances at
the condition of the crops in the North
ern States ;
In the Northern States the most im
portant cron, that of grass, has been
large beyond an average, but sonic of it
has been injured by heavy rains. In ma
ny places a good second ei’dp has been
cut—a very unusual circumstance Tlie
corn crop will be fair, probably a lull av
erage—and in many places it is now be
yond danger of frost, and, with a fort
night more of good clear weather, it will
ripen well. Potatoes will be in good
-upply, “and have not rotted so badly as
there Was reason to suppose from the ex
cessive moisture and hot snnshiue of the
last ten days in August and the first ten
days in September Fortunat’ ly the;
rains of the last ten days in August, tIW)
most critical period for the potato, were
very cold—sa cold that the White Hills
of New Ilamshire were covered with snow
and this, no doubt, saved a great [WTtiofi
of the crop which wowiil otherwise Iriive
been lost. The observation At’ the pres
ent season confirms the opinion that tlie
greatest mischief arising from tlie jHitato
rot, is in the last week in August—for
though the first half of September has
been the weather most calculated to pro
duce the rot, hot sun and w arm rains yet
the disease has been arrested since the
commencement of September. Tire nights
which prevail in Sept ember probably have
somethin!: to do with the arrest of the
potato disease at tins period. As the
weather continues unusually warm and
moist for this period of the season, it is
possible that the rot may be found tO
continue later that u-nal.
Cj” Neoiuies Tramim.ixo cton twe
American Fi.ao. — A short tiin'o ago, A
large gang of negroes bel'ongi'rtg to Bui
timore, left that city on a picnic excur
sion. On their return, two Irishmen
said something to them nt whi< h they
took offence, when a mimb-r of the oc
grnos gvßimt of the ■rtmuibiwis uud com
menced an assault upon them. Several
citizens who saw this, went to the assist
ance-of the Irishmen, whem the whoP; of
them were at'netted by tlie blacks. A
public house near was tlien attacked by
(.lie wo *.lv heads, arid the keeper severely
beaten. Seeing a Utterly jiole erected by
the Democrats, in the vicinity,,the ne
groes gave threecheefs for Fremont, pull
ed down the American banner, and tram (
pled it, in the dust beneath tlPir l'c"t. If
these th flgs can he done while Fremont
is ‘only in urination, what atrocity may
not b*e expected should he lie elected ?
Pennsylvanian.
A CfiuKcu roa Ladies Are ne.—There
is a I’resby’tCi'inh Church So Norlliampton
i County, Virginia, compose I. entirely of
ladie-. They arc twcofy two in number.
There is not a single ma c member among
’t’h'er.v, and of course, as they can have no
eldership, they are inH a yrope: ly orgau
iziid church; hut the lades, hoping almost
against hope, have persevered in their
si-teihood, and they have actually in
creased in numbers, Wore than many
Churches with a settled pastor and the
regular administrations of the sanctuary.
The Church is called the ‘Holmes Church’
after the lam Dr. Holmes,of Philadelphia
who was alideial contributor towards its
erection.
Tf.i.unos—Tell me what a man drinks
and I’ll tell yon what the man thinks.—
Tell me at what hour a man breakfasts,
-and I will tell you what his vocation is.
Tell tne the books a man reads, and I’ll
j tell you what his mind is. Toil me the
| female associates of a man, and I will,
| soon tell you his moral worth. Tell me
; how long a ihuh’s Servants stop with him
| find I will tell what kind of a nvas’er he,
is. Tell a woman a secret, and the
chances are, it tfWl not ho long before it
’ is told to another, and then to another,
until every one kirdwfi it.
■"itaVe yon a rose ?” a-ked Miss Rudd
of a highly grammatical gar lenet, early
in the morning. He thought it a com
pliment liecause lie was tip so early, hot 1
he was determined to correct the gram
mar “Have you arisen ? ’ said he
“Ahem! O yes, yes; feel pooty well 1
waked up.” The gardener stared and,
as she plucked a rose without leave, had
his misgivings Which had got up the ear
liest that morning.
A New Cure.—-,\ negro had a severe i
attack of rheumatism, which finally set
! tied in bis foot. He bathed it, and rub
bed it, and swa.tbed it, but all to no pur
pdse. Finally, tearing arfay the banda
i ges, he stuck it out, and with a shake of
hi* fist over it,
! den ole feller ; ache away I shan’t do
nuffiu more fer ycr, dis chile can stau’ it
as long as you kin ; so acne away.”
A female writer says, “Nothing looks
worse on a lady than and rued stockings.”
Allow us to observe that stockings which
need darning loot much worse thou darn-.
1 ed ones.
The Well, the Altar, tin* To an it
The most ancient records of mnn’a lib
on the ear h present ns with three cliiel
tokens to mark the possession 61 a portion
<>! its surface as an abiding place of hu
man families’; lire well of Water, the altar,
of worsfii’p, the tomb or cave for ihe dead
\Vitit what an impressive ‘p-iW’er—the;
loice and beamy of simple truth—does
that combination of the well, (he altar,
and the torrlb, affect os! They lead us
: back upon the tides of ages, and biing us
to ihe first liabitanle spot ot the earth
Ihe altar lasing above the soil, the ell
atd lhe gtave beneath il, exprest trt us
the three ureal'naluial wants ot mau.fc.
Life’s chief necessity, its divin-e law, its
inevitable issue, are thus presented to the
eve and mind Amid our ten thous
and wants, behold the three which crowns
them all, and one of those llirce I*ie bo*
dy’s lonely and everlasting cotudt!
The well—pting ga’heiing 11s crystal
drops troni the secret depths ol Ihe e.aith,
and receiving them back again when
man It id Used (hem, and a heavenly ‘dis
tillation had renewed, their purity, was a
token that near lo it giasg would grow,
Mian and beast find sbstenAnce. Tlie Tfld.
zltar,stone, which no tool had touched
was raised upon some Overlooking sum
mit ; kneeling around it, (lie patriatcoid
family called upon themselves the liable
of God, and thus recognised that eVer
la-lrog, that universal truth, the basis ot
all clear thobght, knowledge and science
as well as of all religion,—that tins earth
3nd nil its elements arid tribes, depend
upon the loltier influences ol Hit sk v, and
owe allegiance to ih>* unseen Centre and
Source 61 power, whence comes lorlhthe
energy that controls nod blesses. \VlieM
til** IPe that had been isbuiisbed fey food
and water, kept mindful ol a divine ovei
sijjht by the altar, came to its appoin'ed
cio-e, there lava cold and changing bo
dy, a forsaken tenement * and the mour
ner said, • Let me bury my dead cnit ol
my sight,”
VVfellS, altars, anil graves, the earliest,
the universal tokens of man’s presence on
the earth, the must essential objects ol
hit interest, are al6 tti'C mo-t enduring,
ol Iws'fcoiks. They multiply as (|6 this
tribes and numbers ol oOr fatce. They’
retain th” same relation to each other and
to hitman life, and rive same proportion,
as of old ; for meu eveivwh"ie weted;
them alt alike. Where we find thing*
o inseparably related and connected
there is ever a soit of sacred beauty in
iheir union.— Rnv Gen, K Kllis S Con
secralian Address ot Woodlawn.
A Hns’rt Knack.
A county Court wait silting a XvliHe■
ago, in , ou the banks of the Con
necticut It was —cold weather, any
how—and a knot of lawyers had collect
ed around the old Franklin in the bar :
room , “live lire binged, and rangs of flip
were passing a why without a groan, when
in came a rough gaunt looking babe of,
the woods, v knapsack on shoulder and
staff in hand. lie looked cold, and had
perambulated -tire Circle which hemmed;
in the fire, as with a wall of brass, look
ing for a, chance to warm his shied. No
body moved, however ; and finable to sit
down for want of a chair, he did the next
best thing— leaned ngaiust the wall, and
listened to a legal discussion tlr.it wn-s go
ing on, as if he was the judge to dec (le
the matter. Soon (he attracted the at
tention of the tjoikparry, and a yoang
sprig spoke to him :
“ You look like a traveler ”
Wal, I suppose 1 am—f conic from
Wisconsin a so t, at any rate ”
“ From Wiseonsia! Tiiat is a dis
tance to go on one pair of legs. I sav,
did you ever pass through h—ll on yonr
travels’”
“Yes, sir,” lie answered—a kind of
wicked look stealing over Ids physioguo
ray—“t’ve been through ‘he outskirts ’
“ Well, what are the manneis and cus
to ms there? some of us would like to
knOw. ”
“Oh,” said the pilgrim deliberately—
half shutting his eyes and drawing round !
the corner of his mouth till two rows of
yellow teeth and a mass of masticated
pigtail &|>|>eared through the slit in his
cheek;” you’ll find them much the same
iu this region: the lawyers sit nearest to
the fire ! ’
Home-made Beer —Take one gill of
good hop yeast, two teaspoonful of good
brown sugar, In If a teaspooi.ful of so c
da, the sagic of acid, eight drops of the,
essence of wintergteen and four of sffruee;
beat it well together, ihen pour ori two
(piarts of cold water, and voti will have a
good, healthy, cheap drink, for sick or
well folks.
(jcs= A showman exhibiting a nict/dre, !
said: “ Ladies and gentlemen, there is
Daniel in the den of lions. These are
the lions and that is Daniel, whom you
will easily distinguish Iroru the lions, by
his having a Mue cotton umbrella coder
his arm.”
When does a man become four hand
ed ? When he doubles his fists.
BYRD Sc WHITE, Pnfolisherr*
‘I he Boquet tin* the ilible.
Th” Jay was a fine dv, bat an iinetr*
peeled shower sCiddenly drove two or
three little parties i'fito the'coltage for terrt
porary shelter; n Itible and a bojquei. of
rtovvers'lay on the table.
A shrewd lookiffg mlrti, one eftheooo -
pnnv, approached lha tabfe—lie Wag afi
1 ’liidr!. Hi* opened iJie Bible, and clo -
“and it again with a senile that wag min',
gled with derwion. He then took up tb
bouquet. “Tht- roils ine best,” said he
wi’h no exulting air ‘ tor it has no mys
tei ii-s; I tali unde island it; its scent is.de
liglitfof. ’ Saving tins he p i 6l|ed a flow
er from the bouquet, and stuck it iu hi*
bosom.
A pause sfirOeexled, ‘bill it was X'rtrtfi
broken by an old gentleman, whose meek
and meicy-loving face ivac grateful td
gaze on, and whose grey hair-ent'illed hint
to respect. He had heard the remark of
the infidel, and felt ‘q’nitw anXious to coun
teract its influence ; advancing to tlie ta
ble, be al6iook dp the bouquet.
‘ How beauteous in this gift.” said he ri
the Father of Mercies.’ Tins bouquet i
delightful". How delicately formed are
these befcutifnl flowers 1 HoW rich are
their varied Inns, nod how sweet the frag
rance they inhale! But shnll Wo forego
the ijnv ol inhaling their fragtmee, and th
delight of gaz ng upor) their beauty, tie
cause we cannot explain the hidden mys
teries of their exis’ence? \Ve know odt
hokr dry, tfhsky, unsightly seed, when set
in the ground, could start up iota such
gloilous hftniS. We Cannot tell how it ift
fiom the same soil such different stenui
should spring, and on (he same flower
such varied tints appear; nor know wa
why some of the fairest flowers should bd
thickly pointed with thorns. These
tilings are mysterious: but if we wait till
we can comprehend (hern, the flowers
will fade away, for tlveir life is short.—
IvA Us giie, thert, on their beioty and in
hale their fragrance while w'e may.’’
“Aod.why should we not,” coutinuerl
he, putting dowm ihe bouquet tvj taking
up (fee Bible—“why should We not use
tbc t woi(l ot Gid in the same why? Thi*
blessed book prompts us t 6 all that is
evil;, and, amid the darkness tof (his bad
world, points os Id n Mysterieg it
has-—deep and awful mystteries—wlticH
its almighty Author alone can explain;
but shill we waste our short lives brood
ing over them end neglect the greater
pan, which is quite plain, and overlook
the main fold mvreies it proffers for our ac
cept nice? While the Holy Scripture*
leproveus itl errOr, guide u* in difficulty,
console us in soriow, and support us in
sickness and death, shall we undervalu*
or neglect diem Never, let w* leave, thert
ihe mysteries, both of provieence and
grace, till it shall please God to -unravel
them to out understanding -and in thii
n ean (line.-, let us Odflle rejoicing that
Ooefis ivoiks arid words hoih show that ha
is ’The VVondeifol!’ gratpfully place tha
glowiing fl overs o - the bouquet inour boi
som and ‘he consolation of the Bible ,id
our h>ar ft.
At ii hotel the other evening, a
young and fully moustached dandy front
Squaukam New Jersey, was seated at
the tea table at rather a late hour, whert
a bnt-Itkeper came iu and took a seat op
posite The dandy dropped his knifd
and fork, sipped bark his chair, gazed
at the bar-keeper, and said :
“ Fellah, does the SerVatiti Sup with *
gentleman in this house?’
“ No, sir,” was the reply.
1 Ate you not the barkeeper. 5 ”
*• Yes, sir ” „
Well, a harkeOper is a lidp as mnett
as a scrub.girl.”
“ True,” replied the man of the toddy
stick ; “ but I did not enter the hall un*>
til I Hooked in anti -aw there was no gen-
tleman at the table ; nlifem.”
Here the conversation ended. Poor
Jersey grinned a ghastly smile, and van
ished behind Ids sl'drt co lur.
A Bund Compositor.— The Ore eri
ca-tie Binner gnpsthe following account
of A Wind piiflter; now at work at Chran
otype office, in Uofcport, Indiana •
•One of die genfiethen connected with
the establishment is a blind man, and sets
type rb oarkably well; f|e is the (bat
blind printer v.e ever come across He
sts’ed to that his ayeiage day’s woik
was .iboiit 5 Odd eras ! and that lie had
on seveial occasions Set from 7 to 8 000 !
His letter is distiibuted fbr trim, and hit
copy read by his partner, hrs memory be*
iiif sb perfect he ran relain from fotlr to
six lines—when this is finished he cries
the last word ‘set,’ when another sen
tence is tead, and tlnis Conti slick on tlitd*
the day.’*
-
A melting sermon being preached in and
country church, all the congregation
were keeping, eiceptone rtfan, who beg
ged to I*e excused, as he belonged to ad :
other church.
A womnn may laugh too much. Tt, id
only a comb that can always afford to“
show its teeth;
What.is the worst kind of fare for A
man to live oil ? Warfare.
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