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Judge Not Too Harshly.
BY J. VICK.
When you meet With one suspected
Os some secret deed of shame,
And for this, by all rejected,
Asa thing of evil fame,
Guard thine every look and action.
Speak no words of heartless blame ;
Or the slanderer’s vile detraction
Yet may toil thy goodly name.
When yon meet with one pursuing
Ways (he lost have entered in.
Working out his own undoing
Wilh his recklessness and sin,
.Think, il placed in his condition,
Would a kind word be in vain ?
Or a look ol cold suspicion
Win thee back to truth again.
There are spots that hear no flowers,
Not because the soil is had,
But the summer’s genial showers
Never make their bo«oms glad.
Better haYe an act that’s kindly
Treated sometimes wijh disdain,
Than by judging others blindly
Doom the innocent to pain.
The cruel and the bit ter word
That wounded as it fell.
The chilling want of sympathy
We fee 1 but never tell.
The hard reputes that chills the heart,
Whose hopes are hounding high,
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall never die.
An English Tribute to the
Late Confederate, So-called.—
A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette,
thus describes what he saw in the
late rebel States, So-Called ;
“ With their houses burned, their
cattle driven off, their fences de
stroyed, their black laborers all
gone, all the white laborers migra
ted, the banks ali broken, and all
their money in confederate bonds,
what can the people do ? I was a
month in with
one man, who had been educated as
well as I had been. He had serv
ed 'as aide de camp throughout the
war. His house and property were
utterly wasted. He had a small
shauty for himself, wife and boy,
with one hunchback negro, who had
refused to leave them. He worked
as an oyster-dredger, cheerfully,
aud his wife taught lessons in
French She had kept her piano.
I never heard one murmur from ei
ther. I saw hundreds of like cases.”
Neglect of Mental Cultiva
tion. —A man who is allowed to
grow up with his mind entirely
neglected has inflicted upon him a
grievous wrong. He is cut off from
the sweetest and noblest sources of
happiness; and even if he be re
garded simply a- an agent for the
production of wealth, he is made by
ignorance comparatively useless
and its.'*vernt. Crime and improv
i<J* slyle an T h inevitably produce
dan elegantare in a great degree
<gs suited tornorance.
of all. " ' *“*' ‘
The spring ' ;as advertises
id we WO- “ VVallted > at this of -
Vg ablebodied, hard-featured,
ifcmselvf ' l>e ’' e(i ’ not-10-be-put-off, and
las her^ )e hacked down-freckled-fac
er sl ocr ng man to c °bect for this
idicate f must his ovvu horse,
this bi ‘ gS ’ P istolß » wll isky, bowie
+7 , and cow-hide. We will fur
(tter ha , m
, the accounts. To such we
>an doei , , ,
\ ise constant aud laborious era-
p, XJ ment.” Hcrg is an excellent
place for an industrious young man
who is willing to take a “ soft place.”
Travelers who try their luck,
in crossing railroad tracks when a
is bearing down upon them
will be interested in knowing that
twenty seven persons were killed in
his way in six of the Northern
States last year, fourteen badly
111 inrt, eight .vehicles demolished,
height locomotives injured, and sixty
horses killed.
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The annual commerce of the Misis
sippi river is said to amount to two
; thousand millions of dollars.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1872.
I Excerps of Humor and
Fun.
The Conductor Sold ; or, How the
old Lady got a Free Pass to
Valdosta.
BY A BAY STREET DRUMMUJt.
From the Sufannab News,
Some weeks since I was traveling
on the day freight on the A. & GL
Railroad westward. About ten
o’clock a. m., the train stopped
at a small way station, and took
aboard several passengers who were
found there awaiting it. None of
them attracted my attention except
an old lady, who with some difficul
ty, got aboard the coach there was
a passenger coach attached to the
train —and came puffing and blow
ing from her exertions down the
aisle to her seat.
********* **
The old lady had just got com
fortably seated when the whistle
sounded, and the train moved off.
In a few moments the conductor
came in, and after collecting the fare
of one or two others who had got
•aboard at the station, approached
the old lady,
Your fare, madam, said the con
ductor.
Old Lady—G little loufler, ’f you
please, I’m sorter deaf.
Conductor—Your fare, madam.
Old Lady—Thankee, you’re very
civil. I was eonnted pretty fair
when I was young; but I’m old
enough for your grandmother now,
and—
Conductor—Your ticket, if you
please, madam.
Old Lady—Ticket ? bless you, I
did’nt buy one. I thought I could
pass free as—
Conductor—Have yoti a pass?
Old Lady—(A little indignant)
—No’l hain’t—and what’s more, I
don’t want one. I’ina respectable—
Conductor—TheD, madam, I
must have the money for your pas
sage.
Old Lady Well, but let me tell
you, I’m a gwine down to see —
Conductor—lt can’t make any
difference to me, madam, who you
are going to see. I have my orders
and must obey them. It is a very
disagreeable duty, but I shall be
compelled to put you off the train
at the next station unless you pay
your fare.
Old Lady—Well, but you see I
orter go free. Women as travels
on missions like mine orter go free
—and my daughter’s husband saj 7 s
the same thing, and he knows,
’cause he’s been a mighty traveler,
and—
Condncter —Can’t help it, mad
am; must obey orders. You must
pay your fare or get off at the next
station.
Old Lady—But, mister, I haven’t
got the money.
Conductor I am very sorry, mad
am, but duty is duty, and—
Old Lady—Well, see here, stran
ger, I don’t think you orter put a
woman as travels on the business as
*1 does off. Its agin human natur.
Besides, ’taint my fault that I’m
on your railroad, so I orter go free.
Mine pressin’ business like. You
see Billy People’s wife's oldest sis
ter Sary sent for me to come to see
her at once and not tarry, cause as
how she expects this very night to
have a—
To-o-o-o o-o-t, toot, toot, toot,
toot, toot, tootl went the whistle,
and in a moment the old lady was
forgotten.
A Dozen windows flew up ; as
many heads popped out, and the
Conductor, ever watchful for the
safety, as he was for the way-fare
and the comfort of his passengers,
rushed to the platform to see what
danger was ahead. The cause for
the alarm, whateve* it was, finally
subsided ; the heads were drawn in,
windows let" down, and the Conduc
tor returned to collect his fare from
the old lady. She commences :
Yes, you see, its jest as 1 tell you
Billy Peeple’s wife’s eldest sister
Sary, is expecting any time to have
a—
Conductor—l have nothing to do
with these people my good woman.
I could not pass you without a tick
et or the money if you were going
to a funeral. *
Old Lady—But ’taint no funeral.
It’s just as different as it can be
from a funeral. I’m gwine to sec
Billy Peeple’s wife’s oldest sister,
Sary—Sary Beard’s her name—
cause she’s been sufferin’ a long
time, poor creeler, and, and—well
to tell you the real truth of the
mattei, this very night she expects
tohave a——
To-9 o-o-o-o-o o o-o t sounded the
whistle for the-next station, and the
train moved slower and slower, un
til it stopped, and the brakeman an
nounced “Valdosta.”
The approached the.
old lady at this point and very
kindly told her that he would have
to put her off here unless she paid
her fare.
Old Lady—What place is this ?
Conductor—This is Valdosta.
Old Lady—Wh-a-t !
Conductor—This is Valdosta.
Old Lady—Why, my goodness
gracious ! You don’t tell me so ! I
didn’t think we were half way there
If you hain’t bin fooling me all the
time, hain’t you ? This is the very
place whar I Was to get off to go
and see Sary Beard. You did pass
me free after all, didn’t you ?
Though you never orter fooled me
that-a-way. But then it was migh
ty clever in you to pass me, sir, so
it was. Thankee, sir,, thankee, sir.
And under a torrent of thanks he
helped her off the train.
The Conductor did his best to ex
plain to the old lady that she
was under no obligations to him,
and need not thank him ; but she
only grew warmer and louder in her
expressions of thankfulness to him.
“Indeed, indeed, sir,” said she,
“You have been powerful obliging,
and shall tell Bill People’s wife’s ol
dest sister Sary how good you was
to fetch me down free to see her,
and it it only happens to be a boy
sir, i’ll make her call it for you, you
deaT, good man. Oh, you needn’t
shake jour head, I’ll do it sure and
certain, Mister, and”
Toot, toot ! aod off moved the
train.
Old Lady—(Running up the plat
form and holding up her cotton
umbrella) —Stop ! Stop, mister.
What mought be your name?
Conductor—(Hurrying aboard) —
Never mind.
OM Lady—But, you see I want
to
But the train moved rapidly out
of hearing, leavifig the old lady
looking after the Conductor with a
face beaming with kindness and
gratitude, and muttering to herself:
“Well, no matter, Bill Peeples can
find out his name, and if it jest hap
pens to be a boy I’ll call it. for him,
certain and sure.”
A Cloud Burst. —During the late
rainy weather there was what was
called a cloud burst in the deep
canyon in the mountain side, above
Colonel B. T. Dinsmore’s place, du
ring the evening, and suddenly a
rush of water ten or fifteen feet
deep, like a tidal wave, came roar
ing down the creek bed and over
flowing its banks, teariug up trees
of a foot, and a half in diameter,
while the impetuosity of the tor
rent took up and carried along the
current huge boulders six and seven
feet in diameter, and ten to twelve
feet long! In half an hour after
this terrific demonstration, the wa
ters had all disappeared, and the
quiet little brook went singing on
its way.— Santa Barbara Press ,
Feb. lOf h.
Woman’s Fortitude. —l have
often had occasion to mark the
fortitude with which women sustain
the most overwhelming revarses of
fortune. Those disasters which
break down the spirit of a man, and
prostrate him in the dust, seem to
call forth all the energies of the softer
sex, and gives such intrepidity and
elevation to their character, that at
times it approaches to sublimity.—
Nothing can be more touching than
to behold a soft and tender female,
who had been all weakness and
dependence, and alive to every triv
ial roughness, while treading the
prosperous paths oflife, suddenly ri
sing in mental force to be the com
forter and supporter of her husband
under misfortune, and apiding, with
unßhrinking firmness, the bitterest
blasts of adversity.
A story is told of a rustic
youth and a buxom country girl who
sat facing each other at a husking
party. The youth, smitten with
the charms of the beautiful maiden,
only ventured a sly look, and now 7
and then touching Patty’s foot un
der the table. The girl determined
to make the youth express what he
appeared so warmly to feel, bore
with these advances a little while in
silence, when she cried out: •“ Look
here, if you love me, say so, but
don’t dirty my stockings,”— lndex.
A bachelor says all he would
require in a wife would be a good
disposition, beauty, good figure and
connections, conversational talents,
elegant and polished manners and—
money.
. Elephants at Sea.
A few facts about the elephants
now going to Chittagong in the
Sciot*, under the command of Cap
tain W. B. Matthews, may be in
teresting to our readers. The hoist
ing up into the air and lowering
down into the hold of a ship of such
huge animals is not only an unusual
sight to most men, but also a strange
experience to most elephants; in
deed, notwithstanding the great
age of the beasts, it seldom occurs
to them once in a lifetime. We
are sorry to see it stated by a co
temporary that the animals were
goaded and ill-used into submission,
So far as we saw, no ill-usage was
practiced. They were simply se
cured,lashed with strong ropes,slung
as far as practicable in slings,
hoisted up with three-fold tackles,
and lowered into the steamer’s hold
like bales of cotton. When in the
hold they were placed in pens of
strong bulks, bolted to
the shipTs side to prevent them
breaking loose. The great fear the
animals suffered was the only pain
they underwent, and by watching
the eyes of the poor beasts their
fear was manifest. Tears trickled
down their mild countcnaces, and
they roared with dread, more espe
cially when being lowered into the
hold—the bottom of which was
sanded for them to stand upon.
We are told that one timid
female elephant actually fainted,
and was “brought to” with a
(an and many gallons of water. At
sea it appears that the elephants
got into a curious habit of occasion
ally, (evidently 7 with a precon
certed signal) setting to work rock •
ing the ship from side to side by
giving themselves simultaneously
a swaying motion as if in the sea
way. This they would do for a
spell Os an hour or more, and then
desist for several hours until the
strange freak took them again.
At Chattagong we hear that they
were hoisted up out of the hold and
swam on shore, thirty-five being
thus landed without any accident
Our informant says
when they were released from the
slings it was a supreme moment tor
the mahout, who was always on the
elephant’s neck from the time its
touching the water to letting go.
As the word was given to “let go,”
each of the elephants, either from
the lightness of his heart at being
freed from his floating prison or
from his own weight, we are not
sure which —lightness of heart, like
lightness of head, causes elephanis
and men to play pranks—plunged
down deep into the water, the ma
hout on his neck. The anxiety on
the face of the mahout just one second
before the plunge, was a study; so,
too, was it when the elephant and
man rose to the surface again, the
former blowing water from his
trunk, the latter from his nose.
Forty-four more elephats go down
by the same steamer to Chatta
gong.— Calcutta Englishman.
When keenly put to the test,
human endurance is great. The
Omaha Bee tells of a man named
Riley who was caught in a terrible
snowstorm on the-plains. He made
his bed in the snow, and for two
days lay under the white covering,
waiting for the storm to subside.
Then he started for the timber, with
a sharp blast cutting him in the
face. But his frozen boots so cramp
ed and crippled his feet that be
was obliged to remove them and
cast them aside. He walked twen
ty miles in his bare feet over the
snow, and then spent the greater
part of a night in a half exhausted
condition, his feet in a bucket of
water and the said water turned in
to ice. He wa9 at last rescued,
taken to Omaha, and kindly cared
for. He will loose one of his feet.
The only surprising thing is that
he did not perish on the plains.
His power of endurance was proved
remarkable. — Field, Turf and
Farm.
Economy. —There is nothing like
beginning life with settled econom
ical principles. Extravagance is
a habit easily contracted, arrd goes
on increasing as a snowball does in
volume when rolling down hill.—
The -slang phrase, “Go it whije
you’re young,” has been the ruin of
thousands.
Wiiat strange tilings girls are.
Offer one of them good wages to
work for you and ten chances to
one if the old woman can spare any
of her girls; but just propose mat
rimony, and see if they don’t jump
at the very chance of working a
lifetime for board and oluthes.
A Hog which does not For*
get an Injury.
Ther is a large Newfoundland
dog in this city, about ten years
old which is, doubtless, one of the
most knowing specimens of the ca
nino family living. When it was
about six months of age, a couple of
young men, in order to have a little
fun, tied u tin kettle to its tail, and
sent it running through the streets.
It was sport for the boys, but the
act was never forgotten by the dog.
Till this day it shows signs of dis
pleasure at the sight of either of
those young men. One of them
removed from the place, and, sever
al years after the tin kettle affair,
he was visiting the place and called
at the residence of the dog’s owner.
The dog, hearing the voice of the
young man inside the house, resort
ed to a number of devices to gain
admission. Upon being admitted,
it sprang for the throat’of the visi
tor, with jaws extended. The fam
ily interfered, of course, and the
dog was removed from the house.
From that day (when the kettle
was tied to its tail, to this, neither
of those young men can enter the
gate leading to the house if the dog
is at home. On one occasion a
beggar called at the back door for
something to eat, and was plentifully
supplied by the good lady of the
house. While passing out through
the yard, the beggar threw away
some of the food, the dog saw it,
and taking the unthankful solicitor
of alms by the leg of his pan
taloons, walked him hurriedly oat
through the gate. No beggar is
permitted by that dog to enter the
gate since. A negro once kicked
this dog, and it has had such a
disliking for all persons of color
since, that not one, with its permis
sion, is allowed on the premises.
A few years since the owner of the
dog was taken sick and died. The
dog was most deeply affected by
the event, and refused to bo com
forted for many days and weeks
thereafter. When the bell was
tolled for the funeral the dog seem
ed to understand its mournful im
port, and from that day to this the
tolling of the bell causes the dog
to break forth in most dismal wail
ings.—Exchange
In one of the Western States
there resided a family consisting of
an old man by the name of Beaver,
aud three eons, all of whom were
very wicked. They had often
laughed to scorn the advice and
entreaties of a pious, though very
eccentric minister, who resided in
the same town. It happened that
one of the boys was bitten by a
rattlesnake, and expected to die,
when the minister was sent for in
great haste. On his arrival, he
found theyoung man very penitent,
and anxious to be prayed with.
The minister kneeled down and
prayed in thiswise: “O, Lord,we
thank thee for rattlesnakes; we
thank thee because a rattlesnake
has bitten him. We pray thee to
send a rattlesnake to bite Johu;
send one to bite Bill; and O Lord,
send the biggest kind of a rattle
snake to bite the old man, for noth
ing but rattlesnakes will ever bring
tho Beaver family to repentance.”
For the past week sgr so,
Barnesville has been thrilled with a
patent rail-splitter, A small iron
cylinder, or tube, about a half inch
in diameter and six inches long, in
two equal segments fitting closely
together, is inserted into an orifice
made with a common augur in the
centre of the fallen log. This is
filled with powder by means of a
slender tube surmounted with a fun
nel, the charge amounting to an or
dinary musket load, a fuse is then
attached and fired, ar.d the toughest
log is split like an acorn.
We met an old darky trudging
along with a heavy side of bacon,
which he had just bought, swing
ing ov6r his shoulder. We ob
served that he was miserably clad,
and we felt sorry for him, for a
bitter cold wind was blowing. We
remonstrated with him : “ Why do
you spend yonr money for meat ?
you’d better buy a coat.” This Old
gentleman of African descent stop
ped, looked us full iu the face for a
moment, and said in most solemn
tones : “ Massa, when I ax my back
for credit, it gives it; when I speak
to dis (laying his hand upon his
“ bread basket,”) it calls for de
cash.”— Exchange.
ed from the same tree. The nut
meg is enveloped in its covering of
mace, and the whole contained in a
fleshy mass. Mace at first is crim
son or blood red, only requiring its
golden tint by age.
Hark Twain on Woman
Suffrage.
Mark Twain says that when wo
man frame laws, the first thing they
will do will be to enact:
1. That all men should be at
home at 10 p m., without fail.
2. That married men should be
stow Considerable attention upon
their own wives.
3. That it should be a hanging of
fense to sell whiskey in saloons, and
that fines arid disfranchisement
should follow in such places, /
4. That the smoking of cigars to
excess should be forbidden, and the
smoking of pipes utterly abolished.
5 That the wife should have the
title of her own property when she
marries a man that hasn’t any.
“ Such tyranny as this,” says
Mark, “we could never stand.—
Our free souls could never endure
such degrading thraldom. Wo
men, go away! Seek not to be'
guile us of our imperial privileges.
Content yourselves with your little
feminine trifles—your babies, your
benevolent societies, and your knit
ting—and let your natural bosses
do the voting. Stand back—you
will be wanting to go to war next.
We will let you teach school as
much as you want to, and pay you
half price, too; but beware ! we
don’t want you to’ crowd us too
much.”
Keep out of Debt. — Half the
perplexity, annoyance and trouble
that men have in this world is in
consequence of getting into dept.—
It seems to be natural for some
people to buy and incur obligations
without measure so long as they can
avoid paying ready cash. Give
one of this sort a chance to buy on
credit, aud tho question of price
and conditions of payment are
matters that he cares but little
about. But what a crop of trouble
springs up from the seed ot debt.
How many sleepless nights result
from it? How many gray hairs it
brings, and how often it shortens
life—sometimes leading men to
commit suicide or murder. And
.yet, how easy a thing it is to keep
clear of this terrible monster.
Every young man should form
a fixed and unalterable deteami
nation, before commencing his active
business career, not to incur one
penny of indebtenness under any
circumstances. Never borrow.—
Never buy anything unless yon
b«ve tho money to pay for it at once.
Pay no attention to “splendid op
portunities,” * bargains,” “ r are
chances,” and the like. Snch affars
are only traps which debt sets to
catch victims. If any offer is
made that you would like to accept,
look first at your money pile, and
make the answer depend upon that.
Always pay as you go. If you are
6hort of money, gauge your de
mands accordingly.
—-Jacksonville Fla., is fixing up
for a grand leap year party, at
which the following rules will be
rigidly enforced t No gentleman
will be allowed to enter the ball
room, except on the arm of escort,
or one of the managers; no gentle
man can dance unless invited to do
so by a lady ; no gentleman can en
ter the 6upper room unless eseorted
by a lady. The lady managers will
see that no gentleman is neglected.
A doctor was very much annoyed
by an old lady who always stopped
him on the street to tell him of her
ailments. Once she met him When
he wasin avery great hurry. “Ah!
I see you’re quiet feeble, said
the doctor. “Shut your eyes and
show me your tongue. ” She obey
ed, and the doctor, moving off, left
her standing there.
Dried Peach Pudding. —One
quart dried peaches chopped fine,
one cup sugar, three eggs, one table
spoon of butter, one teaspoon soda,
two teaspoons cinnamon, half tea
spoon of cloves, add flour enough to
make it nearly as still’ as a pound
cake. Boil three hours. Brandy
sauce.
Cotton Planting in Texas.—
The Shreveport (La.) says:
“ We regret to learn from our Tex
as exchanges that the planters of
that State intend planting more
largely in cotton than they did last
year. And that is one drawback
to the country resulting from the
high price of cotton. It promps a
large planting of the staple and a
consequent decline in price the suc
ceeding year, with no grain in the
country.”
Conductor Bright, of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad Company
reently recovered $5,000, which a
lady passenger had lost, and restored
it to her.
NO. 10
Two certain tilings—death and
taxation.
Woman first tempted man to eat.
He took to drinking on his own ac
count.
Josh Billings says, “Knowing
how to sit Square on a bile, without
hurting, is one of the lost arts.”
Two Wisconsin women have earn
ed $2,000 the present season by the
care of bees.
When an Americus merchant
doesn’t sell but five hundred dollars
worth of goods a day, he sits on
his door-step and weeps.
A traveller writes home from
Paris : “ The word I have, stood
most in need of since my arrival
here is the French for damn.”
. —A Wisconsin paper'states that
a little girl, eight years old, js beg
ging .in the streets of Oshkosh with
a paper which certifies that “ the
bearer is a widow with five children,
in destitute circumstances,”
—A v eteran observer says : “ I
never place much reliance on a man
who is always telling what he would
have done had he been there. I have
noticed that somehow this kind of
people never get there.”
A man in Danbury discovered
that powder fried iu lard was good
for boils. He tiied it*. The stove
cover is in the second story now,
though most of the rest of the stove
has been collected. He was de
ceived in his lard, he says.
An Indianapolis man took ad
vantage of ’ his wife’s having the
sinal 1-pox to send for his mother-in
law. The result surpassed his ut
most expectations, and he had. the
satisfaction of paying her funeral
expenses a few days after her arri-
Yah
A Scotchman who had put up
at an inn was asked in the morning
how lie had slept. “ Ah, mon,” re
plied Donald, “ nae vera will eith
er, but I was much better off than
the bugs, for deill one o’ them
closed an e’e the night.”
The Postmaster General re.
quests the people to subscribe upon
letters the name of the county as
well as of the State and post office
to which letters are directed.—
Write first the name of the State,
then of the country, then the post
office, and last, the name of tho per
son addressed.
A Cleveland bridegroom kept
the wedding ring m his mouth du
ring the first part of the ceremony,
so that he could find it when the
right time arrived. He mumbled
the responces all right till the min
ister winked at him as a hint to
produce the ring, when in his nerv
ousness he swallowed it, and wae
stood on his head by three grooms
men to facilitate its recovery.
The Vicksburg Herald says
Alexis missed a fine bale of cotton
by not stopping at Duncansby Land
ing. One hundred and fifty negroes
had been summoned to the gin to
prepare a bale for his Imperial
Highness to take to St. Petersburg,
but the Howard did not land, and
General Wade Hampton is, there
fore, one bale of cotton better off.
The Jacksonville Union gets off
this religious joke on one of its col
ored brethien who attempts to
pray 7 . The good colored deacon
was praying for the recovery of a
sick sister, and ended this way:
“Oh! Lord, help her. Oh! Lord,
make hei well. Oh! Lord, if you
can’t make her well, then, oh! Lord
help her grin aud beat it.”
A Lin Con county man was in
Augusta the other day hunting a
couple of bales of cotton which had
floated down the Savannah during
the recent freshet. He recovered
one.
The Erie Railway cost including
e< l u ipnient,s 106,904,362. Its gross
earnings for tho year ending Sept.
30, 1871, was $17,1863,005,16; net
earnings, $4,721,649,29.
An exchange says that it is rather
amusing to see a newly married
healthy young woman, whose hus
band earns a salary of twelve or
fifteen dollars a week, hunting for
a girl to help in house-keeping.
“My chile,” said uncle Sambo do
his belubed son, “don’t yon hebber
do any work afore breakfas. If it
am necessary to work afore break
fas, you jes’ habyour breakfas fust.”
A gentleman and his wife had a
little argument, Christmas eve,
when he said he would hang up her
stocking for her—which he did but
inadvertently omitted to take her oufr
of them. She stood on her head ten
minutes, when the neighbors.arbitra
tod.