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I TERMS $2 A WE:.Ul, l $1 1m in advanee. NO. 17. \Mn:th Musla, Frte.ndBhip, Love's propitlous Bini! Oba.se every care, and ®ann a Uttle while , e, Bridget·~ Strike. - \B' ... .,, \ 'd M '\\'• Bat rs Pennyw.ise • ''there is very little starch in the dickeys' this w.pe\<, and altoget;her, the clothes do not look verr nicely,\ \An' Hure you mpst remJ!Wber,ma'am, ):;gtt but oivin lind eb: f'or my l&b0r, if J'QU w~d have them rael nate, you must rise on my w~ ges.'' \And what would nine shillill&S do for me Biddy t11 ' ' An' fliix 1t would litiifen them mere, buli it takes tin a.a' sixpence to put on th6 g1!l~·\ \And how would two dallal'll work Bidd;Jf 1\ \Now lJt me jist till you 'twottld IDilike thuu so 1lltgant you niver would kn<>w the <:11ttou f'rom th!) linen.\ , \So Biddy, you are disposed tc> make & strike, if I would h&ve my work done to my liking 1.1• \Och ' no, mem ; it's not mesilf that w 1 It broke the pape by e~nking. It 11 an an il:l·brlld woman that wolild lift her finge:r to her ,tillS· tress, an' did'nt I till Pll>trick 0 Flaherty ao when he bid me strike on yon ! It's not lUe: silf that would do tlle thing for all the mo11ey in Amerjky \ \Well Bid4y, afte~ this day we will try t!le nine shillitl$ system \ \Then by ihe powers, 1\fr. Pennywise shall be atllfened, but I woo't promise to gloBs blPl •1 Bow to Get a Drink. ·-·- U nllle Eb , as we used to call h1m, among lots of' good ({Ualities, had one failing He did !ova g.ood liquor., but such waathe state of hie credit, that no one would tr!!Sii hln:i He there· fora one day resorted to a trulk, to answer 'the grea.t desire of' his ~petite. He\tool two case Mttles, put a quart o£ water in one of them, then put a bottle io each pocket, and started for the stare. \I'll take a quart of your :rum,\ said Unble Eb , as he placed the bottle on the counter The ram was put up, aoo the bottle was :re· placed in his pocket, when 'Uncle Eb pulled from hts purse what at a distance 1111ght s~em like a quarter of a dollar \This is nothing but tin, Uncle Eb ,\ said the trader \Eb now, its a quarter,\ said Uncle Eb. \It s tin \ said the trader , ''I shan't tak'6 it \ \It's o.l1 I've got '' \Very well,\ answered the atorekeepe:r, you can t have the rnm \ Uncle E!:l, without much demurring, pulled from his pocket the qua:rt of water. The tra· der teok it, poured it into his ram ba:r:rel, and off walked uncle Ebb 1 chuckling. A hoosier woman, writing tc> her yonnzer sis.ter who 1s just commg .out, cautions her a.gamst kissing shol't men Slle says the:re is no satisfactwn mIt, especially if circulUstancea render 1t necessary to do it in a hlllTy, and further, you are never safe, makmg a hasty dive, you nre just as likely w kiss the end of the nose as anything else, and that Is not al· ways clean 1 Moreover, she attributes a stitch m the back, with which she is now t;roubled, to this pernicious habit of her youth Awfu11 ~ Mr Folt the celebrated orator, was one day told by a. lady whom he visited that \She did not care tl!ree sltlps f[{ a liJuse for him \ He immediately took out hi~ pelicil, and w .. ote the following lmes A lady has told me, and m her own house That she cares not for me, \three skips ~fa louse\ I forwve the dear creature for ~hat she hath stud~ Smee women will to.lk of what ruM m theit- ~d • ~ A lady pi\Ssing along the streets ofa nprthern clty, nptlced. 3jitlle boy who was scttttermg salt on th~ j!idewalks for the pur· .yoae of c)eatnng thll lee wh1ch was vely .slm· pe.i-y, \ Well, I m sure,\ sa1d the lady this is true benevolence. \Nq it am't ma'am,'' re· plied the boy, \ it's salt f' ~\We haw ever found,\ sa:rs an A.mer· ieo.n paper, \that blacksmiths 11<re more or less giv<lll tll vme Carpenters for the most pa.rt, speak plninlj', but they will chisel wlien th~y get a chance Not unfre~tuent1y they 1 are bores, ~mil: often ann'o,y one with tM!r old