"Dear Public, you and I of late
Have dealt so much in fun;
I'll crack you now a monstrous great
Quadruplicated pun!
"Like a grate full of coals I'll glow,
A great full house to see;
And if I am not grateful, too,
A great fool I must be!"
BUCOLIC STUPIDITY.—668.
We saw a venerable looking cow yesterday, says the Cincinnati Herald, eating pine sawdust, under the impression that it was bran. She didn't find out her mistake until night, when it was found that she gave turpentine instead of milk.
LIFE IN KENTUCKY.—669.
The following story of "Life in Kentucky" being in print ought, of course to be believed:—"Early one morning the shouts and cries of a female were heard. All ran to the spot. When they arrived they saw a man and a bear engaged in combat. They had it hip and thigh, up and down, over and under, the man's wife standing by and hallooing 'fair play.' The company ran up and insisted on parting them. 'No, no,' said the woman, 'let them fight it out; for it's the first fight I ever saw that I didn't care which whipped!'"
AMERICAN PROVERBS AND SIMILES.—670.
Ambition is as hollow as the soul of an echo.
Tide, steamboats, and soda-water will wait for no one.
Big feet, like a leather shirt, are more for use than ornament.