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. The ball of yarn;. The Chiefs having partaken of their sumptuous feast, tney discuss nsto the manner of disposing of his -wardrobe. Naval Tactics.—A captain of the navy, one of the old school, beingat a ball, had been accepted by a beautiful partner, a lady of fortune, |who, in the most delicate manner possible, hinted to him the propriety of putting on a pair of gloves. Oh! was the elegant reply: nevermind me, maam : I shall wash my hands when Ive done The Chief Blow-my-nose-off-do, who superintended the cooking de-partment, conceives an idea that he should rule the roast in this
. The ball of yarn;. The Chiefs having partaken of their sumptuous feast, tney discuss nsto the manner of disposing of his -wardrobe. Naval Tactics.—A captain of the navy, one of the old school, beingat a ball, had been accepted by a beautiful partner, a lady of fortune, |who, in the most delicate manner possible, hinted to him the propriety of putting on a pair of gloves. Oh! was the elegant reply: nevermind me, maam : I shall wash my hands when Ive done The Chief Blow-my-nose-off-do, who superintended the cooking de-partment, conceives an idea that he should rule the roast in this affair,takes the responsibility, and clothes himself in full power to wearthe togs. Memory.—A country clergyman meeting a neighbor who never cameto church, although an old fellow of above sixty, he gave him some re-proof on that account, and asked him if he never read at home ? No,replied the countryman, I cant read. I dare say, said the par-son, you dont know who made you. Not I, said the little boy coming by at the same time, Who made you, child ? saidthe parson. The boy answered correctly. Why, look you there,c|ioth the honest clergyman; are not you ashamed to hear a child offive or six years old tell me who made him, when you, that are so old aI man, cannot ? Ah ! said the countryman, it is no wonder thatj he should remember—he was made but tother day ; it is a great while,i master, sin I w»>a made. A Yankee Preacher on Predestinati
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