It is rather a discredit to tho respect
able part of the community, that there
arc eight or ten dance houses, built
and paid for at private expense, while
wo have no town hall, nor any other
building, where public meetings can
be comfortably held. The subject is
by no means exhausted, but this must
suffice for me.
John B. Wolff.
Items for Everybody.
Love that has nothing but beau ty to
keep it in good health, is short-lived
and subject to ague fils.
“There are more tricks in the town
than are dreamed of.” And plenty of
clowns to play them.
“Bounty will not stay where nig
gards bear the sway.” Don Quixote
never had the experience of the Am
erican rebellion, where “the colored
troops fought nobly,” and most of
them for bounty.
I wonder where these clouds are
goinj*? sighed Flora, pensively, assho
pointed with her delicate finger to the
heavy masses, that floated in the sky.
I think they are going; to thunder,
said her brother.
Jack says that the man who keeps
a fast horse, a fighting cock, and a
“quecu of hearts” outside of the fami
ly arrangements, is Just as sure to go
to the devil as a brick block locked
up in a chancery suit. He has tried it,
and speaks from sad experience.
