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Lake County Press, Issue 49, 10 May 1872, Page 2

Parlour magazine*—Kerosene lamps Wool gatherings Fights between negroes.

How to make a slow horse fast—don't feed him.

What does a grocer do with all his things before he sells them? Gives them a weigh. A Western journal offers this induce, ment: " All subscribers paying in advance will be entitled to a first-class obituary notice in case of death.

Organ-grinders motto—Turn about is fair play. A mental morsel—A bit of one's mind, A grate noise—The one you make putting on the coal.

Barbers make many friends, but scrape more acquaintances, A lobster never comes ashore without great risk of getting into hot water. The man who popped the question by star-light, got his answer in a twinkling. Paddy Murphy says that " one half of the lies told about him ain't true. One who wishes the world to know what he knows nb.mt farming say the best way to raise strawberries is with a spoon,

Enraged Parent—" Hid you throw the half brick at random ?" Weeping Boy—"Noj I threw it at Johnny Williams." " And did you strike him on purpose ?" " No, I struck him on the nose."