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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1750, 12 August 1874, Page 3

IwcrfuPLETK—A country editor has written* poem called "Joy* we have tasted,'* mH what seems strange and inexplicable to his freind«, he does not mention whisky, beer, brandy, gin, or anything that way. But maybe the poem is to be continued. It is certaiuly incomplete as it stands. In a rather heated discussion one even-

ing on an insan'ty case, the alleged lunatic p-~ baring been placed iv an asylum by his L wife and friends, a gentleman «aid to a lady who did not believe the unfortunate man was insane, "What do you say. madam, to his lying down on his back m the barnyard, and allowing hens to feed off his body ? " " All you can make of that," responded the lady, " is that, line many other married men, be was henpecked." ' . , A.Cat Qubbt—There was a room with eight corners. In each corner sat a cat. before each cat sat seven other cats, and on each cat's tail sat a cat. How many cati in all P The Memphis Avalanche says—Titus A. Brick is the name of a JSew Orleans poet, and it accurately describes the condition of many persons not pots. There is a family in Norwich, Ct., which has lost confidence in partridge

because the cook, while preparing a speci--1 men of that bird for , roasting, found a snake half a yard long inside of it. A Bad law Pb»Bkbtbb. —A floating debt, The Oati ov ▲ Past A«b.—lnresu-