Show do old II 11 says that some years ago in a north carolina town a crazy man wag brought before an hoard to settle tho question aa to whether or not ho should be sent to tho in columbia after the doctor got through with his examination ono of the committee an old farmer said my frelond did you ever borrow any bags or jugs yes lots of them did you ever borrow your neighbors newspaper yea many a time well now what became of iho jugs bags and why I 1 carried them all back the old farmer pave a blow almost as loud as nancy harts whistle and said gentlemen hos no lunatic just simply a common liar and all the asylums in the world wont caio a man of lying ga sun llcy dr spear was for many years pastor of st lukof protestant church philadelphia at hie ago of sixty m when hia eyesight had failed and hi strength decreased ho retired from the nativo ministry and waa provided with a place for lito in tho old mens home lately on his seventieth birthday ho sent in his resignation to the managers explaining that ho was under engagement to marry ho pays that ho made a nii in supposing that ho was ready to retreat from tho world his anian ced difo is an estimable and wealthy spinster indiana A little girl of 8 years WAS overheard baying to her brother after her divorce mamma Is going to marry tho gentleman who gives us candy the little boy began weeping what is the matter a friend of the family thinking that the childs heart was touched by tho prospect of alio so domestic in felicities and alio loss of hia own father isoo hoo boohoo says tommy ho wont give us anymore candy then A man named charles hunt who claimed to bo a natural son of daniel webster and who has held various positions in the treasury new york post and customhouse custom house dropped dead in a saloon ho closely resembled the great orator in physique and voice and was possessed of many of tho characteristics of his great progenitor his claim to descent irom was generally believed by avs acquaintances iest |