In" 1830, Frederick Douglass made the following reply to the .question, '•' Are not some of the slaves in the South contented ?" " Ko, sir; a slave 13 never-contented. If he has a bad master, lie wants a- good one. If he ha 3 a good one, ho wants a belter ono: If he has a better one, he wants the be3t. If he has the best, he wants to be master of himself.'-' A wag met a friend one frosty evening, aud after the usual exchange of civilities inquired, "Where are you goiug?" "Faith," replied the other, '■ it's so very cold I'm following my nose horns to my own comfortable fireside." " Then -yoa had better be quick about it," rejoined the first. " For" what reason?'' said his friend, " Because ■ you? nose is running I" '_ " Why is a .woman "tying her. corset like a. imn drinking to drewn care ? Because.in "so? lacing she becimes tight. 4 . It is an extraordinary fact that those.: Who get to high words generally use very guage. •*" ■ -■-■■' .;• - The. woman who makcta' a good pudding in silence is Letter than one that makslib;-" a tart reply, -:."" l •"'
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 226, 4 July 1873, Page 5
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189Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 226, 4 July 1873, Page 5
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