‘"Doctor,"’ said Frederick Reynolds, the dramatist, to Dr. Baillie, the celebrated physician, ‘"don't you think I write too much for my nervous system?" ’ ‘"No, I don't,"’ said Dr. Baillie, ‘"but I think you write too much for your reputation."’
A gentleman, while in church, intending to scratch his head, in a mental absence reached over into another pew and scratched the head of an old maid. He discovered his mistake when she sued him for breach of promise of marriage.
A Bremen journal contains the following advertisement: ‘"A young gentleman on the point of getting married, is desirous of meeting a man of experience who will dissuade him from such a step."’
Old Abe put a chip on his hat, at Sumter Gen. Beauregard knocked it off, and, so the war began.
