The ball of yarn; (1854) (14781045121)

Identifier: ballofyarn00elto (find matches)
Title: The ball of yarn;
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Elton, (from old catalog)
Subjects: American wit and humor
Publisher: New York, P. J. Cozans
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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.,) named James Mitchell. Upon evidence it was stated, that the de-ceased had said to his sister, that people had often told him he was too greata coward to hang himself. And to prove himself no coward, he had in joketaken a string, and fastened it round his neck as he stood on a chair, and fall-ing from the chair was actually hung. Verdict:—Accidental death, causedby hanging himself in a joke. li Pat. what kind of battle would you prefer to fight, if you knew you weregoing to get whipped ? The battle of Brandy-wine, to be sure! Well, now I*ve got the hang of this business, as the culprit said whenhe found himself at last on the gallows. There is a hotel in Cincinnatti so leaky, that in rainy weather the board-ers are compelled to take umbrellas to bed with them. A man in Michegan, not long since, committed suicide by drowning. AiI the body could not be found, the coroner held an inquest on his hat and jack-1 et, found on the bank of the lake. Verdict— found empty. HUNG UP TO DRY.
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; An English laborer in Cheshire, attempting to drown himself, an irishI reaper who saw him going into the water, leaped in after him, and brought him safe to shore. The fellow attempting it a second time, the reaper a; second time got hi ra out; but the laborer being determined to destroy him-! self, watched his opportunity, and hung himself behind the barn door. TheIrishman observed him, but never offered to cut him down: when, severalhours afterwards, the master, coming into the bar^-yard, asked him, up-on what ground he had suffered the poor fellow to hang there ? *. Faith,replied Patrick, I dont know what you mean by ground; I know I wasso good to him that I fetched him out of the water two times, and I knowtoo, he was wet through every rag, and I thought he hung himself up to dry,and you know I could have no right to prevent him. A Working Man.—A loafer filled with new-made beer