The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-03-17
From the Nep York Orgaa.
TRADE IN RIDDLES
FROM the GERMAN,nY MRS. sr- SIM


them on condition that he would conduct Iimsalr
win proPrlety and give tie captain eighteen
kreutzers for his passage.
now 1t Is true something jingled in the LEWIS
pocket when he struck his hand against n. hrt
the only money there was therein. was twaIvo
kfeutzer piece, Tor the other was brass button
Not"ths'andlng this, he accepted the oIer with
g'autuue' FOR he thought to himself, "some
anlhg may be earned, even upon the water -
! mere IS many man who has grown rich upon
the Rhine. "P0i
Duflhg the FIRST part OF the voyage the passen.
gers were very talkative and merry and the lew
with his wallet under his arm, for he did not law
1t aside, was the object of much mirth and mocE,
cry, as, aas il is often the case with those Of bis
nation. But as the vessels sailed onward and
passed fhusingen and Saint Veit the PASSENGERS
one after the other, grew silent, and gazed dawn
the river, until one cried
"Come, Jew, do you not know anv pasfne
that viii amuse us? Your fathers must have con.
trlved many one during their long stay in the
Wilderness '''
snow is the time" thought the Jew. ..to
shear my sheep!" And he proposed that tbev
should sit round in circle, and PROFOUND yery
curious questions to each other, and he. with
their permission would sit with them. Those
who could not answer the questions. should nav,
the one who propounded them twelve kreutzar
plece,and those who answered them pertinentIv
should receive twelve kreutzer piece.
The proposal pleased the company; and boping
to divert themselves with the Jews wit or stnnd'
itv, each one asked, at random, whatever entared
his head 'u
Thus, for example, the first one asked-"How
many soft boiled eggs could the giant Goliath
eat upon an empty stomach?''
All said that it was impossible TO answer fa,
question,an each paid his twelve kreutzers.
The Jew said, 'One for he who has eaten ono
egg cannot eat second upon an empty stom.
ach, " and The other paid him twelve kreutzars
The second thought, ''W ait Jew, / will trv Won
out OF the New Testament, and think shan
win my piece. Why did the Apostle Paul write
the second ePistle to the Corinthians?''
Inc Jew saId-"Because he was not ia Corintb
otherwise he would have spoken TO them ,, 60
he won another twelve kreutzer piece.
When the third saw that the Jew was so weu
versed in the Bible, he tried him in different
way. "Who prolongs his work, to az creato
length as possible, and still completes it ti9e3,,
"The ropemaker, il he is Industrious, . said the
Jew. "'1 INC
In the meanwhile they drew nigh to village
and one says TO the other, s'That is Bamlach. y
Then the fourth asked-s'In what month do tho
people in Bamlach eat the least?"
The Jew said "In February, for that has or1,,
twenty ght days"
The filth said-"There are two natural broth.
ers, and only one of them is my uncle.''
The Jew sad-''The uncle is YOUR fathers
brother, and your father Is not your uncle.
A fish now jumped out of the water. and tho
SKIN asked =" nat hsh have their eyes nearest
together?'' COZ
The Jew said, 'The smallest''
The seventh asked, "How can man ri5o
from Basic to Bern, in the shade in the summer
time, when the sun shines?''
The Jew said, ''When Ire comes to nIaca
where there is no shade, he must dismount and
so on foot" ""O
The eight asked, "When man rides in tbe
winter time IRON Bern to Balse and has forootten
his gloves, how must he manage so that Iis Sands
shall not freezer"
The Jew said, "He must make fists ont Of
Them 0u' VI
Inc ninth was the last This one asked {. How
can hVe persons divide five eggs, SO that each
man shall receive one, and still one, remain in
the dish2'' "'N IA
The Jew said ''The last must take the dish
as he pleases." iO"6
But now it came to his turn, and he dotoro,io.
ea TO make good sweep. After many prelim.
mary compliments, he asked, with an air of mis-
chleVous lrlendliness, elbow can man frv two
trouts in three pans, so that trout NAV lie in
each pan?'' '0 !"
mo one could answer this, and one after the
otner gave him twelve kreutzer piece
But when the ninth desired that he shou9 an.
s"er 1t himself, he frankly Acknowledged that
ne knew not how the trouts could be flied IN snch
a way. ~ '"o"
lnen was 1t maintained that this was unfair in
the Jew; but he stoutly affirmed that the 70 was
no provision Tor it in the agreement, save tbat he
VINO could not answer the question sheuld nav
the kreutzers, and ne fulfilled the agreement hy
paying that sum to the ninth of his comrades ,obo
naa asked him to solve it himself But thew all
oelhg rich merchantsand grateful for the anuse-
ineht winch had passed an hour or two verv
Pleasantly Tor them, laughed heartily over their
loss, and the jews cunning
Now,as 1t will be no difficult matter 10 commute
what the Jew gained, we leave this for the rea.
ders 10 'merely putting them in mind that the
price Oh MS passage was eighteen kreutzers.
STATE Prison IN NEW YoRK, The an
nuai report OF the Inspectors OF Prisons Of New
YORK exhibits decrease in the number of con
vlcts, as compared with the previous wear ~
al Auburn and II at Sing sing "The phvsc.
IAN OF ene prison reports writes the Albany cor.
respondent or the Courier, ssthat, from carefn,
investigation Of convcts under long term ~
imprisonment, he has been irresstibIv led 10 tba
conclusion, that five years is the Ioprest fern
"hlch convict can pass in retirement and be
fprnd Al