The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-02-06
From the 4lbdny Dutchman.
Crumbs for All Kinds OF Chickens.


seems to forget that taciturnity may spring
from reflection as wsll as unhuppiness. As
general thing, the less man reads the
more loquacious he is. Put dozen igno-
ramuses in a room, and they will wangle all
night alb out the 'const,uiionalty Of saw
mill" Put the same number of sensible
men in the same situation however, and it
will not be an hour tefore they will all be
so absorbed by Bulwer or Scott, that nothing
will be visible of them but their standing
collars. Is it with men as it is with drums,
the emptier they are, the more noise they
make Americans are not more melancho-
ly than other people they are only more stu
diously.
There is girl in Schenectady with hair
so red that they won't admit, her into
powder mill, for lear she will ";ouch it off"
Tom Picton, in speaking of our fashiona-
BILE clergy, says tha, they are Leonidases in
white chokers, who heroically catch the dys-
pepsia for three thousand dollars year.
"Sunny, who lives ir that yaller house 2"
"Aunt Sally"
"And who is aunt Sally :"
"Uncle Ben's wife,"
"And who is uncle Ben r'
'The man wot cotched the big whale"
"And what may his name be %
"Whose, The whale'sW
"No, you booby-your uncle Ben's."
"Wait minute, and III ask the Bible"
Dobbs says that the best thing you can do
with an ugly wife, is 10 serve her as lou do
bad money-pass her off on-somebody else:
A young man at Niagara having been
crossed IN love, walked out to the precipice,
took off his cloths, gave one lingering look
at the gulf beneath him, and then pitched
for home. His body was found the next
morning in bed.
A duel came off at Troy on Thursday, be-
tween the bar-keeper of the brick kiln and
the door keeper of the State dam. They
fought with pistols across tabie.-After OK
changing four shots with effect, the difficulty
was adjusted. Neither of the pistols wer loa.
ded, which probably accounts for the small
effusion Of blood.
The following question is now before the
Tillytudlnm Debating Socie,y-"Is it wrong
10 cheat lawyers"
The young man that stole the key hole
from the first lock, has given bail TO appear
before the Canal Commissioners to answer.
Mr.. Bullion says the sight of misery makes
him unhappy for monlh-for this reason,
when he sees heggar approaching, he al.
ways carries his eyes 10 the opposite side of
the street.
To get dozen men into fight, all that's
necessary is 10 start two dogs at it. Half the
rows at the little basin are brought about
by Sheridan's brindle bull dog getting Mul.
loney's brown terrier "lerniEst the gutter"
The man that played ball against the Pyr-
alnids, starts ior Greenland next week, for
the purpose Of hosting the American flag
on the North Pole.
Cold weather is great enemy TO graceful.
ness. Almost every man you meet is play.
ing turtle with his head, while his arms are
so stiff and rigid they look like German Sau.
sages. AS for noses, we havn't seen a clean
one in three weehs.
The following question is now before the
Greenbush Debating Society-"Which can
a awoman hold the longest-her tongne or
hot smoothing.iron." Johnson takes the af-
frmative.
Always be good naiured. A few drops Of
oil will do more to start the most stubborn
machinery than all the vinegar in the world.
FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENTS mi
racles with worsted-such as brown rivers
with organe colored shores, or yellow Dam
iels sleeping among green lions, with saph.
ire-colored tails.
To iniure mans sight, there is nothing
worse than sudden wealth. Let a wood
sawyer draw ten thousand dollar prize, and
in less than month he will not be able to
recognise even :he man that "used to go SO
curity for him."
The man tha! lives on broken yictua,s,
and sleeps on the coal, has nothing TO fear
from reverse of fortune, OF hrghwinds.
An editor out west in speaking of con.
temporary, says he shouldn't look with con-
tempt upon meanness, unless he wishes to
lay violent hands on himself. Compliment
tary that.
Awriter out west in speaking of Zephyr,
says "it whispered low, as people do when
speaking of their coffins." Dhcerning young
man that.
The schoolmaster that sprained his face
in wolloping the boys. is now engaged in
Switching" for the rail road.