Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-22
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- Why is the tail of your coat like the letter Y?
Because it comes after U.
-"Peter. are you into them sweetmeats again 2"
NO. marin, they're into me"
- KICK HMi STRIKE HIM Throw SAND In
Hrs EYes!-We mean the wretch who said that when
ever there's freshet the river is full of RosEwater
How are you, Smith 2" says Jones. Smith pre-
tends not to know him, and replies hesitatingly--
"Sir, you have the advantage ofme" Eyes" retOrts
jones' II spose SO; every body has that's got half
sense !"
80 Where is the hoe, Sambo?" "Wid de rake,
massa." "Well, where is the rakey ovid de hoe.
'sBut where are bothH "Why, bof togeder. golly
old massa you pears to be berry tcular dis mornn y
- The Woodsocket Patriot editor makes merry
over the mistake OF an old Shanghai hen of his. that
has been Setting" for five weeks upon-ttro round
stones and piece Of brick. "Her anxiety (quoth he)
il greater than ours to know what she will hatch.
If it proves brick yard that hen is not for SALE"
II farmer in the western part of Pennsylvania,
bought his daughter haTd-organ, as present, from
Philadelphia. A Young countryinan who was paying
her some attention hearing her play it, asked her
father how long she had had it. "0nly week. was
the reply, ''Weil, now, hang me, if she don't play
first rate for the time she's had it,
-- During the prevalence of the late rain storm,
the captain OF the canal boat Rip Van Krout, became
50 alarmed that he seized an artight bootack, and
by the soow Oscia. When discovered, he was ily-
ing on his back, with one leg elevated as signal Of
distress. ~ I'll 4tfF E,tr
- dabbler in literature, who prided himself up
on his knowledge came across youngster sitting on
the bank OF mill,pond, angling for sinners and
thus addressed him: "Adoescens art thou endeayor-
ing to ence the iinny to enguf in their dentcu-
lated mouths barbed hook, upon whose point is liked
dainty allarenent?9 "No,h said the boy; "Tm fish
ing.n 4af eessr1
-- I certain celebrated medical lecturer in Penn
syyana was showing his class the advantage of vac
cinat0n incubation in preventing small poy -an
advantage so evident that the State had legisated
on the subject making it an imprsoninS offence for
one 10 Hocalate person. at wouldn't be so hard
gentlemen" said the professor, s'if they putthe man
you noclate ia Jail; for, in few days he wolat braE
Oatp Attlis, the students them selves broke ont.
~ droil fellow being in tavern was asked by
en- old woman to read the newspaper and taking il up
he began follows: l4ast night yesterday morning
at about o'clock in the afternoon just before break
feast, hungry boy bought penny custard and threw
il throaQha stonebriek wa made of iron and jumping
over it, fell into dry mill pond and was drowned
About forty years afterward the same. day, "a high
wind blew down the Dutch church, and killed an old
sow and tYo dead pigs ut Boston and moistrons
male cat kittened urge turkey, and dead horse
kicked blind mans eye out"
II GREAT o LID Coos He sat before a low In
BILE, and his pale fingers eced with cenyusiye ener-
gy the handle Of knife. His ,brows were kns, and
his lips were lightly compressed, while the Wild aud
desperate purpose that was ishing through his excl
ted BRAIN Suddenly he held the gitterng steel tote
light, he felt OF its keen edge and tapering point
then with startling eaergy he raised the fatal knife on
high and plunged it the breast of - roast
goose The gravy run out in torrents, and the half
amished young gentleman left behind him as the only
fonument Of hls proves, pyramid o. bones. u