Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-06-14
Living by ones wits.

Nine persons sailed from Basle down the
Rhine. A Jew VINO wished to go to Schal-
ampi, was allowed to come on board and Jour-
ney with them on condition that he would
conduct himself with prcpricy, and give the
captain eighteen kreutzers for his passage.
Now it is trte, something jingled in the
Jews pocket when he struck his hands a.
gainst it; but the only money there was there.
in was twelve kreutzer piece, for the other
was brass button. Notwithstanding this
he accepted the offer with gratitude, for he
thought to himself something may be earned
even upon the water. There is many man
who has grown rich W on the Rhine"
During the first part of the voyage, the
passengers were very talkative and merry,
and the Jew, xith his wallet under his arm
for he did not lay it aside-was the object of
much milth and mockery, as alas is often the
case with those of his nation. But as the
vessel sailed onward and passed Huntington
and Saint Veit, the passengers one after the
other grew silent and gazed down the river,
until one spoke out:
"Come, Jew, do you know any pastime that
vii. amuse usi Your fathers must have con-
trived many one during their long stay in
the wilderness.
'Now is the time thought the Jew, 'to
shear my sheep! And he proposed that they
should sit round n a circle, and PROFOUND ve-
nv curious questions to each other, and he.
! with their permission, would sit down with
them. Those who could not answer the
questions should pay the one who PROFOUND.
ed them twelve-kreutzer piece; and those
who answered :hem pertinently should re-
ceve twelve kreutzer piece.
| The proposal pleased the company, and ho
ping to divert themselves with the Jews wi
or stupidity, each once asked at random
whatever entered his head.
Thus, for example, the first one asked:
"How many soft boiled eggs could the g
ant Goliah eat upon an empty stomach!"
: All said that it was impossible to answe
that question, and each paid his twels
kreutzers.
y But the Jew said, 'One; for he who h;
eaten one egg cannot eat second one on a
empty stomach" And the other paid hi
a twelve kreutzers.
. The second thought, wait Jew, and / wi
: try you out of the New Testament, and
: think l shall win my piece. 'WDy dld u
- Apostle Paul write the second epistle to q
'ss CorinthiansP
= The Jew said, Because he was not in Co
. inth, otherwise he would have spoken 20 then
: So he won another twelve kreutzer piece.
When the third saw the Jew was SO We
; vers ed in the Bible, he tried him IN a dift
;s is ent way. 'Whc prolongs his work to
40 great length as possible, and yet ccmplet
M it in ;ime!'
= :. The rope maker, if he is INDUSTRIOUS 81
. the Jew.
= In the meanwhile they drew near to a v
lage, and one said to the other, That is Ba
ii lach.' Then the fourth asked 'In what mon
do the people Of Bamlach eat the leastF
The Jew said sin February, for that has G
ly twenty eight days.
The fifth SAID, There are two natural bro
~ ers, and still only one of them is my uncle
~ The Jew said: 'The uncle is your fathe
"a y, brother, and your father is not your uncle.
~ A fish now jumped out Of the water, Q
CO the sixth asked what fish have their e.
~ nearest togetherP
Gu 80, The Jew said: 'The smallest
"" The seventh tsBed: How can man I