Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-12-15
"Is Balaam present ?

! 'AIe tueIe any JdChdeoCo III you'
sphere, Mr.. BaIaam 2
"No, you impudent puppies. The
'iackasses are all on earth yet.
This i'll natured insinuaton was re-
ceived with enthusiastic raps by the spir-
It's.
"Is the boss builder Of the Tower OF
Babel present ~ inquired one of The COM
pany.
"He am
"Was the tower built of brick, or
stone 2
Brick
GLOW many thousands Of brick was in
the concern 2
Gan almighty heap of them, you'd bet
ter believe
"How much did they cost per thou-
sand p
-Four dollars and half at the kiln
"How many Irishmen did it take to car
ry mort ?
mine millions and rising
| "ThatS lie, know muttered II.
A smart rap on his sore shin under the
table. made him aware that the foreman
of Babel was around.
The inquiries were continued.
"Was there any confusion of language
among the workmen 2
Considerable, must admit-a perlec t
hellabaloo."
"What did the king say when he ex-
amined into the matter 2
"Nir for sfay.'
"One thing more, Mr.-Mr.-what's.
y0ur-name--'
"Smith, if you please
"Well, Mr.. Smith, one thing more.
Was it true that Nebuchadnezzar was
made to mix clay on the sweep ??
True, and laundering good OK he
was too. Ii ground all the clay for the
Tower OF Babel
Did he have brass knobs on his
horns 2
"He hadn't horns--he was muley.'
"Was he "a
"Go to thunder! Won't have any
thing more 10 say TO you
"\Yas he a short-hOrned Durham or
Devon 2
No answer. The foreman of the
Tower of Babel had evidently, believing
himself quizzed, gone off in huff.
The circle continued It's sitting, after II.
had flIed his pipe, and | had spent few
moments in the open air.
Noah was now called, and found 10 be
present.
"Were you commander of that old craft
called the Ark 2
Il was
"Uas there much of a shower about
those days -?
Shower why, my dear sir, it poured
| like blazeS.
"NWha, aag did you sail under-tng'
liSh or French 2
Dutch
"Who was the pilot I?
"Christopher Columbus.
Glow many animals had you on
board 2
"Several hundred
"Anv Know Nothings among them
"Not one; they were all drowned.
"Was 1t true that Belshazzar hailed you
on life preserver, and told you TO go 10
thunder with your old tub, and guessed
there wouldn't be much of shower Z
"He did
"Nhy didn't you take him in 2
"He was taken in few minutes alter
lhat--all over.
Had YOU any of Barnum's Fire An
nihiators on board (
"Two or three hundred of them, TO put
out the candles al night.
"One more question, Commodore NO
ah. What become of the dove that went
out and never returned /!
"Some snipe hunter on Mt. Ararat
shot it, =,
Are ice P-'s doves chickens of the
one shot !
so said to be this explains why they
are sometimes shot.
"Was there any wharf at MI Ararat :
"Nothing but white OAK snuboins-
post and Yankee grocery.
"Was tie Yankee there himself !!
Yes, sat on herring box, whiting
"Wha, did he say when you hove IN
sight!'
.H.a.l-loo what craft is that Been
looking for you this few days, by goll !!
Saav, meow, s'pose you don't want TO buy
anv ham. nor Wealhersield unyuns, nor
nothing, dew ye!
BADLY BRoKFN.-A well known Prov
dence sporting character tried hls luck IN
that civ the other day, and found il bad.
The hank refused To discount for him, and