The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-07-30
HUMOROUS.

n "Never saw such stirring times" as
the spoon said TO the saucepan.
gThose two gentleman who stood upon
the point of honor. the other day, for ten min.
uies, performed very delicate feat.
II "Come in, children, out of the wet,"
as the shark said when he sucked in the little
fishes.
g "What is The cause Of tha, bell ring
ing ?" inquired Pete.
"It's my deliberate conviction that some
one has pulled the rope" answered Jc-
seph.
n partisan paper says II is mistake
that the (opposite) party plays upon thou
saEd strings. The organ of that party is a
Tyre.
II II is said that Yankes baby win
crawl out of the cradle, take a survey OF il,
invent an improvement, and apply for pat
ent before he is six months old.
II Jenkins is man who takes matters
humorously. When his best friend was
blown into the air by dustin biler,' Jenk.
ins cried after him, '',here goes my es-stean,.
ed friend.
II young man was conversing in a
public house of his abilities and accomplish.
men:s, and boastng great deal of his
mighty performances. When he had fin.
ished, Quaker quietly observed, There is
one thing thou canst not do; thou canst not
tell the TRUTH
II A STRING OF PUks-"Josh, say. ps
going down street po,her day, an seed
tree bark"
"Golly! Sam, seed il holloD."
~ seed the same tree ieaue."
"Did he take his trunk wild 'Im?"
"No, he left that for board"
IF "Mr. Julius, is you better dis morn.
In?n
"No Mr.. Snow, was better yesterday but
pse got ober dat"
cam dere no hopes, den, OBJ your discov.
eryw
"Discovery Of whaiw
"Your discovery from der oonvaIescence
which foiched you on yer back"
"Dat 'pends, Mr.. Snow, allogedder on The
representations which amplify de disease !;
for should they tarminate fatally, he hopes
the colored indervidua wont die ill his breff
efs him some other time. AS said before,
il all depends on de prognostics, and till Ge
disease come TO head il am hard 10 tell
wedder de niger will discontinue his come
or notn
EooKs Us. SrooKs-Nooks met Snooks in
tigh: place, and neither could turn out with.
ont some danger of overlurning their respect
i've cars.
eff you don't turn out" said Nooks, 'IIl
serve you just as did man met half
mile back here in just such place at this"
Snooks was impressed by the decision
which Nooks displayed, and promptly com.
piled with the request; but just as he was
getting by, he inquired:
"How about that man you met-how did
you serve him 2"
"Oh, well-bem-you see when found as
how he wouldn't turn ont for me, why
hem-I just turned out for him-that was
alW
Nooks is wag of the first water!
~ The captain Of canal boat was bring.
ing large number of passengers down the
Pennsylvania Canal, and had been consid.
erably irraied by the publications in the pa
pers, showing that The travelling public were
all for Adams. Watching favorable oppor.
tuniIy, while nearing bridge and while his
passengers were on deck discussing politics,
he called out, 'al in favor of jackson will
stoop their heads Every man ducked his
head of course 10 avoid coming in collision
with the bridge, and the captain triumphanlly
raised his head crying Unanimous for Jack.
son. and go it was reported in the democratic
papers Of the mex! village. This was con-
sidered the best political dodge of the cam.
paign.
PoETRY-A "brilliant" young miss, dis.
coursing on poetry, bursts out in the hifatutin
strain: "Poetry, sir, in my opinion, is har-
mony. It is the voice of The angels, the mu-
sic of the spheres, the royal harp of love, the
parent of purity, the benign inslrumen, Of
charity. Poetry breathes sweelly in the pas
sing zepbyrs, and sings lulla5abies in the
majestic symphonies of Boreas; the seas
echo it's music, and the waves as they roll
onward without cessation, in chromalic scales
express its very soul. Poetry to me is the
Jane, my dear, where did you purchase that
love Of a hat?
w Nebraska appears TO be filling up with
large bodies of smisran,s, mostly young
men. They go with the plough and The axe
in hand, and not Shapes rifles. This may
account for the peaceable and secure settles
ment Of the territory, in such striking con-
traai in Kanaaa which was commencad W ith