The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-09-01
Our Olio,

WHEN is clock on the stairs danger
Gus? When it runs down.
The man who does the most has the
81 least time to talk about it.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be so that none will believe him.
A MAN recently valked two days run
ningand was 'Oeak fortnight afterwards.
WHAT is the difference between ship
and a ben. The hen lays one egg, and
the SHY lays to.
THERE is time for all things The
time to 'leave' is when young lady asks
how the walking is.
IF thou art but Ounce, heaven will
forgive thee. for it has not given thee wis
dom; but if thou art not honest, begone.
WHAT is the difference between fish
crman and n truant schoolboy? One
bats his hook, anu the other hates his
book. EAl2 = -el
Mrs. PARTINGToN. speaking of the ra-
pid manner in which deeds are perpetra-
ted, said that it only required two seconds
to fight duel.
-. "SHE is all my fancy painted her"
as the young Indian said of his favorite
squaw, whose face he had just bedecked
with vermillion and yellow ochre.
ONE person asked another if he believ-
cd in the appearance of spirits. "No,"
was the reply, ''but believe to their dis
appearance, for I've missed bottle of
gin since last night"
~ A PARISH clerk after reading the bans
Of matrimony, was followed by the cIer-
gyman who gave ont the hymn COM
menceing;
Mistaken souls ho dream of heaven
- al SAY friend, your horse is a little
contrary is he not?' l
;'No Stree"
"What makes him stop then Z"
"Oh, he's afraid son.eboby'll say whoa
and he sha'nt hear it.
.'s A YOUNG man having devoted himself
10 the special entertainment of company
of pretty girls for whole evening, de-
mand ID payment in kisses, when one of
them instantly replied, Certainly, sir;
present your Lii"
/ BELIEVE that mine viii be the fate of
Abel" SAID wife to- her husband, one
. dayL"W Why so ?"enquired her husband.
because Abel was killed by a club, and
your club will kill me, if you continue to
go to it. every night" ~Ter
al NEVER shot q bird in my life," said
some one to his friend, who replied, 81
never shot anything in the shape of
bird but squirrel, which 1 killed with
stone, when it fell into the river and was
drowned"
YourH beholds happiness cleaning in
the prospect. Age looks back on the
happiness of youth; and, instead of
hopes, seeks its enjoyments in the recol-
lection of hopes. Thus happiness ever
resides in the Imagination Coleridge.
ss Ii is not knowledge alone which makes
us happy; 1t Is the quality of the knowl-
) edge. Perfect knowledge is conviction;
! and it is conviction which makes us happy.
D which absolutely satisfies us, and which
changes dead knowledge into living
Nopatis.
s'Do you retail things herem asked a
green looking specimen of humanity as
he poked his head into a store door.
eyes sir" replied the clerk, thinking
he had got customer. san
3 Then / wish you would retail my
dog, he had it bitten off about a month
ago."
A BABE is mothers anchor; she cam
not go far from her moorings And vet
q a true mother never lives so little in the
present as when by the side of the cradle.
IS Her thoughts follow the imaged future of
q her. child. That babe is the boldest of
pilots, and guides her fearless thoughts
down through scenes of coming years.