Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-29

Not long since middle aged gentle
man and young lady happened to be the only pas
sengers starting that morning in the stage for Il
They were strangers to each other. The lady was
the stage stopped at tollgate the lady asked the
gentleman to hold the rabbit moment while she
arranged some OF her packages. He took it, COW
cred 1t under his shawl, and snugged it up in
way quite fatherly. The gatekeeIier noticing it,
asked if it was their child, and unwell. The gen
tleman replied: :. Yes, rst-born, cor thing ~
After the vehicle had resumed it's tourney. the
gentleman handed back the pet, saying: :. What
beautiful eyesl just like its mothers 81" g Yes"
fathers !" 3 .-,5.-..f ,f..tt.
In one of the interior villages of tho
State of Wisconsin is tavern keeper and in the
same place an honest old German blacksmith, o
whom the form er relates that he hired him to do
some iron work and paid him cash for it at the
time; but afterwards learning that neg Dor had
some similar work done on time and for a less
price, he inquired the reason, and the reply was
as follows: /" You zee I've SO much schlrge on
my book, und sometimes lose UNI: und 20 ven
I've goot cash customer scharge goot price
but ven puts it on my book do not much like
to scharge 20 much, 70 if he never pay nm not
lose 20 much" @ 9& s'H'i0 Fahf
John Bunyan had great dread of
spiritual pride; and once, after he had preached
very fine sermon, and his friends crowded round
the utmost admiration of his eloquencc, lie inter
rupted them saying: "Ay you need not remind
me OF that, for the devil told me Of 1t before was
out OF the pulpit" f15 IL 5rega IL rf~
Fun represents a six year old in
Kpickerbocker's seated in a BARRIERS chair and to
him the hairdresser says: "Well, my little gentle
man, and how would you like your hair cutY''
e Chare eoi IKE &C. spas pease-~ith little
Time s0os is past, thou cast not 1t recall; -
Time 10 thou hast; employ the portion small
Time future 10 not, and may never be; 5,iao
Time present LIZ the only time for thee. sea isr
-" What makes your COWS so cross ?"
said an OLD lady to the milkman, the other day
Gross, madam? they are the gentest things In
the world? p "Well, the milk is always sour %
the matron replied sharply. - 80
- Why are women like, churches:
Firstly, because there is no living without one;
thirdly, because they objects Of adoration and
lastly, but by no means leastly, because they have
loud clapper In their upper-story. e 5aa ins
"A Dutchman and his wife were
travelling; they sat down by the road, exceedingly
emf The husband replied. II wish was at the
tavernt ~ "Oh, you old rogue, says she, "you
always want to be in the best placer
An old gentleman of Webster, Mass,
has ordered gravestone from marble cutter of
that town. The epitaph il as follows "Who
never sacrificed his reason at the altar OF snper-
stitious God who never believed that Jonah
swallowed the whale" ssaass 5000
-"Papa please buy me m,1f when
you 20 to Bostcn," said little three-year old Ruth
Her sister Minnie hearing this SAID "You are
too little 10 have muff $ Am too little 20 be
cold'' rejoined the indignant little Ruth. ss
Mot witty, but true. Literary critics
can not determine whether men or women are the
superior letter-writers but they are unanimousin
declaring women the greatest story-teilers. -
A man Boosting in the company of
young ladies that he had luxurlant head OF hair,
q lady present said that 1t was owing to the mel
lowness of the soil s.,s- .fses tsra seH sfr
-Spurgeon objects to hearing man
pray half an hour, and then conclude by asking
the Lord to pardon his shortcomings. mes.5
) IF Patti will not marry, or course
Aere WI De no faHieaA0' 10 ~ lli~ an ,saasg