Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-01-19


said = widow expect1nt TO her
dying spouse, who had been
somewhat Of a'tytantin his dayl
Marry the devil, if You like,
was the gruff reply, oh, no,
my dear; you know it. !. q no,
lawful to marry marry two brothers !
"A story is told of an old
Virginia planter, who was miss
ing corn from his crib. One night
he told a colored boy to set a
trap in the crib. The next NOR
ming the boy came running to
the house, eNclaiming: Dress
God, massa. if dar isn't a white
fellah out dar at the corn-crib,
shakin' hands like h-ll wild dat
steel-trap!' A.....
Two students meeting on
the road with a hostler, they fell
to bantcring him, and tod the
fellow they would prove him to
be an ass or a horse. Well
said the fellow, 4 can prove
your saddle to be q mule "A
mule =! cried one of them; how
can that beT Why said the
hostler, because it is something
between an ass and a horse
"A teachersaid to a little girl
at school: If a naughty girl
should hurt you, like a good lit
tie girl, you would forgive her,
wouldn't your Yes. marm,'
she replied If l could't catch
her! - >2s<a@
"A man complained of his
pillow, at a Pithole hotel
Those pillows are made Of cork.
as an experiment,' blandly res
pended the landlord, and l am
sorry to say they are a failure
"A story is told of a young
man in Frtcrort, Ill.,, who was
crossed in love and attempted
s,,'cidc recently by taking a dose
of yeast powder. lie im,nedi-
ately rose above his troubles. -, -.
. IaRsging. ian le,litor1linHlS-
wa has been lined TIVE hundred
dollars Er 'h6ysing q. girl III
church,-Exchange.
. Cheap enough! We once
hinged a girl III church, some
ten years ago, and il has cost us
a thu usand dollars a year ever
since-1oung America.
Tome te Salem Oregon, boys!
Come to Salem, Oregon! We
have lli'gsed IA dozen, and i,
hasn't cost us a cent.-Demo-
f'" II f tj'SnIcbbeA B Rhogs 'nwesno,yy
Years ago, ,and nav ,l.ate to fire
a stone in the school house yard
for fear. of hitting some Of our
E,mily.-Times. - ~, .~.,.'...,>,.
Nc bl.g, anti hike; to hug antl
darn the expenses ; iellers, if you
enjoy sluxurles you must pay for
them.-Day Book.
We have not been hugging SO
long as sopic Of you old oncs, but
we've done considerable business
in that line since we commenced
and we don't blush I'd confess
that there is yetnothing to show
that we are 'out'-peculiarily, or
in any other way.-St. Joseph
Union. &ss .~neiea9'& .~>ttre.Dfs
O ie! who'd have thought
that editors, who are modest fel-
lers, ever done such a thing,
much less would tell of it; we
never do; girls have pins about
them which stick u ieller--we
know they have.-Savannah
New Era. : GTnqaz C#tt
-Aapexehange says: almost
every farmers household is fond
of soup for supper. [ will write
a few homespun lines on making
a cheap and palatabie soup from
potatoes-takc good soundp otar
tees, peel and cat ,henrin pieces
small enough to- be eaten with a
spoon, After having them, well
rinsed, / boil them il, enoughlto
leave them in 4 state Of soup,
adding sal, I'd my taste ), when
they are cooked | take about
tAG tabt&sspodhfa btsdoa, with
hats ~ much hard, and try in a
pan, stirring it with q sp'on un-
I'll, changed to q brown mot
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