The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-19
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Life is disease Of which one dies
at last.
May he who wants friendship also
want friends.
Hearts may agree, though heads
differ.
What is the worst seat a man can
sit on? Self-conceit.
Why are washerUomen great trav-
elers? Because they are continually
crossing the line, and running from
pole to pole. &t 94e4
Peter Cartwright says the D. D.
tackled on his name never increased
his height one inch, or made him for
get he was man.
A soldier being asked if he had
met with hospitality when in Ireland
replied that she was ia the hospital
nearly ali the time he was there.
Again we say "noble Iowa" The
official returns from all the counties
in the State figure up the Republican
majority for Governor at over $4,000.
If we would all oV US take kare ov
our own souls, and let our neighbors,
alone, there would be less time lost,
and more souls saved.-JoSh Billings.
1t is bad sign when a preacher
tries TO drive home his iUsiiO tiu-p-
ing the desk violently with his clench-
ed hand. His arguments are sO-fst-
ical.
A Western editor has placed over
his marriage heading cut represent
ing large trap sprung, With the
motto, "The trap down-another
ninny caught
Cady Stanton is writing up the fe-
male characters of the Bible, probably
skipping the five virgins who forgot
to take along sufficient kerosene
oil. fifth
Favorable notice is taken in Glas-
Cow of young lady who plays the
concertina so well as to make ignorant
people believe it is a musical instru-
ment.
The oder of some matches when
first struck is by no means pleasant,
and there are others that after long
time incline in the same unbewitch-
'Ps ,qfS''i9 Hg.. !
''I will consent to all your desires,
said facetious lady to her lover, "on
condition that you give me what you
have not, what you never can have,
and yet what you can give me-" What
did she ask for? A husband. 4
"Mama, what are paniers?"
''Baskets worn On the backs of
donkeys, my dear.''
.1"Then, mama, Sarah must be
donkey; for she told Jane she Wonld
wear panier next Sunday E
Geography class in Worcester,
Massachusetts. Teacher-"What is
a cataract2" Boy-f'A tub" Teach
er, astounded-"A what, sirrah p
Boy-"Why, a hingine. I've run
with her, lots of times s-r--r,ss a
A story is told of a young lady
teacher of Sunday School, who, a
days ago. asked youngster what was
matrimony. He mistonk tho 4~.etigu
E--ruIgatUry and promptly answered.:
ga place or state of punishment in
this life, where souls suffer for a short
time before they go to heaven" 4
ls.Senof Suner CapdeviIla. notorious
as the Atheist of the Cortes, has
written a pamphlet entitled "God,"
and containing blasphemies as fol-
lows: "NIan, you are all; you are
the beginning and the end. The
more you rise, the more God will de-
scend. Man is science. God is ig-
norance." Suner has been leading a
band in Catalonia. 4
MADAME" said polite traveller to
an old lady, eff 1 see fit to help my
self to this milk, is there any impro-
priety in it?' "I don't know what
you mean but if you mean to say
that there is anything nasty in that
milk, I'll give you to understand
you've struck the wrong house. There
isn't single hair in it, for as soon as
Dorothy told me the cat was drowned
in the milk, I vent and strained it
right over" ~ "A
As an evidence of the excessive
cold weather at Laramie, Wyoming.
we print the following from the Sen
tinel, of the 22d ult.: San estimable
young lady of this town got choked
two days ago, while drinking glass
OF water, by piece OF Ice sticking In
her throat. Ehere.it still remains. A
council Of eminent Phy hysieians decided
to-day that nothing could be done to
remove the obstruction before next
spring" ;"
"Mamma," said a precious French
miss of fourteen. "you never let me
play the charades, but / know how
to make them, too. Listen. My
first is a domestic animal. Ny sec
ond is what every woman tries to
conceal. Ny whole is the beginning
of liberty. Can you guess it ?" "NO.'
"But, mamma, it is very simple. 1t
is mdrrSoge." The reader will please
observe that mari is the French for
a husband. sd