The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-06-22

lAhttHEflN MFtE very taI AattNN hAa hA'fr
~, and The jew with his wallet anatr Bis
arm, fof be did not lay Il aside, vas ah
object Of much mirth aHd mogkery, as,
also. is olleu The ease with those Of hls
nation hnt o.. the vessel sailed onward,
aud passed rhaaHgen and 81. Yea, ,hc
passengers, enc amer another, grew 81.
lent, aud gapod, aud gafod iisilessly
down tbc river. until one griyll
Couc, jew, 30 you know any pas.
time tina, win amusc usg Your fathers
must have cautrivcd many u one during
their Journey iu tie wilderness.
NOW Is any time, thought Che jew, 10
shear nay sheep
lie then proposed that they should it
round In circir, aud he with their per.
mission would SIC with them, Those who
could not answer the questions any one
proposed should pay the one who pro.
pounded them iweye,broutlcr piece,
This proposal pleased lhe company, and
hoping 70 divert themselves With the
Jews wit on stupidity, each one asked
atraudom whatever chmced to enter bis
head. Thus, for example, one, the first,
asked;
How many so1-boilcd eggs could the
giant Goljah eat on au empty stomaehf
An said It was impossible 10 answer that
question; but the jew said, One; for he
who has eaten one egg cannot put au-
other on an empty stomach, aud the
other paid him twelve kreutzcrs.
Wait, jew, thought the second, will
try you out Of the New Testament, and
/ think shall win my piece. Thou said
he, Why did the Apostle Paul write the
Second Epi,tle to the Corinthians
Because he was not In Coriuth, said the
jew, otherwise he would have spoken TO
them. So he won another twcye-krent-
zcr.
When the third saw that the jew was
so wen ycrsed in the Bible, be tried him
ina different way, Who, said he, pro-
longs his work as long as possible, and
completes it IN timer
The rope-makcr if he is industrious,
said the jew.
I Ia the meantime they drew near to the
village, and said ono TO the other, that is
( Bamlach. Then the fourth said, In what
month Ito the people Of Bamlach cat the
/ laasty
In February, said the jew, for it has
only twenty-eight days.
There are two natural brothers." said
the fifth, and still only one of them is my
uncle.
The uncle Is your fathers brother said
the jew, aud your father is not your
uncle.
A fish now loaped oft Of the water, and
the sixth asked, What Dish has his eyes
nearest togcther2
The smallest said the jew.
The seventh asked, How can mall
/ ride from Baslc to Bcrne in the shade, in
the summertime, when the sun sliInesS
When he comes to place where there
is no shade he must dismount and 90 on
foot, said the jew.
The eighth asked, When a man rides IN
the winter time from Berne to Base, aud
has forgotten his gloves, how must he
manage 80 that his hands will not freezer
lie must make fists Of them, said the
jew.
The ninth was the last, This one asked,
How can five persons divide FIVE eggs so
that each one shall receive one, and still
one remain in the dish2
The last man must take The dish with
the egg, said the jew, and he can let II lie
there as long as he pcascs.
But now it came his turn, and he de-
termined 10 make clean sweep. Ailef
many preliminary compliments, be asked
with an air Of mischieyous flicndliness,
How can a man fry two trouts in three
pans, so that trout may lie in each panf
No one could answer this, and one at-
ter the other gave him u twelyc-kreuizer
piece; but when the ninth desired that he
should solve the riddle, be rocked to and
lro, shrugged his shoulders, and rolled
his eyes.
! am poor jew, he said at last.
What has that 10 do with It? cried the
rcst, GIVE Us the answer.
You must not take il amiss, said the
jew, for am poor jew. ..
AT last, after much persuasion, aud
many promises that they would do bin
no harm, he pat his hand into his pocket,
took out one Of Observation-Disclosures pieces
that hc had won, laid II upon the table,
and said
| do not know the answer any more
than you. Here are the twelye-krcuizefs.
When the others heard this, they open.
ed their eyes, and said that this was
. scarcely according to the agreement. Bat
az they could not control their
laughter, aud as the jew had helped them
to while away the time from st. Welt to
schalatnpi, they Bot Il pass, aud the Jew
took with him from the ycssel-lct good
urilhmeliciau reckon up for us how much
the Jew carried home with him. lie had
, twelve krcuzer pieces By bis answers
nine with his own riddle, one ~ his own
pocket TO start with, one he paid back,
lhc eighteen he gave 10 the captain.
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