The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-29
Pith and Point.

FIzzIcAL weakness-Love of cham
payne.
EDIToR-A poor wretch who empties
his brain to fill his stomach.
If 1 were in the sun and you were
out of it, what would the sun become?
Sin.
A POTATO bug sunk his incisors in
Mrs. Sego, of Iowa, and she "shuf-
fled.
A BOY who attempted to amputate
cats tail has to do ell his seeing through
one eye.
A PHOTOGRAPHER requested that his
sign" Taken from life"-should be
his epitaph.
A coLoRED preacher in translating to
his hearers the sentence, 1.-The harvest
is over, the season is ended, and thy
soul is not saved" put it "De corn
has been cribbed, dere amt any more
work, and de debbil is still foolin' wild
dis community.
An Irish physician was called to ex-
anime the corpse of another Irishman,
who had been assassinated by some of
his countrymen. "This person, said
he, after inspecting the body, twas so
ILL., that if he had not been murdered
he would have died half an hour be-
fore.
No DIZZINESS IN A BALLooN.-Ane x-
perienced aeronaut, who numbers his
ascents by hundreds, says he never
knew of single case of dizziness. Be-
ing the only point in space, without any
possibility of comparison with another,
the means of becoming giddy are not at
hand.
"WHY do they call the people that
live in some of the South Sea Island
cannibals % asked an old man of sail
or. because they live on other peo-
ple," answered the sailor. "Then,"
said the old man, pensively, "my sons
in-law must be cannibals, for they live
on me-.
A scHooLBoY being asked by his
teacher of what the German Diet was
constituted, replied Sourkrout,
schnapps, lager bier and mir cun,
rOUs." That lad must be cousin Ger
man to the boy who, when shown pic
ture of Luther Mt the Diet of Worms,
said : " Papa, L see Luther, but where
are the worms ?
AS fashionable young lady, fresh
from boarding school, came to her hon
est old fathers breakfast table, instead
of speaking English and saying, Good
morning" she spoke French, and said
Bon-jour." "Of course, the bones
yours, if you say SO" responded the
practical old gentleman, as he handed
her the ossified portion of beefsteak.
Two amusing answers of the son of a
Western Senator at West Point are re-
corded. On being asked how many
pieces discharged spherical shot will
burst, he replied, "Into two, at least,
sir, | should think, and on being asked
what were the uses of the vent in piece
of ordnance, replied, after mature con-
sideration, that cit showed the upper
side OF the gun, and it was useful to
spike it with"
The Buffalo Courier gives a version
of Leigh Hunts verses, which Gen.
Butler himself may relish
Abou Ben Butler (of Z" back pay increase'D
Awoke one night to think whom he might fleece,
And saw within his room, where shone the moon
As bright as-hem curse SMILES "a spoon,
demon writing in book of gold.
Exceeding brass had made Ben Butler bold.
And TO the goblin in the room he said,
"What writest thou?' The specter cooked is
head,
And with squint egregiously uncivil.
Answered, The names of those who serve the
ID"
And is mine 2" said Butler. cts not here"
Replied the demon. Butler scratched his ear
And looked askew, and said, " Well, COLBY then
Write me as one who always goes for Ben"
The demon wrote and vanished. The next nght
II came again, in lurid, sulphurous light
And showed their names VINO served Old Nick the
best,
And 10! Ben Buffers name led all the rest.
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