Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-19

How can a man see the point of a joke
when he is the butt?
"HIGH'' notes are strictly avoided by
temperance glee clubs.
SEDIMENTS make good emigrants.
They are sure to settle.
olive and let live is a genial mot
%. But there is too much pistol in the
present p'riod for it. The proper
way to WI tie it now is, "Liye AMI let
drive p
"You have lost a friend, I see," said
a traveller to a negro whom he met on
the road. "Yes, massa." "Was it a
near or a distant relative ?" swell,
purity distant-about tw~enty-four miles,"
was the reply.
HERE'S a verdict rendered by an Ari-
iona jury: "We rather think the pris-
oner is guilty, and if he is he ought to
be hung; but as WE are not quite sure
of it, We recommend that he be SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life"
JOHNNY, the minister's son, went to
his father II morning, directly after
family worship, saying, Father, while
you were praying | saw a man stealing
grapes" well, said the good man,
eff you had been praying too, you
would not have seen him."
ACCORDING to the Coach, of Central
City, Col, this is among the wants of a
neighboring village: "By a Denver
hotel, a irst-class hash chewer. None
but those capable of ma~sticating canine
collars and mule slippers need apply.'0
The same paper prints marriage notices
in black lines.
1T is possible to believe almost any
thing, however incredible, that is told
about the growth OF things out West
but we hesitate to accept the latest story
Of a Minnesota farmer who lost his gim-
let about three years ago, and recently
found it a three-inch anger sticking in
his barn post.
Nor long since, at Sunday-school, the
teacher, after trying hard to impress on
the minds of a class of small boys the
sin of notwithstanding, asked, els
Sunday better than any other day 2"
When the smallest boy in the class
answered promptly, "You bet your
boots it is, the answer seemed satisfac-
tory.
THE next official manual for the use
of the Senate, which is compiled by the
chief clerk of that body, Will contain
much valuable information not hitherto
included in the work, among which will
be a detailed statement of the appor-
tionment of representatives among the
several States from the commencement
Of the Government to the present time.
From the tables submitted it appears
that there have been ten apportioHments
one under the constitution and nine
under the census, taken every ten years.
The basis of representationunderth con-
stitution in 1879 was one representative
to every 30, 900 inhabitants, there being
IL States and 65 members of the House;
the second apportionment, in 1870, was
one to 80, 1000 the third, in 1900, was
the same, 80, 1000; the fourth, in 1910,
was 35, 900 the fifth, in 1920, was 49,
900 the sixth, in 1880, was ~, 900 the
seventh, in 1910, was 70, 900; the eighth,
in 1850, was 93,42O the ninth, in 1860,
was 126, $40 the tenth, in 1870, was
about 141, 404. There were IS members
Of the lower house of the First Congress,
there being ID States. There are 292 Rep
resentatives in the forty-third Congress,
the number of States being 81, and the
Territories, including the District of Co.
lumbia, 10, each being entitled to a del
egate, making in all 302 Representatives
in the next House.