The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-23
Pith and Point.

H1tn anu IOlnts
THE present age-The age of steal.
MIscHIEvoUs Observation-Disclosures.
The fruit of egotism-The apple of
your eye.
How TO get into scrape-Go to the
BARRIERS.
A TAILOR prefers any kind of suit to
a lawsuit.
FERMENTINe quarrels-Beer rioting in
Frankfort.
AN Irish stew-O'Kelley in a hot Ha-
vana dungeon.
The pawnbroker's howl for customers
Three bawls.
A MAN may live in a garnet and still
not be rOom-attic.
SEE in another column the advertise
ment headed 81 WIZ Help Any Nan"
CAN a woman be said to aspire to her
husbands treasure when she pants for
her rights?
To KEEP warm on a cold day the wo-
men double the Cape, and the men
double the Horn.
A DANBURY bride received among her
wedding gifts receipted bill for 50 for
gate hinges from her father.
A PRUDENT clergyman, unwilling to
accuse citizen of lying, said he used
the truth with penurious frugality.
A HALTER in New York advertises that
"Watts on the Mind" is of great i'm
portance, but what's on the head is OF
greater.
ENGLAND is celebrated for its frogs,
France for it's frogs, Ireland for its boys,
Canada for its dogs, Maine for its logs,
and Ohio for its hogs.
CIRCUS proprietors wish it distinctly
understood that the term sawdust
swindles," which occurs so often in New
York papers, does not refer to their ex-
hibitions.
AN old lady'was admiring the beauti-
full picture called Saved cts no
wonder" said she, "that the poor
child tainted after pulling that great
dog out of the water"
JOSH BILLINGS says CT will state
for the information of those who haven't
had chance to lay in sekrit wisdom az
freely az 1 have, that one single hornet
who feels well can break up whole
camp-meeting.
Mr.. TrrTERMARY, of Reading, Pa,
married Mary Schultz, and she is now
Mary Tittermary. Mary S case is almost
as bad as that of the daughter OF ro-
mantle foreigner named Rose, who
christened his daughter Wild, making
her Wild Rose. She grew up, and mar
ried man named Stephen Bull. Then
she was Wild Bull.
A DANBURY man enjoys himself with
out molestation. His dog chases the
neighbors' hens, his own hens dig up
their gardens, his crows break down
their fences, and his cats fight on their
roofs. But his father died n maniac,
and his grandmother was respectable
lunatic for thirteen years, and as he
owns a couple of guns, and is quick
tempered, the neighbors are wise in their
generation and keep clear of him.
smart man in his day, and they couldn't
take him in when they offered to
work on his farm. To one of those
chaps that think they know everything
he put the question if he knew how to
build stone wall. eyes," said he,
"any fool ought to know that !" Well,
how is it done ?" said the Colonel.
"Why, by putting one stone on an
other" replied the man. Not by any
MEANS" replied the Colonel "you
know nothing about wall building"
"Well, how then, sir, would like to
know how would you have it done ?"
"By putting one stone upon two stones,
so as to break joints, and have wall
that any fool like you could not push
over. Good morning"
OSCILLATION.
"Charley, what is OSCILLATION 2"
'Oscuation, Jenny, dear,
Is a learned expression queer,
For nice sensation.
put my arm, thus around your waist,
ThisIs approximations
You need not fear
There's no one here
Your lips quite near
then"
"Oh dear!"
Jenny, that's osculation!"