Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
Pith and Point,

A PRYMATE-An inquisitive wife.
MEN of letters Postofice clerks.
RIFLE practice-Picking pockets.
WHAT is always offered at cost? The
law.
A HIGH note-One of Thousand dol
lars.
The harness of Iife-The traces of
time.
How to stop a cock-fght-Let all par
ties present claim fowl.
WHEN does a man have TO keep his
word? When no one will take 1t.
SPONGE baths are recommended.
The best way to get one is to go to some
bathroom, take a bath and tell the pro-
prietor to charge it.
A BOY astonished his parents the 9TH
er day by casually remarking that the
back of that hair brush seemed to him
"almost sacred thing"
NOTHING will test mans strength Of
purpose and steadiness of eye so thor
oughly as the endeavor to balance an
eel on the end of his nose.
81 WANT to know" said a creditor,
fiercely, " when you are going to pay
me what you owe me?" "I give it up,"
replied the debtor. task me something
easy"
WILL B, spirited boy of six,
has a mother whom he adores, and
IL c,c IL
profound theological discussions. Onee
the subject was universal depravlty.
"Why, Will, everybody is wicked,
even pa and ma" maggie Ma wick
ed?" "Yes, Will, everybody-ma too"
Will (explosively) =" Well, I'm glad of
it." Alas, poor human nature Mas
wickedness to Will-only another bond
of sympathy. Christian Age.
EPITAPH on reporter by lawyer:
Then A. Us dead,
He facet, here he lies!
Who knew reporter
Fer do otherwise?
EPIGRAM on the lawyer
A legal friend proposes when I'm dead
To write hic jlcet DER my Efeless head.
This will not suit him when his form is chill:
How can he lie when once his tongue is still?
Twould have q inter meaning II the line
Were straightway painted on his Office sign.
WHEN the divine af1atus seizes the
editor of the LaSalle Press he can
discount any poet. Listen to his la
test:
"The bullfrogs raised their tails on high,
And went bounding DER the plain,
A humble bee went laundering by,
AID then came on the rain.o
ONE of the excursionists on q Lake
Champlain boat recently went to sleep
on deck, and in the morning couldn't
find his shoes. "Where did you put
them :" CT opened that little cup
board and laid them on the shelf, he
replied. The victim had opened the
wheel-house and laid his shoes on the
paddle-wheel.
A DISTINGUISHED man whose name
and chin were both very long, and who
had lost his teeth, whereby the nose
and chin were brought very close to-
gether, was told: 81 am afraid your
nose and chin will fight ere long; they
approach one another very menacingly."
81 am afraid of it myself" replied the
gentleman, "for a great many words
have passed between them already"
A DETROIT gentleman who purchased
box of peaches at the Central MARKET,
the other day, looked around for boy
who would carry them home, and pres
emily he found ragged lad seated on q
bench eating the last remnant of pear.
The man asked him If he wouldn't like
to earn ten cents by carrying the box to
such number and street, and the boy
promptly replied that he wouldn't.
"Why?" queried the man. "Why ?"
echoed the boy, "because dad died the
other day, and now Tn head of the fam
lily, and how'd look, luggin' peaches
around ?"