The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-11-20
Pith and Point.

An unsatisfactory meal--A domestic
broil.
The man who works will-The Pro-
bate Judge.
"STEPHAN STERN NIT frau and IL
KID" is one item in the steerage list of
late Hamburg steamer.
EYER Reverence is like a mile post"
said an old, grumbling Wicklow peas
ant, " for ye always points to a road ye
niver goes"
FORMULA of divorce used by negro
Justice in Desha county, Ark: GAS 1
jined you, so / bust you 'sunder. So
go, you niggers. You 60 !"
A sTRoNG.ARMED American tooth-ex-
tractor has just opened his tool-chest in
Rome. Persons who have seen him go
through the motions think that he is
destined to make Rome howl"
Mr.. BEnGH's attention is called to the
fact that number of women place
their furs away IN snuff during the
summer. Hundreds of moths have
sneezed their heads off in consequence.
THERE is one thing no true Southern
young lady will do-and that is, marry
a young Northerner, no matter how
handsome, respectable, or desirable
before he asks her.-RichnlOnd Va.)
Enquirer.
FRENCH politeness at the benefit of
Mdlle. Dejazet. "What age is she ?"
said republican, she looks still so
young" "Citizen," responded the
person addressed, "In q little while
she will be twenty-for the fourth
time"
A NEwLY-MARRIED couple in Connect
cut recently started out on the wedding
tour accompanied by a small q
year-old infant, which they had hired
for the purpose of deluding the public
into the belief that they were old
stagers.
THE French keep up their little jokes
" An Alsatian woman goes to confess
Father, have committed great SIM
well ! dare not say it; it is too
grevious.' Come, come, courage L
have married Prussian.' Keep him,
my daughter. That's your penance. >"
The Rochester Union says City,"
"guiltey," "giltey" and "jilty" were
written on q majority of the ballots
used in the jury-room in recent GRIM
inal case tried by the Monroe County
Sessions. It is sad that man should
be convicted in court of justice on
such photography.
A ST.. LOUIS woman, separated from
her husband, recently cent him long
list of propositions, upon his accept
ance of which she would live with him
again. Woman-like she indicated the
only real cause of difference in post
script, as follows: "Your mother
must leave the house at once and for
ever"
THE Lewiston (Me.) Journal says
Gan elderly gentleman recently en-
tered boot and shoe store in Lewis
tin, and purchased pair of number
twelve boots. He remarked that he
had had his old ones eighteen years.
On being asked how he had managed
to make pair of calf boots wear so
long, he replied that he had always
kept horse"
A MAN was describing to Douglas
Jerrold the story of his courtship and
marriage-how his wife had been
brought up in convent, and was on the
point of taking the veil, when his pres
ence burst on her enraptured sight,
and she accepted him as her husband.
Jerrold listened to the end of the story,
and then remarked "She simply
thought you better than num-"
BLACK-AND TANs have gone out of
fashion, bless 'em Tiny bulldogs,
just as small as nature will allow, now
accompany French ladies on the prom
enade, and sit on the carriage seat.
The uglier the better, as the morose
expression of their pup features is a
great requisite in their selection. Even
the parasols, buttons on ones gar
ments, and trinkets by the score, are
adorned with the bulldogs head and,
a sure sign of lady's visit to Paris this
summer, is the canine phiz that makes
the knob of her umbrella.