The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-11
Odds md Ends.

Who was the wisest man. knOwer.
What did he know! He knew enough TO
go in out of the rain.
In the Covington market, the other
day, man from the country sat down up-
on the Stats OF box which happened TO
contain huge turtle. The turtle reached
for him, and the reporter who describes
the incident. predicts that the man Twill
carry the marks 10 his grave"
A four-year-old at East Poultney re-
Gently went TO blacksmith's to see his
fathers horse shod, and watched closely
the work of shoeing until the blacksmith
commenced pairing the horses hoofs.
when, thinking this was wrong. he said
earnestly, My pa don't want this horse
made any smaller"
"A good old elder of church. who
was given to extravagant exaggcration,
was at last called TO account for his ofiense
In that respect, and admonished not TO
give way TO the besetting sin i'm future.
The good old man received the admoni-
ton meekly, and said. II know how prone
am to the fault, my brethren, and 1t has
given me tortures of pain and night after
night have shed barrels of tears over il. y
The meeting adjourned in silence.
in very well-known town in YER
mont there is fiourishing colony of Irish
settlers who have cultivated the soil to
some profit. Some OF the number emf
grated few years since 10 seek their for
tune elsewhere. One of them. returning
for visit, was making inquiries as TO his
old friends; among them was one jim
Donovan. "Ah, Ned. where is Jim Don
novan 2" "Oh. sure he has sittled down
entirely, and is well OFF; but. bad luck to
him. he went 10 Montreal and married "A
little Protestant girl - I" Married what's
"A Protestant girl" May the divil fly
away with him! why didn't he marry one
Of his own sex?"
Yesterday forenoon a man named Car
ter and his wife appeared at the Police
Court, lac having been given by her to UNI
derstand that she had applied for warrant
for him for refusing To support his family.
The Judge began TO question him. when
the woman interrupted him to say that her
husband was lazy, good-for-nothing loaf
er. 'I'm.laZy, am l. - he roared i'm reply.
Didn't / earn three shillings last SatUc-
day? Didn't bring home half peck OF
potatoes Monday? Didn't | get half a
pound of butter yesterday? Lazy! Great
heavens Judge, can you go for to believe
Pm lazy? Answer me that!' His Honor
said he would take the case into considera-
tion.-Detrou Free Press.
Mrs. Jpes. of Greasy Point, ILL.,, after
saving a cord of wood. digging five bush
els of potatoes, milking twenty cows, car
rying ten tubs of water, and doing wash
ing of ten dozen pieces, incidentally men
toned being tired. Mr.. Jipes read to her
from newspaper: - believe that moth
ing would tend so effectually TO get rid OF
these creations of WEAKNESS. and that over
stimulation of the emotions, as fair share
of healthy work directed toward definite
object" Just here a can of Royal bak-
ing powder struck him in the aldo
men. Following this came a stove lid,
three pancakes. a rotten tomato, saltcel-
lar. bowl of buttermilk, and all the dough
for Thursdays baking. IL was evident she
considered her lord definite object
aud the fair share OF work directed toward
him was a little healthier than he would
have acknowledgements Herald.
"A Scotch lad delivering milk for a
dairy in the suburbs was stopped in his
rounds by two detectives, who asked him
for whom he delivered the milk. The boy.
on telling them. was asked If his employers
put anything IN the milk. lou ay." was
the innocent answer; and the officers,
thinking they had a clear case. each offered
the boy a penny if he would tell them
what was put in it. 'Ah," said the boy
with grin. rye wadna gie's the penny,
though | tell ye!' oh. yes, we viii"
returned the officers. "Gies't them" said
the little fellow, doubnully. The pence
were then handed over, with the question,
"Now, what do you put i'm the milk
"Why." said the boy. with cunning
look, II pit the measure in every time
tax oDy DOT