The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-09

population of China would enable her "a
become victorious. provided the Western
powers did not aid Japan.
Odds and Ends.
When young lady gives herself
away, does she lose her self-possession?
The longest name probably ever in
flicted upon child in Massachusetts was
observation-disclosures
letters The girl afterwards became the
wife ola Boston merchant.
An exchange gives the following adj
vice 70 a correspondent: I'VE shall have
20 decline your article on the Decline OF
Aristocracy. We have left ont several OF
our own articles this week, and yours is
worse than any of them. Take our advice
and write few very short pieces write
only on one side of the sheet; write plain
ly; and then take your pieces and burn
them up in the kitchen stove"
"A bibulous Whitehaller attended the
camp-mecting at Round Lake on Tuesday.
True TO his natural habits. he had secreted
about his person quantity of the ''ar-
dent" He sat on the end of bench as
one of the clergymen began exhorting the
audience. who'll stand up for Jesus 20
asked the preacher, when he continued
preaching. Presently he again put the
same question, and resumed his discourse.
BY this time the intoxicated individual had
managed TO raise TO his feet, where he stood
supporting himself against post. looking
over the congregation, as the clergyman
again cried "Who will stand up for the
son OF Mary and Josephg' This was too
much for the Whitewater, whe quickly
glanced over the audience, and seeing no
one respond, sang out: "Dominy, I'm
yer-hic!-man, Ill stan for him or any
hic other man what hain't got any more
-hic friends than he has in this ere
bic crowd" Troy IN. ~ Wing.
Il see paragraph going around telling
of a girl who fell out Of window while
listening TO a serenade. This reminds me
of Peter Lambs adventure down our way
year or two ago. He was serenading
one of the Metcaf girls, and she was lean
ing out ofthe window. with the shutters
bowed so that he could not see her
Lambs little tune contained one high
note, and he struck ii Sc suddenly and
with such terrific force that il made her
jump. She lost her foothold, fell out, and
described half somersaut, one foot hit
ting Mr.. Lamb squarely in the face, and
the other smashing in the top of his guitar.
Simply circulating Gosh ~ he leaped up
from the gutter and fled, under the i'm
preston that old Metcalf had thrown n
bedstead at him, while Lucretia picked
the cat-gut and bass-wood from her toes,
twisted up her back hair and went in the
house. Lamb stopped visiting her. and
last year he married the widow Jones who
has four children and a cowlick. Mar
Adeler.t
1t was a Scotch woman who said that
the butcher of her town only killed half a
beast at time. Ii was Dutchman who
said that a pig had no marks on his ears
except short tail. Ii was British mag
istrate who, being told by vagabond that
he was not married, responded: That's
a good thing for your wife," Ii was an
English reporter who stated at a meeting
OF the chronological Society there were
"casts of the skull of an individual at diff
ferent periods of adult life, TO show the
changes produced in ten years." though
Dean Swift certainly mentions two skulls
preserved in Ireland-one of a person
when he was boy and the other of the
same person when he grew to be man.
Ii was Portuguese mayor who enumera-
ted among the marks by which the body
of a drowned man might be identified
when found, "a marked impeachment In
his speech" twas aFenchman--the IA
nous Carlino-who, contentedly laying
his head upon large stone jar for a pill
low, replied to one who inquired il II was
not rather hard mot at all, for | have
stuffed il with hay" Ii was an American
lecturer who solemnly said one evening !:
parents, you may have children, or If
not, your daughters may have" Ii was
German orator who, warming with his
subject, exclaimed: .sThere is no man,
woman, or child in the house who has ar
rived at the age of fifty years but what has
felt the truth laundering through their
minds for centuries"
This was the marriage service OF two
young Ohio persons:
Minister.
This woman wilt thou have
And cherish her for lfe
Wilt love and comfort her
And seek no other wife?
This woman Will take
That stands beside me now;
I'll find her board AMI clothes
And have no other "frow."
And for your husband wilt
You take this nice young man,
Obey bis slightest wish
And love him all you can?
She
IN love him all ! can.
Obey him q Il | chos s.,
And when mex for funds
lie never must refuse.
Minister.
Then you are man aud wife,
Ana happy may You be;
A many be your years
As dollars in my feet
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Another Dog Story.
The latest dog story concerns a black
and-tan. which, on its morning trip to this
city with its master, has been Of late fire.
quently assailcd by a bigger dog on State
street. Friday morning the little dog
came with a big comrade, but thu