The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-15
GOSSIP.


He Dau u long nOse,
And as you may suppose,
Into the orange he STUCK 1t.
Families fond OF roasting-ears are try
ing frozen ears Tor u change.
or all the poets beneath the skies, the
"beautI. ul snow" ones we most uesplse.
The best way to play musical instru-
ment Is to level q ten-inch water nose ut
q cat.
Springfield girls won't let beau stay
after ten, but they sometimes stop the
clock,
Governor Peck, of Vermont, is bach
eior. Marrying would make half bush-
ell OF him.
Why am de pen dat Sir Walter Scott
wrote wid like riber in Manner cause
it am de Pen.ob-Scott!
1t Is estimated that eleven million wo-
men in The United States wear calico
dresses. This Is the estimate OF a blind
man.
A physician advised patient "to
take walk ON all empty stomach"
Whose stomach~ 1eebiy asked The
patient.
1t is now boldly denied that men who
wear long hair are possessed OF any
more taIenL than men who have II snip
ped close.
A DanDury boarder observes that his
breakfast otten tastes as il it had been
burnt at the steak. That's what's The
martyr Of it.
Mrs. Partington reading of the strike
OF lhe wire drawers, remarked: 'Ah,
me! what new tangled tpings wont they
wear neXtW
A Newport, KY, young lady says she
longs Tor fingers like the piongS vi u
pitchlork, Win diamond rings enough 10
NIL them 70 the ENDS.
COLORADO started college few weeks
ago, ana up W uate its inmates consist
| Oh one woman, three Indians, buffalo
Calf ana a II OteseOr OF Botany.
A sandusky man bOXeu has wife's ears
for picking her leeLh AT a hotel IN CoIum-
bus. 1t was Case OF aUsent-mlnaeuness
l-She. thought she was in SaDdusky.
| A Chicago man, VINO has thirteen
pounds vi spoiled pickied pork on hand,
~ ANXIOUS W have them get up uolia-
lion 10 some OF the ministers around
there.
| A Delhi chap has forsaken his girl.
She has the lever and ague, and he can't
put all arm around her Without gelLIng
sucn shaking AS makes his eye-Dalls
jingle.
Ine ''voice of nature" is particularly
distractlng 70 the young iatner, VINO, ~
Inc mluuie OF the nlShL, ciulcnes Iran
/
~ empty.
| A traveller called for mint sauce at the
Gibson House the oLner day anu tne
waiter sald that they had none, adding
I''Our COOK makes ali Jne mlnce into pies
not sauce"
snow, then, children" said parish
schooi mistress, showing her pupils Oh
ON examination day. "WhO loves all
menp You missus," Was the unex
pecLed reply.
''Fatner," said juvenile to his pater
nal guaruIan, VINO had Inc bad oi habi
alternating from plety to Profanity, -.
uO think you ought W stop praying o.
swearlng-l QOnL care wnlcnsp
A little CincInuatI girl, now visiting i'll
| ConnecLIcut, was asked now warm ~ gol
i'll Cincinnati III Tho summer time. ''Un,
not enough 10 melt wax doll III tWenLy
mlnutes," was tine prompt reply.
| Ii Venus had iaiied W maze the tran
| sit, not woman Ia America wound have
been disappointed. Ii last MONDAY mad
been bau day " nang 0uL cIotnes, every
one OF them would haye been plunged IA
grief.
There is gentleman in this city SC
excessively poiiLe that he tips ms hal
whenever any lady enters street Car
where lie Is though u total stranger &c
him. On peasant days ne is kept toIer-
ably busy.
A little girl four-year old.created a rip
| pie by remalking to the teacher OF nei
| Sunday-ScnOol CLASS: SOUR dogs dead
1 be. The angels was scared Wuen they
see MIN coming up tue walk. He's Cross
to strangers"
| Human nature is much the same the
worlu over. The man III TASMANIA, like
| The man anywhere else, always ieeIs
ike standing behind a chair, III compa.
ny, wnen his legs are TOO long iof n.s
| pantalOOns.
Wien d Walnut Hills husband gets
cold and careless anu iorge,s his home
MS Wlle puts up leLter IRON an auml..
els" asking her TO elope anu All lndt,
and tine husbands carry love returns as
soon as lie hnds The letter.
| A WOuIu-be scnoOI-teacher In Toledo
recently replied " Il, question by one Vi
the examiners. "Do you .hlnk Lue world
ls rCund or tatp NY saying: "Well
some people lnink Que way aud some
another, ana PA leach round OF HAT just
as the parents please"
| An UId bachelor says: "When l re-
member all lne girls l'ye mel tugetner,
ieei like rooster instne iail exposed "
treads alone sOme barnyaru all ueserteu,
whose oats are led, whose hens are uead,
or all To market started"
| In consequence OF IL fatal epidemic
among chickens III Minnesota, III. mis- ers
are receiving donations every no.r oi
the uay. TnIs is a beautiful and al. Ct.
ing TACT, ana reminds us lnaL no kaa LOi
can nave successful ministry VINO
uoes not enjoy the affections Of mis- con.
gregation.
" Z are told that the late Mayor Have.
meyer used to take exercise by saving
wood in AIS cellar every morning. And
Mr.. Havemeyer, it will be Remembered,
died very suddenly. There are very few
sudden deaths among married men oi
Circlevilie from THIS Cause. That sort oil
exercise Is taken by their wives.
| A certain Jealous but ignorant negro
preacher, in expounding 70 his flock az
10 tue astonishing nature OF miracles,
got little confused in the matter. He
1 said: "My beloved friends, the greatest
OF ali miracles was bout Inc loaves and
fishes. Dese was 5000 loaves and 2,O0t
fishes am dc twelve 'postles had TO cal
them all, and de miracle Is dey didn'l
bust.
A young gentleman, celebrated for his
wit AZ college, WAS asked by his iathei
ior a specimen oil his talents, while en-.
! !t.,rtaipI,u 4, norty Of friandu III y.c.tinn