The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-23
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Pith and Point.
A NoIsoME plaee-a bowling wilder
ness. rt., ....,,. .-..,,.s,
A eLIrrERING generaity-this silver
A CONVERSATION loek--the marriage
ceremony. Fna aF1d arsT 3.
HUNTING parties--mothers with daugh-
ters to marry. isi Islo q fsa us5e
A GOOD lawyer is not a necessity, for
necessity knows no law. .i
In time the mulberry tree becomes
silk gown, and silk gown becomes
woman. H 1-sf iaa7 lrn1cr
We know a painter whose palette has
been destroyed, and yet who retains his
taste perfectly Punch.
In man or woman, the face and the
person lose power when they are on the
strain to express admiration.
THE season for boiler explosions opened
much better than was anticipated. En-
gineers will in time come to hold the
opinion that no man can sleep and watch
steam at the same time.-Detrdt Free
Press.
A sHIPwREcKED crew has recently been
killed and eaten by the cannibals in
Australia. 1t is shocking to think that
there are still live savages who can
nibble their own kind.-Neto York
Graphic. siiT L
A KEMPER's BLUFF (Tex J young man
named Thomas acquired the habit of
tossing cooked and loaded pistol In the
air and catching it as it fell. The last
time he caught it was Immediately be-
fore he died. qu a-o
SAM and Jack Shears, of Tuscumbia,
Ala, hacked and slashed q colOred man,
a short time ago, because he wouldn't
give them money. The darkey says
they were the wustest pair of Shears
to cut" ne ever saw.
81 HAVE said you are honest, John,
with a clear conscience, but fear L have
stretched point in saying you are
sober" "Shure, sir, if you have
stretched point that fur, can't you
stretch it q little further, and say that
I'm frequently sobera"
ScUMBLE-" You'll get your rent, Mrs.
F'laherty, if you'll wait little. I'm
not going to run away. Beside, there's
my clothes -" Mrs. F.-"YeR
clothes, indade A moighty lot ON 'em
you've got, surel Why, whin yer hats
on, yer wardrobe's impty!"
WHEN the English private soldier
hears that the King of Dahomey has an
army of Amazons, he shakes his head
and mutters to q comrade: 81 bean't
afeared, Jock-no, not / but, If each
un them here Hamazons be ekal to my
mIssus, they'll baste us, sure"
TME-Sunday afternoon. Scene
Doorway of house on Columbus avenue,
Boston. Dramatis Young gem
tleman caller and seven-year old sister
of one called upon. SIS Carrie at
home2" "No." "Gone to church 2"
"No-Milldam. "Alone9" "No-
'feller.'" "Good-by."
wAsTED-A wife who can handle broom
To brush down the cobwebs and sweep up her
room;
Can make decent bread that fellow can eat,
Not the horrible compound you everywhere meet;
Who knows how to boil, to fry, and to roast,
Make good cup of tea and platter Of toast;
woman that washes, cooks, irons and stitches,
And sews up the rips in a fellows old clothes,
And makes her own garments-an item, too
which is
So horrid expensive, every one knows;
A common-sense creature, and still with a mind
To teach and to guide-exalted, refined;
A sort of angel and house-maid combined.
LAWYERS are sometimes very particu-
lar. The other day one of those learned
and admirable gentlemen was waited
upon by young man who wished his
advice, and began by saying: "My father
died and made a will" "Is It possi-
ble2 1 never heard of such thing"
answered the lawyer. 81 thought it
happened every day." said the young
man. But if there is to be any diff
Guilty about it, had better give you a
fee to attend to the business. The fee
was given, and then the lawyer observed:
"Ohl think know what you mean,
that your father made a will and died."
eyes, yes; that must be il"