The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
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Poughkeepsie Courier.
Nine persons sailed from Balse down
the Rhine. A Jew, who wished to 90 tC
Schlampi, was allowed to come on board
and journey with them, on condition that
he would conduct himself with propTietyi
and give the captain eighteen kreutzers
for his passage.
Now, it is true, something jingled in
the Jews pocket when he struck his hand
against it, but the only money there was
q twelve kreutzer piece, for the other was
brass button. Notwithstanding this,
he accepted the offer with gratitude, for
he thought TO himself:
Something may be earned upon the
water. There Is many a man who has
grown rich on the Rhine"
During the first part of the voyage the
passengers were very talkative and mer-
ry, but the Jew, with his wallet under
his arm--for he did not lay it aside-was
an object of much mirth and mockery, as,
alas IS often the case with those of his
nation. But the vessel sailed onward,
and passed Thuringen and St. Welt; the
passengers, one after another, grew silent,
and gaped and gazed Hstlessly down the
river, until one cried:
" Come, Jew, do you know any pastime
that viii amase US? Your fathers must
have contrived many a one during their
journey in the wiIdeE-ne,Ss y
4I.s4 4 fef no
'' to shear the sheep"
He then proposed that they should sit
around in circle, and he, with their
permission. would sit with them. Those
who could not answer the questions any
one proposed should pay the one who
propounded them a twelve-kreutzer
piece, and those who answered them per
tinently should receive a twelye-kreutzer
piece. This proposal pleased the com
pany, and hoping to divert themselves
with the Jews wit or stupidity, each one
asked at random whatever CHANGED 10 en-
ter his head. Thus, for example, thefirst
asked:
Chow many soft-boiled eggs could the
giant Goliath eat on an empty stom-
ach?''
All said it would be impossible to an
swer that question, but the Jew said:
"One; for he who has eaten one egg
cannot eat the second on an empty stom-
ach," and the asker ipaid him twelve
kreutzeIs.
"Wait, Jew" thought the second; q
will try you out of the New Testament,
and think L shall win my piece Then
he said. "Why did the apostle Paul
write the second epistle to the Corin-
thians?"
Because he was not in Corinth, :"
said the Jew, otherwise he would have
spoken to them"
So he won another twelve-kreutzer
piece.
When the third saw the Jew was so
well versed in the bible he tried him in
different way.
"Who," said he, prolongs his work to
as great length as possible and COM
pletes it in time?'
"The ropemaker, if he is industrious,
said the Jew.
In the mean time they drew near to
village, and one said to the other. This
is Bamlach." Then the fourth said, -.
what month do tho people of Esss
eat the least?"
ain February" replied the Jew, "for
it has only twenty-eight days"
"There are two natural brothers" !"
said the fifth, ." and yet only one of them
is my uncle"
"The uncle is your fathers brother" I"
said the Jew, " and your father is not
your uncle
A fish now leaped out of the water,
and the sixth asked: What fish have
their eyes nearest together ?"
"The smallest, said the Jew.
The seventh asked, "How can man
ride from Balse to Berne in the shade in
| the summer time when the sun shines?"
When he comes to a place where
there is no shade he nsaist dismount and
go on foot" said the Jew.
The eighth asked, q When a man rides
in the winter time from BaIse to Berne
and has forgotten his gloves, how must
he manage so that his hands shall not
freeze
"He must make fists of them, said
the jew"
The ninth was last This was asked
How can FIVE persons divide FIVE eggs
50 that each one shall receive one, and still
one remain in the dish ?"
The last man must take the dish
with the egg, and he can let it lie there
as long as you please, said the Jew.
But now it came to his turn, and he
determined to make good sweep. After
many preliminary compliments, he asked,
with an air of mischievous friendliness
How can man fry two trout in
three pans so that a front may Law in