The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-07
and Hannah. They suffer much from cold,
having changed their fur clothing for
American wear, which, they say, is full
of holes that let the wind through.
Pith and Point.

OF holes that let the wind through.
Pith and Point.
WHEN parents yield up their daughters
in marriage they do it with miss-givings.
Way are many people like eggsf Be
cause they are too full of themselves to
hold anything else.
THE two places to look for Philadel-
phia picbpockets-the centennial and
the penny -tentiary.
"Two THINGS" said Mohammed, "I
abhor: the learned in his infdelities, the
fool in his devotions.
WHY is naming the day" for the
wedding like naval battle? Because
it's marry time engagement.
To AVOID suspicion, doctors, under
takers, milkmen and pump-makers
should be distant acquaintance.
MANY man who has not cent in his
pocket owns corn which he would not
allow you to step on for the world.
ELEGANTLY furnished rooms to rent
in family consisting of two floors N
part of an advertisement in New York
newspaper.
A WOMAN in Macon, Ala, had twins
twice, and then triplets; and after the
last lot her husband ran away, and has
not returned.
A BOLD rascal on an Illinois railroad
train pretended to be the conductor, col
lected all the cash fares In two cars, and
jumped off with the money.
"DDN'T you guarantee, sir, that tho
horse wouldn't shy before the fire of an
enemyT "No more he won't. Tisn't
till after the fire that he shies."
THE Glaziers' union, of Montreal, an
nounce grand ball. "All sash ez -
NeD York Advertiser. Putty good
Wonder if they had any glass puddin.-
Boston Globe.
"SAH, did you take me for sardine2"
said sable orator at an exciting politi-
cal meeting. "No," was the reply,
"I's always 'garded you as fresh
water minnow, dat wasn't wuf picklin'."
II pretty fairy should come TO me,
And ask, "what thing would you like to be7"
I'd say, " On the whole,
/ will be a MOLE"
Oh, that would be just the thing for mel
I'd go straight down and not care fg
What squirming things in the ground I'd meet,
For If were mole I'D dig and dig
Till my nose should tickle the Chinaman's feeti
ScENE-Village inn, Hampshire. Ian
guild 'Sthawa Wifi cav heawf
Barmaid-Beg pard'n, sir Swell
'Sthawa Wifi cav heaw9 Barmaid-
Don't understand French, sir !! Swell
Haw (Exit.) He is supposed to have
meant, is there rifle corps, here3-
Punch.
A FASCINATING Young widow having
married again, annoyed her second hus-
band by frequent references to her first,
whereat he finally demonstrated. "I
dare say" replied the fond creature,
pouting her pretty lips, " that you'll be
glad to have me remember you when
you are dead and gone and I'm married
again."
The true story is thus presented to an
anxious public by the poet of the Brook
lyn Argus
At midnight as the Turk sereney slept,
Slept in the palace of the Tcheragan-
They pinked him with a carving-knife or two,
And so he died, this Abdul Aziz Kahn.
Died as Mustapha died, and Selim ILL.,,
without one loyal bosom heaving DER him;
Up toward the Crescent turned his Turkish toes.
And left five boat-loads of fair women to deplore
him.
A AGENTLEMAN conversing with Brook
lyn lady about the absurdity of female
apparel and the frivolity of fashionable
life, exclaimed: els there on earth q
bigger fool than the mere woman OF
fashion," Her questioner considered
himself shut up and put down, like a
disagreeable book, when the lady an
swered: eyes, the man who admires