Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-12
'ssihirIeswwtd wit 81 . Jew g.,, 30 l's ..

10 Schlampl, was allOWed to come on
board and journey With them, on con.
dition that he would conduct Mniself
with propriety, ssnd give the Captains1S
kreutzers for his passage. btgg TsI
Now it is true, something jingled in
the jews pocket when he struck his
hand against it, but the only. money
there was a ~12-kreutzer piece, for the
other was a brass button ANotwith-
standing this, he accepted the offer
with gratitude;;~ for ~he"thought to, HIM
self = Tt" J tEf@4f .s3iEsbsb0 ao4nat}
"Something maybe earned upon the
water. There is many a man who has
grown rich on the Rhine.'''.. .;a -
During the first part of the voyage the
passengers were very 'talkative and
merry, but the Jew, with his wallet un=
der his arm-for he did not lay it aside
was an o~bject~of much mirth and
mookery, as, alas is oftenythe ease With
those OF his nation. q But the vessel
sailed onward, and passed Thuringen
and st. Welt; the passengers, one after
another, grew silent, and gaped and
gazed listlessly down the river, untilo one
cried: a hF317'io"t 1of s~13h'@at1
"Come, Jew, do you know any pas
time that will amuse us?71 Your fathers
must have contrived many a one during
their journey IN the wilderness" -','i'7'
a"Now is the time, Thought the Jew,
" to shear the sheep" +5ao"' pa
He then proposed that they should sit
round in a 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 twelve-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
to enter his head. Thus, for example,
the first asked. lns -aaf- 49,
"How many soft-boiled eggs could
the giant Goliath eat on an empty
stomach?" .4si :. -t MO. All
All said it would be impossible to an
swer that question, but the Jew said:i
"One; for he who has eaten one egg
can not eat. a second on an empty stom-
ach," and the asker paid him twelve
kreutzers. 1895 .5EtFa2.h#Na
"Wait, Jew," thought the second;
81 will try you out of the New Testa-
ment, and | think L shall win my
piece" Then he said, "Why did the
Apostle Paul write the Second Epistte
to the Corinthians2"m r.
g Because he was not in Corinth,"
said the Jew; t.,otherWise' he would
have spoken to them"
So he won another twelve kreutzer
piece. 1ww
When the third saw the Jew was so
we versed in the Bible he tried him in
a different way. ss ..si a..s.
"Who," said he, "prolongs his work
to as great a length as possible and
completes it in time?"
"The ropemaker, if he is industri-
ous,n said the Jew.
In the mean time they drew near to a
village, and one said to the other, ttThis
is Bamlach." Then the fourth said,
ssIn what month do the people of Bam-
ZACH eat the leastp"
"In February repiedt the jew, ''for
it has only % days"
"There are two natural brothers,
said the fifth, "and yet only one of
them is my uncle.h rEt~H T.
"The uncle is your fathers brother"
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 to~gether?"
"The smallest; said the Jew.
The seventh asked, SHOW can a man
ride from Balse to Berne in the shade
in the summer time when the sun
shines?"
"When becomes to a place where
there is no shade he must dismount and
90 on foot" said the jew.
The eighth asked, "When a man
rides in tne winter time from Balse to
Berne and has forgotten his gloves,
how must he manage so that his hands
shall not freezer"
"He must make fists of them," said
the Jew.
The ninth was last. This was asked:
Chow can five persons divide five
eggs so that each one shall receive one,
and still one remain in the dishP"
"The last man must take the dish
with the egg, and he can let it lie there
as long as YOU please,n said the Jew.
But now it came to his turn, and he
determined to make a good sweep.
After many preliminary compliments,
he asked, with an air of mischievous
friendliness: .
"How can a man fry two trout in
three pans SO that a trout may lay in
each PAM"
No one could solve this, and n after
another gave him a 12-kreutzer piece.
And when the ninth desired he should
solve the riddle, he rocked to and fro,
rolled his eyes and shrugged his Shout
ders.
81 am a poor jew" he said at last:
"What has that to do with it?" said
the rest. "Give us the answer
"You must not take it amiss," said
the Jew, "for [ am a poor Jew!"
At last, after much persuasion and
many promises that he would do him
no harm, he thrust his hand into his
pocket, took out n of the twelve
kreutzer pieces he had won, laid it upon
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