The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-22
Pith and Point.

Pith and Point.
DANCE of the peach-preservers-No
can-can.
BoATMAN-Going to have a sail this
morning, sir? Auctioneer (out for q
holiday)-Sale Confound you fellow,
don't be personal!
WHEN half O dozen people axo to
dine upon quarter of lamb, what's Tho
proper time for dinner Why, quas-
ter before 6, of course.
A YOUNG scapegrace, notorious iOr his
pranks and practical jokes, who eanso Of
midnight by loud cries of "Maa IN tho
house I"
MUCH has been said OF the ea0rmOus
consumption OF tobacco, and yet You viii
be surprised to find how few men it
when your supply gives out and yOu ash
for chew.
A Boston tailor advertises Diagonal
boys suits" Boston has some worry
queer boys, and we shouldn't wonder If
there were q number of diagonal
urchins among them N0rrist0s0a
Herald. Guess there are. Last timo
we were musing by the frog pond ON tho
preternational acuteness of Boston dogs,
we noticed several small boys cut by M.
-PhilGdeliG Bulletin.
THIS note from Chicago girl 10 her
lover was made public through law
suit "Dear Samie: Pap's water
millions is ripe. Come and bring some
more poetry like you brought afore-
My love for you will ever fow like water
running down tater row. Bring .
piece as long as your arm, and have n
heap more about them raving ringfits
and other sweat things. Come mex Sun
day and don't fole me-"
THEY are taking evidence in divorce
case for cruelty the husband is under
examination his wife, prostrated with
grief, is weeping bitterly, covering her
face with her handkerchief. "Now,"
says the Judge, "are you not ashamed
to have thus brutally treated your wife,
tender young woman of 25g" The
wife suddenly raises her head, 81 beg
your PARDON" she sobs, "24 only"
And she again gives way to her grief.
The remarks of the Captains of two
English vessels were the occasion OF
gentle smiles at the Custom House the
other day. They we're admiring the
Central Hall, and one OF them pointing
to the figure of Andrew jackson, said :
"Who is that2" jackson" was the
answer. "Oh, yes, he replied, "Stone-
wall Jackson" "No," said the other,
"that's the Jackson that gave us HI
down below here some years ago.
Ne,o Orleans Bulletin.
A SOCIAL economist of Austria has pre-
pared table showing that there is an
intimate relation in that country between
crime and the plum and grape crops !;
that when there is large crop of either
of these fruits from which brandy is
made, crime is especially prevalent. It's
the same in this country, except that all
fruits, and especially melons, might be-
included. The great prevalence of crime
in good fruit years is mostly confined to
the boys, and it doesn't result from tho
brandy either.-Free Press.
CALIFORNIA poets are losing their grip
Witness the following:
POETRY JIM OF JACKAss CANON.
Drunk Az a loon, sir:
Drunk owl
This afternoon, sir.
Jack, you beast, how'll
Jack il my dog. cir temperance cuss;
He's better than am no hog isn't wuss.
Oh, hoo! Oh hool Whitley, boo-hooi
Yes, sir, I loved her-poor bottle-eyed Sue.
She warnt pretty TO look at her;
I'd bursted her nose.
It was the poker shook at her
She come mp too close.
IL mashed up that feature, sir
Turned IL yaller and blue
, But that faithful creature, sir,
Adhered to me true.
Under the hedge there, that's Suse.-
Ragged and barefoot, no bonnet no shoex
GIN? No, sir; she don't like gin
Spiles her skin.
Rum and gum Ia her 60, sir;
oh, sir.
How that gal loved mel MY optics yin AL
I And sticks by me faithful, gives her her sv'A