The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-11-23

Ntno pStSOuo buifcu lIOui Duioo
down the Rhine. A Jew, who wish
ed 10 go TO Schlampi, was allowed
to come on board and journey with
them, on condition that he would
conduct himself with propriety, aud
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 twelve kreutzer
piece, for the other was brass but
ton. Notwithstanding this he ac-
cepted the offer with gratitude, for
lie thought to himself:
Something may be earned upon
the water. There is many young
man who has grown rich on tue Rhi.
no..
During the first part OF the voy-
age the passengers were very talia-
tive and merry. but tho jew, with
his Wallet under his arm for he did
not lay1t aside e-was an object Of
much mirth and mockcry, as, alas !!
is often the case with those of his
nation. But the vessel sailed on
ward, and passed Thuringen aud st
Volt the passengers, one after
another, grew silent. anil gaped and
gazed listlessly down the river, until
ono cried
Come, Jew, do you know any pas
tire that .sill -q@s,ssa --ps 7 Your
fathers must have contiived many a
ono during their journey in the will
derness'
Now is the time thought the
jew, to shear tho sheep
He then proposed that they should
BIT round in q circle, and lie, with
their permission, would sit with
them. Those who could not answer
the question any ono proposed
should pay the one who prop,inded
them q twelve.kreutzer piece, and
those who answered them pertinent
" should receive q twelve kreutzor
piece.-This proposal pleased the
company, and hoping to divert them
selves with the jews wit or stupidi'
", each one asked at random what
ever chanced to enter his head. Thus
for example, the first one asked:
How many soft boiled eggs could
the giant Goliath eat on an empty
stomach !"
All said it would be impossible to
answer that question, but the jew
said:
'One for he who has eaten one
egg cannot eat second OH an empty
stomach, and the asker paid him
twelve kreutzers. .
wait, jew thought the second /;
4 will try you out of the New Testa-
nient, and I think I shall win my
piece. Then he said, why did the
Apostle Paul write the Second Epis'
tie to the Corinthians y
Because he was not in Cornith,
said the jew, otherwise he would
have spoken to them.
So he won anothe. twelve kreitze,
piece,
When the third saw the Jew was
30 we'll versed in the Bible, he tried
him id d different way.
WHO, said he, 'prolongs his worl
to de- great q length of time as pos
sible aud completes IL In time T
The ropemaker, il he Is industri'
uus, said the Jew.
In the mean time they drew neal
TO O village, and one said to th'
other This is Bomlach, Then the
fourth said, in what month do th'
people Of Bamlach eat the least 2
SIN February replied the Jew
stor it has only twenty-eight days.
'vThere are two natural brothers,
said the fifth, and yet only one o
them is my uncle. Y 4
The uncle is your fathers broth
er,' said the Jew, and your father !
not your uncle. W
A 6sh now leaped out OF tht
water, and the sixth asked: 'Wha
Ash have their eyes nearest togsth
erf
sb The smallest said the Jew
The seventh asked, 'How can
man ride from Balse TO Berpe in th
shade In the summer when the su
6hihes r ~ lu LNit
''When II comes 10 O place whsr
there q no shAde, be must dismoun
and 20 on foot, said tho Jew.
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