The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-05-03
ODDS AND ENDS.

APT 10 Dc nOFne6uoO-1n0 man VINO
has fire in his eye.
WHERE one man wants to be an angel
nineteen hundred more want to be post
masters.
The test of true love in Wisconsin is
in permitting a young man with the
measles to kiss his sweetheart.
WITH love, the heart becomes a fair
and fertile garden, glowing with sun
shine and warm hues, exhaling sweet
odors.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON will get up
in the middle of the night to jot down
a thought or see whether there is mouse
in the trap.
WHEN a woman smiles at an affront,
one of two things is certain. She has
either lost all modesty, or she is assured
of her revenge.
A PERSONAL editor, two shot-guns and
-four sack Of assorted type are said to
complete the outfit of a Black Hills
newspaper office.
Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT is in
Russia, and says the story that he went
there to get out of the reach of cowhides
is knout and knout falsehood.
A GROCER in Washington advertises
that he has "whisky for sale that has
been drunk by all the Presidents. from
General Jackson down to the present
time"
A NOVELIST lately entered printing
Office and accused cOmp0sitor Of not
punctuating properly, when the typo
earnestly replied, "Pm not pointer;
Pm setter"
DETROIT Free Press: The new Secre-
tary of the Navy inquired which was
the right bower anchor and which deck
was the euchre deck, and the sailors
called him trump.
A sCHOOLMAsTER asked a class what
Shylock meant when he said )" My deeds
upon my head" Well" said one of the
boys, 81 don't know, unless he carried
his papers in his hat"
MAN AND THE WEATHER.
Mans fool
When it's hot he wants II cool;
When it's cold he wants IL hot
Ne'er contented with his lot.
He for showers is heard to sigh
When-to meet his wish--it rains,
OF the wet the fool complains.
Hot or cold, dry or wet
Nothing suits that he can.get.;
consider, as rule,
Mans fool.
CHICAGO has seven hundred hackmen,
and If you ever 20 there you will wonder
how the whole seven hundred can get
hold of your carpet-bag and holler into
your left ear at once.
TRUE sport is never cruel. To take
the life of even the lowest creature "just
for fun " is a wickedness from which
true boy will shrink. The manly heart
is as kind as it is brave.
A MICHIGAN farmer plastered two
hundred apple trees with mixture of
tar, kerosene, sand, alum, arsenic and
rhubarb to keep the worms and rabbits
away-but now he has no orchard
SORROW treads heavily, and leaves be-
hind deep impression even when she
departs; while joy trips by with steps
light as wind, and scarcely leaves q trace
upon our hearts of her faint footballs.
OLD DIR. Sam johnson knew what he
was talking about when, in his diction-
airy, he put this definition: Network :
Anything reticulated or decussated at
equal distances, with interstices between
the Intersections"
DULL times have driven many mer-
chants to the cash system, and they are
now ornamenting their stores with mot
toes such as: Pay to-day, trust to-mor-
row -" If trust, bust In God we
trust-all others cash."
This was Robert Stephenson's remark
to the man who used TO bother him
about perpetual motion: If you will
take yourself up by the waistban of the
breeches and carry yourself around the
room, l will consider the matter"
DETROIT Free Press: A st. Paul doc
tor can take of mans leg without
losing an ounce of blood or in6icting any
pain. The day is almost at hand when
it will be esteemed a pleasure to lose both
legs or to have the feet pared down.