Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-18

TIE question ,aeitating fashionable
circles is: "Do those gentlemen in
ulsters wear trousers2
Why is O man who expects kiss and
is refused like o shipwrecked fisherman3
Because he has lost his smack. : fo j..
A rHIEF who stole half dozen sheets
from clothes-Ine in Saco pinned q pa
per on the line and wrote upon it, "I
believe / have got them all I" -
The Russians have over 5000 torpe-
does in the Black sea, and it is now as
dangerous place as the committee room
OF woman's rights convention.
AND now they say that Russia is afraid
to go to war. Young ladies who danced
with the Grand Duke when he was In
this country don't believe word of it ea
How DEAR to my heart are the scenes of my child
When fond recollsctions recall them to view.
The shinsle that mother had carved out Of bard
wood, ifftt ~ If '."Iffl' ert ~
To wallop my = trousers, until it wss blue
The old oaken shinele, the iron-bound shinele,
The moss-covered shiDgle that hung on the wall.
A CHoUrEAU AVENUE young lady says
that her hearts idol, who he's done all
but ask the all-important question, re-
minds her of "Old Probabilities :" He
hints and hints, but doesn't commit
himself.
How CAN woman make home more
attractive to her husband 2" There il
no general answer, but in some cases
the thing can be done BY inviting the
Widow Smith around to spend the even
ing. f''i's.
THE Chicago Debating Society is con-
sidering whether it was the belle of
Michigan or the one of Wabash avenue
there who exhibited the least distress
after winning a wager by eating thiy.y
turkeys in thirty days. s'se
ga DONATION party" said the deacon
thous htiu ly, "is the lsctometer whereby
we test the quality Of the milk OF human
kindness. It's o awful thin fluid some
tmes, tew," he added, as be noticed the
plate OF cold biscuits which was al one
family had sent around 10 the ministr.a
Mr.. LoNGFELLow once received let
ter requesting him to compose an acros-
tic, the first letters Of which should
spell /" Ny sweet girl The applicant
added, " Write as II il we're some beam
tiful girl with whom you were in love-
Just as il it were for yourself" At the
foot OF tine letter were these words:
"Send bill" t eefs'a
A PATTERSON Christian refused an op-
portunity while out sleigh riding 10 put
his arm around another mans wife, !,
" for fear that the Lord would paralyze
the offending member" In Brooklyn
such cases of paralysis never occur, and
some suppose it is because there are 50
many provocations that the Lord doesn't
know where to begin.
TIE Buffalo Express takes the liberty
OF indulging in q profound thought NOW
and then. 1t comments thus About
this time farmers are sitting In the even
ings by their comforting 6resides, with
pitcher of cider. plate of apples and
pan of nuts before them In the interim,
between sheir eating and dIiaking they
look soiemnly upward and exclaim:
What awful hard timesi" :
SAYs the Norwich Bulletin.. leap
year is over. No more invitations ont
to balls and parties. No more having to
say, will always love you like a sister,
but I cannot be more TO YOU No more
having slippers and pen-wipers sent 10
you. No more girls feeling like going
out West. No more men going ont into
the woods to hide. Everything calm
and peaceful for another four years."
"THK honeysuckle stands No. on
the list Of vines," says horticultural
friend. On the same principle we sup
pose the Nv stands No. 4-New York
Commercial Advertiser. Catlin seems
to XII in such be-IX puns.-Norristoun
Herald. Oh, yes. IC.-Burlington
paper. II you didn't what wonld be
the use of your Hasok Egcs-P Phiiadet-
phia Times. 1t requires great deal
of XLJI-d in reader to stand all that.