Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-08
Pastime.

Pastime.
Jonah was not a Yankee. Had he
been be would have rugged q rudder
to the whale and run him ashore in
twenty minutes.
@Therei that explains where my
clothesline went tol" exclaimed an
Iowa woman as she found her hus-
band hanging In the stable.
A woman may not be able to shar-
pen pencil or throw stones at q
hen, but she can pack more articles
into a trunk than a man can into a
one-horse wagon.
An article In tho Philadelphia
North Ameriaan Is entitled @The Old
Hen in Politics" We again insist
that It is high time this wholesale
abuse Of Mr.. Tilden is stopped.-BuJ-
Jalo Express.
Mr.. Hugg, Of Norristown. is con-
tinually afflicted by the girls Of his
vicinity, who insist on remarking
whenever they see him. go away sir
Ishan'tdo it, you ridiculous creature.
Buffalo Express.
Doctor, DOCTOR" painted a messen-
ger, como down the street. quick;
there's q man dropped in fit @In
an apopiecticr" questioned the doc
tor. @No. sir; he's In an ulster" an
swered the messenger.
Jersey mosquitoes were too much
for the Potter committee. Some old
residenters, 1t Is said, had stickers
strong enough 10 reach through the
tough cuticle of Ben. Butler. Who
win say mosquitoes are not public
benefactors? Na
why, I could idolize that man.
Said Ida to her friend,
And cling to him for veal or wo,
Fen TO the bitter end
Then. - they parted, did her friend
As thus soliloquise.
-Ah. when she says shell idolize,
think that Ida les
-Yonker's Gazette.
Charles " asked the Duke OF Me-
dina Cole how many towns and vii
hages he owned. @Nine hundred and
ninety-nine, replied the grandest oil
grandees. why not make the num-
Der up to one thousand?" Because
sir. the sound Of nine hundred and
ninety nine Is much more vast"
A wag tried to annoy a popular
preacher by asking him whether the
fatted calf was male or female. @Fe.
male, to be sure, was the reply, @fol
! see the male"-looking the ques
toner full In the face-@yet alive In
the flesh before me-"
Two men were disputing about the
pronunciation Of the word either
one saying 1t was ee-ther, the othel
i-ther-agreed to refer to the mattel
to the first person they met, who hap
pened to be an Irishman, and WHIT
COMPOUNDED them both by declaring
Its nayther, for It's ayther.
A new clerk in a drug store was
discharged the other day because he
didn't know how to look wise, roll hil
eyes and say @seyenty-five cents
without turning red in the face as b,
handed out little powder that hat
cost the concern about two cents ant
q fraction. Emotion and business
don't jingle.-Boston Globe.
She wanted to Planet 80 she coule
witness the Eclipse. you can't Con
ct said her husband. II Cancer,
she replied. 1t was Sirius Phase II
her life, and she went around like
Luna-tic and Solar handkerchief for
bit Of annexed glass Of Orion. Sh'
Satellite In the window and went APP
helion around for her Mars veil unit
the affair was Disc ontinued.
A peculiar looking tramp called a
West End residence last Saturda,
morning. When questioned he sail
his.country was Hungary. The ma
OF the house had no reason to doub
his word after seeing him store ava,
four thickly buttered slices of ligh
breed clear across the loaf, chunl
of beef that wouldn't go through hi
shirt collar and six big cucumber
He said he was on his way to Eaton
Hew jim Shed his Hair.
Jim Wicker was q comical- lookin
fellow, with very young face; bu
by reason Of having no hair. he look
ed very old from the eyebrows all tn
way round to the back Of the necl
He was very sensitive about this de
feet, and was somewhat celebrated
from a fight he had with n travelln