Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-05-09
Pastime.


Pastime.
The Chinese adieu is @Chin-chin,"
and so is a good share of the Ameri-
can ado.
Which is the king Of trees? 4
straight fir. Why? Because it is fir
strate. That's all.
A certain California school ma'am
is said to be able to @sing hymns like
a en-octave angel"
An Englishman recently bit his
wife's nose of, and the woman testi-
fed that she bit it OF herself.
The Friendly Grasp is the proposed
title Of a new paper in Boston. 1t
will, of course be printed with hand
press.
Persons should always dress 10
suit their figure. A humpbacked lady,
for instance, ought to wear camel's-
hair shawl.
@If you would succeed In this life
my son" said Tom Corwin, @be SOL
emn, solemn as an ass. All the
monuments Of this world are built to
solemn asses"
1t dosen't require very imagina-
tive man to have unutterable
thoughts when he's whacked across
the southern end of his back with a
muddy crosswalk.
An Eastern paper has for its motto:
@The pen is mightier than the sword,
but the scissors are easier to handle"
Solomon didn't get away with all the
wisdom.
Laura with q noveDs-~Oh, II this
tale were only true, and 1 were the
heroinel" Kate-@Whatl with all her
prosecutions. her misery?" Laura
@Ah! but then, dear, remember she
does get husband after all!'
No matter how thoroughly you
clean the house, the wife Of the next
man who moves In will declare 1t Is
not fit for hogs to live in, and will
slop suds around over everything,
trying to make it fit for hogs to live
in.-Rone Sentinel.
OH tell me gentle searph,
With ffose ruby lips of thine,
Tel me fontly, tell me often,
That you're mine, forever mine."
/ Then she cape cape and nodded,
Then another cape was born,
And her very silence answered,
81 am yawn, forever yawn."
A man whose dog was shot by q
neighbor caused q warrant to issue
for his arrest. under charge Of shoot
ing within the city limits The cul-
prit was brought before the magis.
trate and asked his name. 1t was
given as Lachtenschlager. did you
shoot the dog In self- -defense?' @No;
1 shot him in lie lex, und he jumped
over the fence.-Ciss. Commercial.
Senator Oglesby, Of Illinois, was
made, not born, a poet. When visi-
ting Gaiva, Illinois, a Mrs. Meade,
charming lady, asked him for his au-
tograph, and he took his pen quickly
and wrote:
sThose who come to America
Should be naturalizcd;
Those who 60 to GalvA
Must be 1alva-nizcd.
''This Is my first attempt at poetry.
Yours, ETC., "R. J. OaLEsBY."
A farmer IN northern Iowa owned
what he regasded as . fine place for
summes.resort There was a rug
ged mountain. eteen valley,
placid lake, only a mineral spring
was lacking. He endeavored to sup
ply the want by introducing various
ingredients, through q hidden pipe.
into clear spring. Then he built q
hotel and advertised. The first
boarder was prying fellow, who
straightway discovered the fraud.
and broke up the enterprise.
A renowned New York clergyman
lately preached rather a long SER
mon from the text: ~Thou art
weighed In the balance and found
wanting After the congregation
had listened about an hour, some be-
gan to get weary, and went out; 9TH
ers soon followed, greatly to the an
noyance OF the minister. Another
person started, whereupon, the par
son stopped in his sermon, and said:
THAT is right, gentlemen, as fast as
you are weighed pass outl" He con-
tinued his sermon at some length af-
ter that, but no one disturbed him by
leaving.
Men pursue riches under the idea
that fheir r,ooaoaafou will at fhor7 of