River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
Sense and Nonsense.

ILb nope tndJ Keeps us up,
It's hope that keeps our memories green,
It's hope that makes our lives sublime.
Us soap that keeps us clean.
"Just think Of it, said Jones to Brown.
A cobblers bill in hand,
three dollars for pair of boots
Why in the Fatherland
They'll sell brace Of wooden shoes
For just flip or two.
Why don't they introduce them heref
I'd like it, wooden shoew
AS Indians go, what is the differ
cnce between the Cav tribe and the
Crows
The world is always pleasing to the
girl when she dons her new Spring bon
net.
1t is said that the average school boy is
natural communist. He wants the ruler
done away with.
There is an insect called the tick, but
bed tick is not an insect. and should
not be COMPOUNDED with the bug.
Vanderbilt is the modern Colossus OF
Roads. Kansas City Times. Yes, and
Ii e the Colossus of Rhodes, he is man
of brass.
A little 6-year old in this city has been
listening to the remarks of legai-mlnd-
indicted party getting clear by getting a
continuance Of mis- case from time to time.
Shortly after the little fellow got into a
scrape, which secured for him a promise
from his mother ofa little dose of slipper
at an early period. He anxiously soug t
the uncle for legal advice on the subject,
who could sympathize with him, but
with no prospect of relief. "Uncle,
said he, ''don't you think that you could
get mother to continue the case. If we
could get continuance | think | could
get Off" He got off.
According TO late estimates, Great Bri
| tain is NOT the wealthiest country on
earth as has been believed. France val
ues her private property, real and perso-
nal at $43, 100000, and her navy,
palaces, public buildings, and other pro-
perty. excepting highways, at ST ,475, 00O,-
900, making 81, 100000. The ag-
gregate estimate for England, Scotland
and Ireland, without reckoning public
highways, is $42, 300,000,0O0 Real es-
tate in France, greatly exceeds in area
that of England, while in the latter there
is great excess of personal property
over the former.
She was five years old, looking out of a
window of a car that was being whirled
through the kitchen-garden region of
New Jersey, anxious to be informed of
the character Of the growing crops. Said
her father, ''That field contains sweet pc
tatOes, that one beans; the other cab
bage.' ''Cabbage?" quoth the fve-year-
old. Eyes, cabbager' "Well where is
the corn beet9" The informing father
smiled audibly, and so did all within
earshot.
The big Berkshire hog took the chair,
and when the barnyard was quiet, he
asked; "Is there any business ofimport-
ance before this house?" And then the
long, lean, sandy pig, nearest the gate, re-
piled that ''there was nothing but routine
business, he believed" Whereupon the
convention adjourned and went around
the farm trying to get at the bottom Of
things.
Tomatoes on the Half Shell.-Have
toasted few shoes of bread nice and
brown; butter cut in half, and place it
where it is warm. Select tomatoes which
are smooth and not overripe; cut in two
fiatwise, and put skin down on hot grid
iron; serve an slices of toast, with butter,
pepper and salt.