The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-23
PITH AND POINT.

w. --'..A- PITH AND POINT.
SAID he, LET us be one.' And she
was won. ,
GAN man intoxicated by music be
said to be air-tight? r FF&
WHAT an irascible father says: :sAs
the twig is bent, the boy is inclined to
shoot out at the door,
JOSH Billings ''Natur luvs plum
If she doesn't she never would have
made munky.''' -
LARGE mouths are now fashionable
among women They are worn open,z of
course, as heretofore 5 ~.@,4s@,
GA KISS" said young Charles, sis q
noun, we allow; but tell NE, my dear, is
it proper or common Lovely Mary
blushed deep and exclaimed, "Why, I
vow, think that a kiss is both proper
and common" b. 49,
A DARBY who was stopping to wash
his hands in a ditch didn't notice the pc
cul1ar actions OF a goat just behind; so
when he scrambled out Of the water, and
was asked how it happened, he answered:
IL dunno 'xactly, but 'peared as if de
shore kinder h'isted and frowd me- e,-
GIVE don't want all this, we don't
want it, said solicitor, to a voluble
old lady in the witness box sit is IL
relevant. " But the witness paid no
heed, and talked on, finishing With,
There, you've got it, whether you
want it or not; and it isn't irreverent,
either -
A MEMBER Of the North Carolina Leg
lslature, dining at a Raleigh hotel, saw
a pod ct red pepper on q dish hear at
hand. He thought it was a new kind of
1ruit and took a bite The tears
strealned down his cheeks as he put the
pod down, saying: "Dash you, lay
there and cool"
FATHER" said the elder heir. els It
proper to say we is rich,' or we am
rich p" The old man worked carefully
down into the hollow of his boot under
the instep, remaining long time in
thoughtful meditation, and then slowly
replied "Well, should say it would
come higher to the truth to say we hain't
rich"
''THRAsH1NG by steam," murmured q
fond mother, as she glanced at an arti-
Gle in an agricultural paper. "What
git-ups they do have nowadays. If had
had one of those steam thrashers for nv
four boys, my arms wouldn't have been
as rheumatlcky as they are to-day, "Hand
= she dreamily thought of the past as it
might have been.
=. A FASHIONABLE Galveston young man
thinks he is great as an elocrlfionist.
His strong card is. reading the ghost
scene in Shakespeare. After hearing
him recite, an elderly gentleman was
asked what he thought Of him. "Well,''
said the old gentleman, 81 think be
ought to have given up the ghost hong
ago. ''-Golvesto1e News.
A RECEIPT for making soup Take q
pail of water and wash it clean, then
boil it till it is brown on both sides:
pour in one bean when the bean begins
to worry prepare to simmer. If soup
Won t simmer it's toe rich pour in more
water; dry the water with a towel be-
fore you put it in the dryer the water
the sooner it browns. Serve hot.
What excuse have vop
for climbing over into this gentleman's
garden and trespassing On his proper
typ" Prisoner-''The best excuse in
the world, Judge. I went over by mis-
take" "How sop "WeH, you see. /
thought those oranges in his garden
were sweet oranges, but after had tried
en- I found they were the bitter kind.
so you see went over by mistake.''-
Edlvcsto7a NeaUs
A sAD-LooKING man went into q Bur-
lngton drugstore. "Can you give
me-" he asked, something that will
drive from my mind the thoughts Of
sorrow and bitter recollections And
the druggist nodded and put him up a
little dose Of quinine, norwood and
rhubarb, epson salts and Il dash of cas-
tor-oil, and gave it to him and for six
months the man couldn't think of any,
thing in the world except new schemes
tor getting the taste out Of his mouth.
B21rdcttc.
For broken pan"s the gaZer comes
For inward pains the doctor:
But none can the experiences show f.. .
Of the bliuious concoctor. .- &i,t i &
Is THERE q letter here i'll a scented
envelope for my wife," he asked the
Postmaster, while the green fire from
his eyes made the office look like O. leafy
forest. eyes, sir" answered the Post
master, as he handed it out. The jeal-
GUS man tore it open at once, when, To-
and behold it was the milliner's bill for
$780, The end.
JERSEY, Xix. coat of mail
The shapely form incases,
And to dainty waist can't fail &.
TO add developed graces: .- 2 q :. -, 4
10 draw it on requires knacE
Quite easy to attain,
But what business tits, good lack,
10 get it off again! s=t 80
CONNECTIONS from Rags,
The manufacture Of glucose from rags.
a novel industry, carried on in GERMANY.
is regarded with much disfauor and -"