The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-16
PITH AND POINT.

PITH AND POINT.
A 5Ay I d briefs sometimes very
ESoLuT1oN1sTs may talk, but Adam
was the primeIeyl man. :
AsNEw play 81 called Yankee idyl-
abut who ever yaw a Yankee idle?
The man who makes light of every
thing is not necessarily very brilliant
himself.
Mrs. PARTMGToN said that 9 gentle
man laughed SO heartily that she feared
he would burst his jocular vein.
~z-sAsssIrishman, on seeing a small coffin,
exclaimed, Is it possible that coffin
was intended for any living creature? ?"
An editor out West was in prison Tor
ibeling a Justice of the Peace, and when
hes departed the jailer asked himsto give
the prison puff. ssasis
WHEN Brutus and Cassius were boys
the girls used to say that Brute was
such a nice fellow, but they preferred
Cash. The girls haven't changed one
bn IN
A CH1NAMAN can cut more wood than
white man, and do it with less labor,
but when it comes to fishing or whit
ting he is a hundred years behind the
age. sSsS
A SYRACUSE dentist has large mirror
before his operating chair in order that
patients can see the expression Of their
stacessas the tooth beginssto start. ut the
FqoB. @saeS GssssS8 81 {a5@8s
WHEN q man comes out of dentists
oficesand says that he has Just lost a
tooth from forceps circumstances, the
joke may be poor enough, but it cannot
be called tooth in. 81 - . : 3ss# 81
- CH1npRHN over ,,a Years. Years pay half
fare. " Oh. you speak English, do
you?c And what is your age, Missy %
ID ,Vich age? Mamma says I have two
ages. Ven I am in re railway I am 6
and a. alt, and ven I am at 'ome, I am. g.
;-4Paaach. e 81 sa& 4 IA Sasas ss
NEVER tell girl you love her
Till you think her pa is willin';
Never tell man he's honest
When you think he is villain:
Never think you are so funny
That your witwin live forever:
Never use that old expression,
Weak and weary: 'Hardly ever"
A GALVESTON colored servant, on her
way home with a basket of pi]fered ero-
ceries, meets q friend. "How is Won
comm on wild dem white folks?" "I'se
gwine to Leah 'em. eDey hasn't paid dar
groceryman in SIGH long time I'ee
ashamed to meet him on de Street"
A MARsEIL1AIs made before Gascon
the familiar boast: GIN the Rhone.
there is no room for water, the fish are
so thick!" "Eh!'' said the Gascon.
'ssnowater.! That's no merit ina river.
Look 9at our Gironde, for example.
There sso@muchawatersthere thatthere
are no fish-all drowned! !"
y TONIGHT, before you fall asleep,
. Let each and every one
Look back and see if he can find
Some good deed that he's done.
Wee ar tS 1h1Rs Ss so tt sSt back
IS This little task, we're almost sure
Would keep some ut all night
And part of the next week.
- WHEN q woman has worked for two
hours to sweep a room, and then, having
collected the dirt and lint and little
scraps Of paper into the dustpan, goes
to the window, opens it and throws the
dirt from the pan just as a lively little
gust of wind comes along and sends it
back all over the room again. does she
get mad? Well. rather = Boston Posi-.
!. A GALVESTON parent is very much dis
couraged at the way his boys DESTROY
each others clothes. The other day he
saw that little Billy's shirt collar was
torn of, and he angrily asked how It
happened. s'Johnny did it." was the
response. stsss,Well, I'll tan Johnny:s
hide, that's what III do!'' ssWen. dad.
I've pavedsthe way for you. Icut the
whole ycesilingSout of his newpants =
Galveston Neaos. y
Is YOUR programme full, Miss Beetle
scrusher ?" asked a young man of a
Western damsel who had just struggled
out of the refreshment-room with disap-
spointment in her eye and an s.seorder Of
dances in herhand. Programmefull ?''
said the daughter of-ethe setting sun.
WAL, I guess not! Ihain't had moth
ing but a piece Of cake and an ice
cream, an that don't 60 far toward filling
my programme, can tell you
IAN old East ndian CAPTAIN; Of Salem,
gave up; seafarineg,, and was building
gorgeous mansion in which, to end his
days IN peace. One morning, while
watching the carpenters, he noticed that
they. lets bits OF lath. and the like drop
down between the part itions, and he Or
dered them to take all the loose pieces
OUT Ihesworkmen sobeyed, grumbling
that :" they didn't see what difference it
made call the difference in the
Captain. RDo yoS think I want to be
annoyed whenever g'she rocks by athe
,fattle of the rubbisIlin the partitions -
Tall Men.
AS q Country becomes settled, and es-
peciallyyi1t cities Where great numbers
OF human beings are crowded into com
paratively small place, men degenerate
in height and the women are not only
pfovefpiary sliorter thanii lin tie country,
But they are less muscular. asAs there
are thought to be exceptions to all
rules, there are both tall gentlemen and
ladies ia all 'eities.sS Al majoritysof them,
3 however if TRACED stos their birthplace,
will be found to have come from the