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

said to work admirably.
PITH AND POINT.
SAID he, Let us be one And she
was won.
CAN a man intoxicated by music be
said to be air-tight? tffs
WHAT an irascible father says AS
the twig is bent, the boy is inclined to
shoot out at the door. -
JOSH Billings Natur luvs phun
if she doesn't she never would have
made a munky.
LARGE mouths are now fashionable
among women. They are worn openyof
course, as heretofore. s 1875
GA KISS said young Charles, lis a
noun, we allow; but tell me, 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
A DARBY who was stopping to wash
his hands in ditch didn't notice the pc
culiar actions of q goat just behind SO
was asked how it happened, he answered:
uuAAAO AtlSclJ, Ouo HCd4CA do IL w
shore kinder h'isted and frowd me. -
'WE 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
islature, dining at Raleigh hotel, saw
a pod Of red pepper on a dish near at
hand. He thought it was a new kind OF
fruit and took a bite. The tears
streamed down his cheeks as he put the
pod down, saying: "Dash you, lay
there and COOL"
FATHER, said the elder heir, is it
rich?'" 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, I should say it would
come higher to the truth to say we hain't
| rich"
'sTHRAsH1NG by steam" murmured a
fond mother, as she glanced at an arti-
Gle in an agricultural paper. ssWhat
git-ups they do have nowadays. IF I had
had one of those steam thrashers for my
four boys, my arms wouldn't have been
as rheumaticlzy as they are to-day, ''s;and
she dreanily thought Of the past as. it
might have been.
| ! A FASHIONABLE Galveston young man
thinks he is great as an elocutionist.
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, ct think be
ought to have given up the ghost hong
ago. G0lvestoae Meas.
A RECEIPT for making soup: Take a
pail of water and wash it clean, then
boil it till it is brown on both sides !;
pour in one bean; when the bean besine
tofworry 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 F.; the dryer the water
the sooner it browns. Serve hot.
REcoRpER-"W What excuse have You
for climbing over into this gentleman 8
garden and trespassing on his proper
typ" Prisoner" The best excuse in
| the world, Judge. 1 went over 10y mis-
: take" elbow 500" ''Well, you see,
; thought those oranges in his garden
| were sweet oranges, but after I had tried
'em I found they were the bitter kind,
so you see went over by mistake. -
L Galveston NeaUs.
A sAD-LooK1NG man went into q Bur-
lington drugstore. Can You give
: me-" he asked, something that will
drive from my mind the thoughts OF
sorrow and bitter recollecGons ?" And
the druggist nodded and put him up a
little dose of auinine, NORWOOD and
rhubarb, epson salts and dash of cas-
tor-oil, and gave it to him !; and for sly
months the man couldn't think of any
thing in the world except new schemes
tor getting the taste out Of his mouth =
y ! BMrdctte
: For broken pancs the glazier comes,
l For inward pains the doctor;
r But can the experiences show n.
. " Of the bluious concoctor. 8&g E
= els THERE o letter here III scented
envelope for my wife," he asked the
:, Postmaster, while the green fire from
y his eyes made the office look like leafy
+ forest. Yes, sir, answered the Post
: master, as he handed it out The jeal
q Gus man tore it open at once, when, Il
q and behold it was the milliner' bill fol
n $780, The end.
r JERSEY, like coat of mail,
. The shapey form incases,
Q And to dainty waist can't fail
70 add developed graces ~ 3. = n
4 To draw it on requires knacE
Quite easy to attain
But what business tits, good lack.
|, To get it off again! i ~ ER
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