The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-09-02
Wise and Otherwise.

What is political economy? Running
on the same ticket with very rich
man who will pull you through.
Englisnmen are brutes. One of them
recently compared dress embroidered
with pearl to the back of u mackerel i'm
the sun.
A Norristown man, the father of a
large family, calls his flour barrel
Maud s." 1t goes 90 fast.-No,r is.
to,0n Herald.
Up in Middlesex County it is so quiet
that train of thought can be felt to
jar the whole trestlewOrk of the vicinity.
-Ne,O Haoesa Register
A student at Oxford UNIVERSITY, on
being asked "WhO was EsauY" replied
"Esau was a man, who wrote fables,
and sold his copyright for a mess OF
potash.
A prominent lnmberman, in Bur
lingtOn, Iowa, has had his coat Of-arms
painted on the panels of his carriage
with the Latin motto, "Vidi," which
by Interpretation, is 81 saw"
The latest advices from the Sandwich
Islands report that the lava thrown
from Mamma L0a is likely to destroy a
portion of the town and harbor of Hilo
That is bad for Hilo, but it is hoped
slack and the game" may be saved.
The Boston Post says that"When a
New Orleans man wanted his picture
taken in a heroic attitude, the artist
painted him in the act of refusing to
drink" Don't you remember the por.
trait wasn't recognized by any of his
| friends.
A Rhode Island man called neigh.
Dor "lantern-jawed cockroach." A
suit for SANDER resulted, and the Jury
returned as follows: "Not guilty on
lantern-jawed, but away off on cock.
roach, and we find damages in the sum
Of three cents.
"Forwardp cried the captain
Forward there, Dennis Mccarthy
"Be aisy, Captain Soolivan," said Den,
mis-; "Oi alwiz was bashful from me
youth, sure, though Dim jist shpoiliuq
to 60 into this foight, Oh wud not bt
thought forward, don't We see. Oi
think it's your rear Ord be guarredine
while yez go an"
The Boston Globe man is satisfied
He says: can exchange speaks of q
new fashion in gait for girls. We
care not what others may think, but
give us the old style Of gate where we
can comfortably stand and lean on Oul
elbows when she escorts us to the fence
to bid us good night. No change fol
us please.-N o. Picay,tne.
George was a good boy. He was al
ways willing to take good advice. The
teacher told him one day that we should
avoid the appearance of evil. George
remembered this. When he stole Far.
mer ClOvers apples that night, he say.
ed all the cores and dropped them in
front Of Dick Blatherskites yard. Dick
was bad boy, and got punished fol
stealing Farmer ClOver's apples, but
George avoided the appearance of evil.
He ate the apples. The good are always
rewarded in this world and the bad pun.
ished.-Boston Transcript.
Ring at the door bell, half past two
A. M. Doctor pokes his head out OF
the window. "HellO" Hello your.
self. I'm no telephone. Come over
to IL East X street. Man awful sick
over there" "What's the matter with
him" "How dye s'pose 1 know.
That's what you've got to find out
didn't bring diagnosis with me-
And the doctor slammed down the win.
dow, slammed on his clothes, and pro-
fanely logged over to the desired local
ity, to find a sufferer from an overdose
OF cold peas just getting through the
worst of it. DOubleifee.