River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-11-23
PITH AND POINT.
MrNc1Na matters-Making Christina,


pie.
THE moon, like some men, is bright
est when it is full.
An American Presidents pay-&50,-
600 a year and bored.
MINING projects are out of favor.
People are sick of the hole business.
We always have our suspicious of
man who invariably takes his soda from
the other side of the fountain.
THIS country has over IL, 600 bicycles,
and you're mighty safe, young man, in
taking the daughter OF court-plaster
maker for an heiress.
IT was Sidney Smith who retorted
upon some one who had called him an
everyday man: Well, if am an every
day man, you are a weak one.
/. at GUESS dad wishes he'd die and go
to heaven" said q miser's son to his ma
ternal parent. "Why sol" she asked,
upon recovering from the establishment.
"Oh, cause heavens such cheap place
to live in"
"FATHRR When o hen sets on an
egg three weeks and it don't hatch, is
the egg spoiled?" Gas an article OF
diet the egg is thenceforward q failure !;
but as q species of testimonial it is
strikingly aromatic and expressive"
"WHAT are your amusements this
spring." asked country cousin OF her
city cousin whom she had come up to
visit for few days. "Showing my
house to idle people who pretend they
want to buy it," replied the city cousin,
sweetly.
SOME of the new hats and bonnets are
rs large as parasols others no bigger
than saucer, and others still are OF
medium size. The big ones are intended
for the theater; the small ones for wear
in the sun. That's the way women al
ways arrange it.-Boston Post.
IT is all very well to admire q pretty
girl in seal. skin sacque but when one
Of these charmingly attired and attrac-
blocking demoiselles is heard to blurt
out, as was heard in famous terra-cotta
establishment the other day, oh, ma,
amt them terra-frma ornaments just
lovely 2" ones faith is shattered.
AN Austin father complained bitterly
of the way his children destroyed their
clothing. He said: "When was boy
only had one suit of clothes, and / had
to take care of it. I was only allowed
one pair of shoes year in those days. +"
There was q pause, and then the Oldest
boy spoke up and said: 81 say, dad,
you have much easier time Of it now
= You are living with us. - Ie1as
Strings.
TIE truth of the following story is
vouched for by clergyman: A good old
lady, speaking in prayer meeting and
giving expression to the joy and conf
dence she felt, said, st feel as if I was
ready, this minute, to fall into the arms
Of Beelzebub." Abraham You mean
Abraham r hastily corrected brother
sitting near. "Well, Abraham, then, !"
was the response; 1t don't make any
difference. They're both good menP
An Austin Sunday school teacher was
examining his class as to their Biblical
knowledge. g Who was it that betrayed
his Master ~ First boy s Abraham
betrayed his Master That's not
right. Next!'' Second boy" IT was
Judas Iscariot thatbetrayed his Master. =
/" That was right. a good little boy
looked reproachfully at the teacher and
said: /" / am going to tell my ma You
say it was night for Judas to betray his
Master. - 7ecas Eiftyngs.
A M THE LEGIsLATURR.
Then up Smith, Of Eiorlds the best Of the de-
And spoke sbou. The measure for protecting sIfss-
He showed how tourists shot st them without regard
for reason
And asked to have II made crime to kii them out
s.fa
Then Brown, be moved amendment BY inserting .
brief clause,
But smith, be up and aaid to him, who thought the
subject comical,
Tha. nature, when she gave him sense had been too
And Brown, responding briefly. wished % say, in
That smith in guarding reptiles, had an sye 10 sslf.
Then smith. he gang volume. Of the Message and
And Brown was laid upon The floor good deal on,
OF sorts-
"WHY, of course you want tele,
phone put In your house, said the can
vasser to the business man; sit will be
SO handy when your wife wants to talk
to you" There, exclaimed the bust
ness man, picking up stool, that viii
do. I listened to you when you urged
the point that I could order provisions
from the butcher; and looked with IA
vor ON your representations that it would
afford unequaled facilities for ordering
in the beer; but when you tell me that
the only rest get during the day is go
ing to be busted into through the medi-
um OF . galvanized tin pipe, then it IL
time you were breathing your atmos-
phere into other ears. You may make
yourself less adjacent, young man" He
made, Detroit Free Press.