The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-07-23
ODD ITEMS.
A CANNON by.word-rll pass.

A cannon by.word-rl pass
Two Tor scent-A couple of blood
hounds.
A roasted chestnut-Is it hot enough
for youi
Even chimney has its new soot.--
" Y. Journal
The young man full of prom ise fre.
quently turns out bad pay.
When the summer resorts fill up it
becomes more difficult for the boarders
to.
A cigar, to sell, should be well ad-
vertised. 1t must be puffed to go
well.
A marriage in Maryland costs 81,
but it takes three figures to get the
knot united.
a man who has a scolding wife says
l.e is going through the journey of
life by iaii.
a man must not expect TO live in
clover simply bacause he marries
grass widow.
The min who can look his tailor
square in the reLina is an honest shaver.
" Y Jouynal.
The young Emperor of China has
consumption, but he may get over it
il he lets tea alone.
In England ami Wales there are
GO0,000 Sunday school teachers aud
100000 scholars
"Tm cutting a great figure" said
the editor as he softly slid his scissors
through Il big paper bill.
Ms. Cleveland will not be thorough
ly happy until Grover gets her the
SIMPLEST dog in America.
Tue base ball player is very dunes.
tic man. for he is never 80 well pleased
as when on the home run.
Mrs Gladstone darns all the Premier,
socks and his dau gh,er attends to the
Grand Old Mans neckties.
The prudent man always lays up
something for rainy day, if it is onl,
a borrowed umbrella.-LJe.
1t is the fashion at present in Eng
land to take notice OF babies. Form
erly only nurstrymaids did SO.
When it comes to boycotting an un
dertaker it really looks as if the thin.
were being run into the ground.
1t is the height of i'll breeding t.
characterize an elderly spinster as {
chestnut. - Boston Transcript.
Some inquisitive person asks; "Wha
does man make by getting married |?
Well, he generally makes the fire,
An irate parent attempted to kic
one of his daughters admirers off tn
front steps, but missed him by tw'
feet.
DIR. Newman Hall has nineteen Sun
day schools in connection with hi
church in London, in which there al
$500 pupils.
The difference between poor angle
Sophronia, and the fish he tries is this
The angler bats his hook and the iisl
hook Lis bait.
Swinburne says, "When young me
yell at me, | smile" We suppose tina
is when they yell, "Swinburne, com
and take drink
. A writer compares an old maid TO
: lemon. The comparison is fault,
Young men often squeeze lemons
NorriSto,cn Uerald
Dr.. Mary Walker claims to be tb
coolest woman in Washington. An
yet there is great deal said in tn
pewSl alus about her pants.
The fellow who had buried lhre
wives and was about to be marie
again, invariably spoke of his intend,
Z as my fonrth-coming bride.
81 am to tell the truth said Ne,
4 York fisherman. Yes interrupte
s an acquaintance, "and you are prob;
bly, the worst shot in America.
Many Mississippi women are adopting
q farming as a profession. They al
frugal, energetic and careful and som
Of them are waxing rich. Bachelor
try Mississippi.
1t is said that John L. Sullivan ca
knock a man into the middle of mex
week. His method is to slug him 5
that he will not regain consciousness
for three or four days.
A man in Frostville, Pa, received
letter last week which was mailed i
1869. We thought the special lctte
delivery had been discontinued