Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1885 — PITH AND POINT. [ARTICLE]

PITH AND POINT.

A BOAMJura-Hotrsß keeper’sjlree—’ashl Babbels were first made in the cooper ige. A bod and lyin’ eatches the biggeat fish of the season. “ Darling, this potato is oniy half done.” “ Then eat the other half, love.” People talk of a visit to the salt sea for the purpose of getting a little fresh air. Whew the river rises one foot what becomes of the other ? It remains tide, of course. When the Arab has stolen everything else in sight he quietly folds his tent and steals away. When a man threatens to give you » piece of his mind he wishes to destroy the peace of yours. When a young man is alone with his best girl he is generally supposed to be "holding his own.” By a mother-in-law —"You can deceive your guileless little wife, young man, but her father’s wife —never.”