Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1855 — A Conundrumical Loafer. [ARTICLE]

A Conundrumical Loafer.

A fdbwfo a complete suit of ,fa ded corduroy, tumMtd dfffoCstofo of St. Andrew’s Church jtxMuritfo watchman arrived at the spot, and maMng two or force revdMojto Ah the pavementstopped foce*wward« before foe officer following qheriy.*' :l ” *-• - " worth "I say, watohy, ore you pretty sharp at conundrums? Why ami fikem backsliding Christian? > pretty tough one, you ffiinrF "We'D, don’t puzzle. It is becawdrF® away from the church and am likely to be picked up by foe devil-at foph* The watchman, without him for U>« infernal cooplkncu. picked him up. On the way down Chestnut street, the captive addreto Cd the captor again. f f “sci. “Watch, i’ll try you with another. Why am I like the Emperor ofHay . ti? ’ ‘ Because you arcasassy scoundrel.’’ ■•♦ No; because I am attended by a black guard.” r K And are for big a blackguard yourself as could b e picked np-in a year’s travel.* Nothing more was said till they carne ip front VVood’aXuae um, when the corduroy man opcc more addressed the foftfi W foe mace and rattle. • “Don’t get out of heart, watohey. Better luck next time. ’ Why are the Quaker Giant andljnysclf like foe god of marriage? “Because you “Bah, no. Because we are high men.” (Hymen.) “Do you call man?’ 1 ~ ', r ’ .. , , “Yes, I do. I’m pretty high, I think, if tens wallers of wMsfeef can , make me so. Besides I’m a trump, an ace of trumps, and you know that’s always high,” Ay, in the game of All Fours.” •‘That’s the game 1 was playing When you came across me.” “You were low J think; soy you were flat on your back. But I’ll play the deuce with you, and that will be tow emmgh, if ywu doattget along without anynmre W*, *;• 4 ‘t Youore not as bright as I thought you were, old follow, but here’s one I guess you can chaw. . Why Are you like sugar candy?” “I cant exuetfy say,’’ replied the watchman, a fitfle flattered by the sacharine comparison. “Well, it’s because I would like to lick you, if I could get a chance,” said foe prisoner at the very moment he was thrust into the page • The next morning when the conun drum maker ansWCred io the name of Simon PeArce.the watchman’s evidence was heard, and a commitment for vagrancy was speedily made out. “Can 1 say a word or two,” ashed ■ Simon. a , “Certainly,” repljed the May or t-s “Why,” said the incorrigible offen der, “why is a bobtail brown horhe, with a Mat* face, like Gov. RigleP ’ “Take him away,” said his honor, and foe last conundrum rteriiains without solution to exercise foe guessing faculties of our readers. i OCTMiss Wooo, a ymmg lady who . advertised a few days since as having mysteriously disappeared from her home, near Rockaway L. l.» was found last Saturday evening near Springfield, in Kings county, burned toa crisp.. She was found in a swamp where a man had been engaged in burning asparagus bedsit is supposed this is the work of violence, which is as yet clothed in se-(fy-Take foe hand Of the friendless,smile on the; sad and <Jeje^ed f sympathise with those in trouble, strive everywhere to diffuse around you joy and sunshine; do thip, and yQttMMiwofbejiiglwd-Uj-Rosawao til, of Hantihh,' « has recovered of Awbew Vin cefor for refcsing to many her utter courting her iromiringittTa new silk married dec. j OCT A kenluckTwer * i is becoming quite that I quarter to indwd a dotfa* ivith m*r|ifoge nfoces; when eeadingltecm to ~ ~ ‘ ' - ; rjCZAn angry man ♦ahWiuts The . ' - '