Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1883 — PITH AND POINT. [ARTICLE]

PITH AND POINT.

[From the Port Wayne Hoosier.l A sweet strain —pulling taffy. Pay as you go. If you can’t pay, stay. Ba kino powder crushed will rise again. “It’s a cold day when Tip left—hanging," said the icicle. “It’s only a waste of goods,” said the fellow when he hugged the dry goods dummy by mistake. “I loved thee once, I love the still,” sings the whisky guzzler. The wearning of corsets is on the decrease. That’s what they’re for. An editor who was attacked by two rowdies put them to flight with a stick of wood. He gave them club rates. “I am never missed any more when I go off on a visit,” sighed a West Wayne street lady. “Why not?” asked her friend. “Because, since I got married they all call me Mrs.” [From the American Counting-Room.] Tnr busiest printer takes. the most : e’s. It is a wise politician that can strad- . die the tariff. < Purchasers of petroleum certificates are crude speculators. . A sad man is not alvvays large, though he may be one bf great sighs. ~ To be safe in “the madding crowd,” even a watch should be on guard. It is not natural for millionaires or cannabal islands to object to the di-et? Strikes seldom pay. A match is one of the few things that can strike to advantage. What is “as rare as the day in June?” A day in February, as there are two less " in tbfe year. Successful merchants ought to make good fishermen because they'know how to secure the net profits. Some men are often like lamps. They may be bright and shining lights and yet_ when you look inside you will find them wicked. Lemons may not be very nutritious as a steady article of food, but there are thousands of people who live on the Rhine, and are healthy. IFrem Carl Pretzel's Weekly.] The housewife’s refrain—“ Let us sweep. ” Of all books the almanac is the most -jieasonahle. _. The influence that cotton wields is felt everywhere. cackle as we pass by. “Do they miss me at home, do they miss me?” sang Boodleby’s wife at a parlor concert, and Boodleby came up and whispered in her ear: “Don’t be a fool. How can they ‘Miss’ you when you’ve been a ‘Mrs.’ for twenty years.” 'Tis on the street that dudes do reiun, Sublime with waxed moustache, amPceien, They’ve lots <rt gall, but little breign. And try to mash with might and' maign. At Sarah, Lillie and at Jeign They stare in hopes that they will" geign Some smitten heart, and tints obtaign One more to add to list ot sleign; But when, to father, girls compleign, He goes for dude with words profeigu And reigns in blows which causes peign, And doth the .masher's art restreign.