Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1874 — A Sailor’s Opinion of a Comet. [ARTICLE]

A Sailor’s Opinion of a Comet.

We were told by a celebrated naval officer the following anecdote: On one of his cruises the sailors saw a comet and were. * somewhat surprised and alarmed at, its appearance. The hands met and appointed a committee to wait upon the commander and ask his opinion of it. They approached him and said: “We want to ask your opinion, your honor.” “ Well, my boys, what is it about?” “We want to inquire about that thing up there?” “ Now, before I answer you, let me know what you think of it?” “ Well, your honor, we have talked it all over and we think it is a star sprung a leak.” —London Letter.

A toung lady engaged to be married but getting sick of her bargain, applied te a friend to help her untie the knot before it was tob late. “ Oh, certainly,” he re plied, “ it’s very easy to untie iV now, while it js only a bow-knot.”