A young Indian girl who had curiosity watched the process of marking barrelheads in a flouring mill in Winona, Minn., stole in one day, and taking possession of the stencils, ornamented her blanket with the words " Ellsworth's Choice," and paraded the streets' with great delight, but to the disgust of Mr. llsworth, who is a bachelor, and had made no such choice. An Englishman, in conversation with Mr. Lincoln, said, " Why, no gentleman in England blacks his own boots, you know."—" Pshaw ! " replied Lincoln, " whose Imnts do they black f " When a man calls to collect a bill, the Chinaman says, " I no havec, how can I" An Indian woman is a squaw, therefore an Indian baby is a squawling. What part of a fish is like the end of a book I The fin-is. Men whoavoid female sm-ictyhnve dull perceptions and gross tastes,
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 9, 1 December 1877, Page 4
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144Untitled Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 9, 1 December 1877, Page 4
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