Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-01-07
Mansfield Items.

very literally from is columns. In ad-
di,iOn to its spicy reading matter. The Her.
aid presents 10 its readers, at great irou-
ble and expense map OF the Sea, Of
War between Turkey and Russia, which
is frs, rate ,hing-tO fiji Up. By the
by, some day or other we shall present
our patrons, at an enormous cost mag.
ni6ceut view Of The Crystal Palace, New
York. This engraving Of itself is worth
FIVE times the subscription price. and will
throw The Herald's Map of Turkey entire
ly into the shade.
1t seems that the go1d folks Of Mt.
Vernon are rather disposed to have an in.
significant idea of Mansfield, compared 10
their town. The Herald don't like it all.
and as an evidence Of the superiority Of
The latter, gives the following valuation
of real estate in the respective places:
1853. 1916.
MansfelI, l,OOO,575 45i,663
MI. Vernon, 656.O54 4l4,l26
Increased value of property in Mi.Ver-
ucn during The last seven years l4l.s2s
dollars, or 35 per cent. In Mansfield du-
ring The same period, 545,9l2 dollars, or
one hundred and sirteen per cent!
We DO not often boast, but all examin-
alton of the table will show, that but few
place. in the Slaterxhibit such evidences
ofa rapidIyei substan'iul.growth as Mans
field. And we may say that our growth
is now more rapid lbat ever. While our
little sister Nj. Vernon is Dragging anu
telling what she is going to do we are
going ahead clear out OF sight.
The Matrimonial Statistics have been
furnished the Herald by Judge MyERs.-
According TO it there have been 844
couples made happy q in the past year.
For publishing 22O marriage notices,
the Herald received zone whole cake,
three halves Of cake, and no cash." and
pathetcally concludes
Verify the printers have to be pack
horses upon whom i poor souls seek to
ride into no,oriety. No pay 10 the prin.
ter whether man is married or hung.
The sexton Of the Congregational
Church came very near toIling his own
funeral knell few evenings since. The
Herald should forge, lis punning pro.
pensi,ies when it relates such providen
lial escapes:
On las, Thursday evening, rs the sex.
ton OF the Congregational Church was
,oling the bell, its ''roIing echoes" rather
took him by surprise, for ta'nbling from
its lofty moorings, il went through the
floor of the upper tower with a crash,
and but for scan,ling twisting it from its
course, it would have gone through the
trap door in the roof, and completely an.
Initiating Mr.. Boothe. in its dvscen,
would have broken through floor after
floor, until it had reached the ground. As
it was, the pieces of shivered timber and
broL on irvn ..rout,d rutiroI srdI tied him.
He does no, know why il happened, as he
never told the bell to come down.
The Cleveland and Cincinnati Short
Line Railroad is 10 be built, notwithsland-
ing the doubts felt by its oppcsers. Over
81 900 600 are already subscribed along
the line, and ample means will be raised
at home TO more than grade the road
Fifty miles of it are under contrac and
in u short time the whole will be in tie
contractors hands. The Herald emphal.
icaI|y declares that "the road will be
built WHO shall gail.say?
We publish the following warming
10 Old Blchelors." As the Herald's rep.
u.ation for veraciiy is established, it acted
wisely by appending the postcrip, TO The
article had il been otherwise, no doubt
its readers would have eleyed the yarn
A morning or two since, cries for as.
si$tance we're heard proceeding from The
room of ii highly respectable old bachelor.
On bursting open the door he was found
frozen fast in q tub Of ,cater! Having
been troubled with bad cold he thought
to take bath in u tub Of warm wa +r,
the night before, and fell SO comfortable
while sitting in it, that he dropped asleep
and did not awake until morning. Hewas
of course Unable to stir, and was compell
ed to call for help. TO his great horror,
The first person that came to his aid was
an old maid, who had felt parfiality for
- his goods! She supposed he inten-
ded joke upon her, broke into the street
again, her countenance filled with indig-
nation and wounded vanity, and threw
her hands violently about, exclaiming,
20, the hateful villain p His continued
cries. however, brough, our friend speedy
assistance, when by chopping him out
with Ratchet and turning him round and
round like sp before the FIRE, he was
soon thawed out. He wishes us now to
say that he is candidate for matrimony.
PS We were not on hand ourself.--
we only give what people say about it.
Here is specimen of the Herald's
witty scintillations, though 10 confess
the truth. we can see no aertr0ordinQru