Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-11-26
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ARTEs1AS WELLS IN THE DESERT
Ihe French papers have interesting &C.
counts of newly bored artesian wells in the
Sahara desert, in Algiers. They are six
IN number, and two are 275 feet deep.
The appearance of the water in each case.
produced the greatest excitement among
the desert tribes. Their joy over the first
well was unbounded, and news of the event
spread towards the south with unexam-
pied rapidity. People came long distances
in order to see the miracle.
Sheridan bought n large quantity of
wine of his merchant. 81 will owe you the
amount" he said, when the bill was pre-
sented, '.if it is agreeable to you."-
"Oh certainly, certainly Mr.. Sheridan, as
long as you choose, sir" Some time elapsed;
the creditor grew impatient and threaten
ed his debtor with a writ. "Why how
the devil can 1 pay you, sir," said Richard
Brinsley, "and keep to our agreement2 1t
was understood that should owe YOU, and
how can possibly owe you if 1 pay the
money!
An anecdote is related of Young
preacher at city church, who had for his
text verse from the parable of the ten yir-
gins, and in course of his sermon explained:
"that in old times it was customary, when
the bridegroom and bride were coming, for
ten virgins TO 60 out and meet them and
escort them home, five of these virgins be-
ing males and five femalesw
Mademoiselle Rachel was at latest ac-
counts extremely i'll, but Hbetter," being
able to play cards. She was never mar
ried but has two sons, named Alexander
and Gabriel. The first is the acknowledg.
ed son of the great Napoleon by Polish
lady. The grandson of Napoleon Bona
parte, his mother the greatest tragedianne
of her time, should be somebody.
A cunning lawyer meeting with a
shrewd old friend on white horse deter
mined to quiz him. "Good morning, dad
dy! pray, what makes your horse look so
pale in the faeel' "Ah my dear friend"
replied the old man, "if thee had looked
through the halter so long, thee would look
pale too"
FRIGHTFULLY MYsTERIoUs.-A gentle
man sojourning at a fashionable watering
place hotel, who roomed next to two young
ladies, overheard the following conversation
one morning recently:
"My dear, / cannot find my bones; and
how can l 90 10 breakfast? l shall look
as If had fallen to pieces"
81 will lend you my skeleton, dear, if it
will fit YOU"
"Oh, thank you!-how kind Yes, sx-
actly."
Only one young lady appeared at break
fast. What was the condition of the one
who lent her skeletonl''
''The principal avenue of our city, writes
a learned friend in Detroit, "has toll
gate just by the Elmwood Cemetery road.
As the Cemetery had been laid out some
time previous to the construction of the
plank road, it was made one of the condi-
tions of the company's charter that all fu-
neral professions should go back and forth
free. One day, as Dr.. Price, a celebrated
physician, stopped to pay his toll, be re-
marked to the gate keeper:
"CoEsidering the benevolent character of
our profession, think you ought to let US
pass free of charge
''No, no, doctor" the keeper readily re-
piled, ave couldn't afford that. You send
too NANNY dead heads through here as it
is"
"The doctor paid his toll, and never ask
ed any favors after that"