Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-06
Wayside Gatherings.

Seven millions of gallons Of whisky al
: annually consumed in Scotland.
There are SO, 900 men in Iowa capable {
bearing arms.
Travellers can now go from Boston 10 L
Crosse, Wis, in forty-four hours.
, In the United States there are six thou
sand brokers and six thousand BARRIERS.
| There are about twenty nine thousan,
Post Offices in the United States.
Theelecttie cable between France an,
Algeria does not work well. .r .1E
| Doctors differ, on the subject 0
bleeding their patients. = 'z -
The vintage of Portugal, will be th
most abundant of the last five years.
Potatoes are selling in Hartford, Conn.
at IL cents per busheI.
The Northern Camanches, Kioawas, ant
part Of the Apaches, have declared wa
against Texas.
The four great evils in life are said to
be standing collars, stove-pipe hats, tigh
boots and tobacco.
The water in Lake st. Clair is raising
of late wears, so that good farms are now
under water. sr ost a,sva
1t is estimated that $2s, 900 worth
of tobacco was used in France during the
year 1857.
| A line of railroad, from St. Louis to the
borders of the mineral region in Northern
Mexico, is talked Of.
The experiment of growing tobacco in
Minnesota has proved quite successful, a
heavy crop being anticipated this year.
Enougllo Of the Chinese sugar cane has
been raised in Iowa, this season, to make a
million gallons of syrup.
Hhas been decided, lately,i in Court, that
the word .'chldren" in a will, includes
grand children.
Captain Sawyer, U. S. n, has present
ed to the State of Vermont, chair made
from the oak Of the old frigate Constilu-
tion. 4. 5sIs#ts
An Albany printer, John Patterson, is
said 10 be the best mat aiheInati,ion in the
country.
BY me assessors return, there are 220,
900 more hogs in OHIO this year than hast.
Kansas has had seven Governors. Re-
der, Dawson, S.,aulol, Gcarv, Walker,
Stanton, aud Der,c.
d. Work as though iiou wc,t 10 live for
cscr-"olship a, though thou vert to die
presently. -5ass -->t
1t i, said that one man in every eight in
Mas>acliu a.,i>, l. u shoemaker. In Lvlm.
5000 p. son, ar. employed in siior,nak;ns.
and the sales in 1857, amounted 10 81 900
coo.
Tie population Of Europe, is 272,000,
o09: of Asia. 720.0oo,0O0; of America,
2po.000O00; Of Africa. 100000 Of Aus
ilaiia 100000. Total population Of The
globe, i.2s3ooO,00o.
\ machine for brraking Stone fyr maca-
dani>ing slree:s, was t,iel IL Chicago, ILL.,
n tew days since. IL WAS run by Il len
itorse sca.lnc. aed hrok, three c,sl; sot
,toue i"io -;H.geg see aI4 hess, ia az hoars
ll!i:e.
III Sc'ipylkil County, Pa, tliere are four
hRii,ired and twenty steam engines en-
l,ioyed in raising coal, draining mines, man
aiactnring, and other purposes. g
France is now said to be more liceniious
and dissoluic than at any time since the
first Empire. The motto seems to be $50
ciciy melted in licentiousness is easiest
governed"
l. is stated that at the recent Firemen's
Muster in Worchester. there were over
400 groceries in full blast, where liquor
was sold openly, in ,eiianc, of the authori-
ties and the Maine Law.
Everything has its use. Were il not for
the flies, people il summer would sleep two
hours longer Than they do, and thus lose
the best part of the day-lhe portion de-
voted to sunrise and meadow larks.
Let no man be ashamed TO work. Let
no man be ashamed of hard fist or sun
burnt countenance. Let him be ashamed
only of ignorance and sloth. Let no man
be ashamed Of poverty. Let him only be
ashamed of dishonesty and idleness.
2 A celebrated Boston Chemist says that
the best method CT cleaning silvcrware is
to wipe with rag wet with Aqna Ammo
mia. The black sulphide of silver will col
lect on even the purest silver, but will yield
to Water of Ammonia.
The post office clerks in Prussia are COM
PEELED TO wear uniforms in the street, and
the government do intend to impose the
same uniform on the employees of rail-
ways and telegraphs. Todistinguish how
ever, these three classes of functionaries,
those of the post Office, are to hav. on
their caps horn. those of the railway, n
wheel, and those Of the telegraph an arrow.
EE The remark having been made that
it would soon become the fashion to wear
short dresses, Mrs. Partmgton made u re-
marx that whether fashion said 81 or moi,
her dresses were alwas short. for she had
bnt tw, at "a time. What marvel of do
mestic economy aud sweet wisdom tia;
moman is! Isn't she.
- Musical Celcbra tion.