The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-02-09

unh lfeAu VIII uNN' N'h'lIhltu NUt Nulu~
at six years od the iou- middle tncth ar,
lull, the corner ones Only remaining h1l
'ow-thc tusks are sharp with the sida,
1intcd; ut seven years old the .cornci
teeth tre full, the tu,ks larger and thick
or, and the horsu Is said to be ngcd. DC
cnsipnally. however, these marks will
slightly vary, good deal depending OF
the animals constitution, whether he b,
a late or curly fuul; also upon the munnc
in which hc has been reared, the kind o
food, shelter, ~.
...a.a -----.-a-s-aaa.+a-
ONLY A SoLDmR.--A little paper publish
cd at the Alexandria, Va, Hospital, cal
led the Cripple, has the following on I
dead soldier.
Only n soldier,
Guue tu hs rest,
With the dear banner
Wrapped round his breast
Only a private Hlll'.u. ,..'
la the stern wars
For promotion
'Mong the bright starsl
0SJ-Thc Lieutenant General of tht
United Stutcs Army was walking on th,
dock at City Point, day or two ago, up
parenIly absorbed in thought, aud witl
the inevitable cigar in his mouth, when
negro guard touched his arm, saying
an smoking On the dock, SIR "Art
these your ordcrsl" asked the General
booking up. "Ycs, sir" replied the negro
cSurto0usly, but decidedly. "Ntry goo,
orders,n said Grant, throwing his ciga
into the water
A tenmsicrlh our army was outrage
ously rough, andycilcd At his mules very
f0ohshly, annoying all around him. I'll,
General, who happened not to bo in uni
form, ono, heard him, aud ordered him tc
stop such oulorcs. "And who are your
said tho driver. III am tho commander
oi this DIVISION replied the General
"Well then command your division;
am commander Of these mules, mud II
hollcr as much as please roared IhC
driver. aAN#.tr
a SINGULAR GiRL. "A young woman
IN Jackson, Michigan, has been carryin,
on the recruiting business IN an origina
and highly peculiar manner. She mar
ries II man ON condition that he will en-
list aud give her the bounty. Sha being
slrikingly handsome, lac man consents.
Aitcr he Is gone, she marrics another.
Fonr Iacn had she thu, welded and sent
to tho army. On the iilh occasion SHE
was de'feieqc sdI lcga
An ignorant father the other day
ietked hls provoking sun across his knee
and was operating withigreat yehemenoe
on the exposed portion of the urchin',
person, when the young Que dug into the
parental legs with his venemous teeth
''Bazes! what'cr you bitin' me lorr
"Woll, dad, who bsgin ed this 'ere wurl
A brow beaien c iuusel asked witness
hew far he had been from certain place.
aust four yards, two feet and six
inches"
"lluw came you to be so exact my
friend"
"Becausc expected some fool or other
would ask melhe question:, SO measured
H." ...t|F|7 tf NIY
In California, recently, some miners
found u boe,trec, with u large bee hive,
honey, aud bees, all petr iied, The re-
portion of the tgce in which the
bee hive was found is two aud half feet
in diameter and forty feet long, II was
found seventy five feet under the su fac ,
Of the earth.
During the riots Of 1880, most persons
In London, IN order to save their houses
from being burned or pulled down, wrote
on their doors, mo Popery." Old
the father OF the celebrated
'Jokey,n 10 avoid all mistakes, wrote on
his, "NJ religion"
VALUABLE SnEEP-At late sheep
sally 40 West CornwoO, VI, a Spanish
merpo hurk brought $4,000; another
sold a. 81 800. and ten ewes went Al
three hundred dollars each.
Gold in Richmond Is now at promi.
um OF 1000 per cent, or sac for |, hav.
ing advanced since the defeat OF the
peace candidate at tho North ror the
Presidency, from about a,l00 per cent,
to its present figures.
us. MusKErs.- About one thousand
muskets per day are now made at the
Springfield Arsenal, Mass, employing
1000 mon, II u said " 10 tho laraesI es.
tabIishment OF thekiud in the world, y
Postmsstcrs who complain OF the
scarcity ol cnnls for supplying change
viii be glad to know that the now three
cent fractional currency will soon be'is.
sued by the Secretary OF tho Treasury.
A QuEER FLAG. An Irishman recenl.
ly hung out a striped petticoat, in from
OF his place Of business, for a nag, and
when asked what he meant, replied, ,"P,s
the emblem OF the country love"
An old maid ia more liberal thar q
young one, The latter may always bs
willinglo 70 lend you . hand; tho former
will give YOU ones and thank you too.
A down.east editor. declares that mod.
esty is "a quality that highly ado,p. a