The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

Consider not what might hav,
been, but what is now TO be doae
Mrs. Howe JEFF Davis, mother
ln'law, died in Canada on the 2jtb
Why is rooster standing on
fence like silver half? Becaus,
u Is bead or one side and tail or
the other
The Convention is supposed to b,
defeated in South Carolina, for 4
lack OF majority Of registered
votes.
Canada is progrcssingl A paper
is published in Montreal for tho
purpose Of advocating annexation
to the United States.
A lady in Wisconsin insisted
on dep1siting her husbands vote
because he was sick and unable tc
go to the polls.
Mr.. Rogers, a wealthy vine.
grower, Of Cleveland, Ohio, has
purchased l 200 acres Of land, in
Middle Tennessee, and will devote
the whole to grape culture.
Mother" said Ike Partington,
"did you know that the iron horse
has got but one carr" zone ear
merciful gracious, cbildi what dc
you mean r Why, the engin ,eer,
to be sure"
The Southern Radicals talk Of
holding q convention at Washing.
ton on The 22d Of February, With
a view Of controlling the Presiden
tial movement in behalf of an
avowed Republican.
There are ffty.eight coal oil re.
6neries in Plttsburg, who have in.
vested over 81 100000 in the bust
ness ana nave an annual capacity
for -, 100000 gals. Of refined oil.
The Henry County Signal says
a hunter in that county has killed
seventeen deer this fall, and it ID
thought that more deer have been
killed there this fall than in any
season fer ten years.
A government sale of 10, ,j2l small
arms and 10, 900 appurtenances, TO-
600 light sabres, 10, 000 saddles aud
over 100000 other items, includ
ing Maynard's primers, artillery
carriages, takes place at Leavon.
worth, Kansas Oh the 25th inst.
| Wm. Boyd and wife, of Floyd
County, kentucky, are undoabted
Iy the oldest couple iu this or any
other State, he being llO and his
wife lO7 years Of age. Mr.. Boyd
went seven miles TO his voting pre-.
cinct, at the last election to vote.
The average fall Of the Ohio riv-
er, from Pitt.burg to Cincinnati, is
six inches per mile, and the dis
tance, as measured by the recent
Governmentsurvey, is ixhundred
and sixty-six miles, giving a total
TALL of thirtythree feet in that dis
tance.
The total strength of the army
on the both Of September, was q.
bout fifty six thousand fve hun.
dred. The number of recruits q,
mounted to about thirty four thou.
sand, and tho deseftious in the
same period were upward of thir.
teen thousand.
The heiier calf ofany breed, that
at four or five weeks old, shows u
heavy shoulder. thick, bull-ueck
square, unteminino muEzle fore
legs wide apart, and girths cousid.
erably larger around the chest than
the loins, will never make a prof
table mixer.
A farmer from Dixon, Illinois
writes to tho Agricultural Depart
ment in ashington that he hai
successfully made sugar from bo,
elder trees. The sap, no asserts. il
very sweet, graduates as readily
as the maple, and makes wh:teI
sugar OF finer taste.
AT recent examination of ap
plicants for certificates as teacher
in the common schools, one OF tn,
candidates was asked: What ar
the five senses?' To which the an
swer was promptly returned
Reading, writing, geography, a
rithmctic and grammar! Ports
mouth Tribune.
The terrible explosion of nitro
glycerine at Bergen, by which min
men were instantly blown to a,om'
was caused by drunken work
man p'unging a rcd hot poker int
bucket full of the perilons com
pound with II view of more quickl
reducing it to the desired liqui
state. The remains of the victim
were horribly burnt.and mutilate(
The mar who caused the calamit
was liter ally torn into rags.
A soldier at Fort Leavenwortl
} who had been considerably disaI
pointed in his effort to get a lette
to Grant, made final and despel
ate attempt, and wrote the follow
: ing superseription on the envolop'
t "rhis letter is distinctly and mot
: positively for General Ulysses {
' Grant, and not for his Adiular
0 General, nor his Assistant Adjutar
General, nor his Acting Assistar
a Adjutant General, nor his Militar
: Secretary, nor his Chief Clerk, nC
his Assistant Chief Clerks Orderl
nor his valet, nor his brother-iI
o law, nor his aunt" Nevertheless
Al tba lattar has MT Vet reanhed N