The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-23

evening, ne SIoullln'Nau nhu w '''N0-
maid got into wrong position, so that
the proomsmnn was next the bride, and
the groom besides the brides mad. The
clergyman supposing that two couple
were to be made one, asked the gentle
men to join hands with their respective
ladies, which was done, and IN few
minutes all tour were married When
the situation was fully comprchended,
the parties concluded to accept it ard
make the best Of it.
THERE are no peopll in the world
with whom eloquence is so universal as
with the Irish, When Leigh liitchi"
was travelling in Ireland, he passed
man who was painful spectacle OF pail
or, sqnalor, and raggedness. His heart
smote him, and he turned back.
IF you are in want said Ritchie 'why
don't you beg?
Surely, its begg,u' am, yer honor
You didn't say a word
sAv coorsc not, yer honor, but see
how the skin is spakin' through the
trowsers! and the bones cryin' out
through me skin! Look at me sunken
checks, an tie famine that's starln' in
me eyes! Man alive, isn't it beggin' |
am wild thousand tonguesP
COMPLIMENT TO DEMOCRATS Among
the leit.handed compliments paid the
Democratic party by the Southern
press, we have seen none quite equal to
the following tribute, offered by the
Richmond DHpatch Its truthtolness
is historical: 'Will they fight? Not
they. They humbugged the South be
fo,c the late war with the idea that they
were as stauuch men as Yaucey; but
when the war tocsin sounded they got
them into caves and holes, with the
wolves and bats A plague on such
friends, we say
A story is told of soldier who,
about one hundred and fifty years ago,
was frozen in Siberia. The last exN
preston he made was, 1T is ex---.'
He then troze as stiff as marble. In the
summer of 1860 some French physi-
ci ms found him, after having laid fro
zen for one hundred and fifty years,
They gradpaIIy tfawed him, and upon
animation being restored, he concluded
his sentence with 'ceedingIy cold
RrMuMBnv-That scrimping the feed
of.ta,tening hogs is q waste Of grain
That over fed fowls won't lay eggs.
That educating ch llren is none!
len. hurdred per cent
That one evening spent at home il
study is more profitable than ten il
lounging about country taveTns.
That Jows shoulG always be 'miIkeC
regularly and clean
TIE real design Of education is, tc
, give children resources that will endure
| a long as lie endures habits that time
will not deteriorate nor destroy occn
patton thst will render sickness tolera-
: BILE, solitude pleasant, age venerable, lii
, more dignifed and useful, and deatl
, ess terrible.
, WspoM rJR TIE New YEAR,-Keel
out Of debt. Pay as you 60 Blu,
} nothing except the money is in you
! pocket. Have no account current a
t the crocers or butchers. Go wilhou
, new clothes till You can pay for them
8 Give your note of hand to nobody
: Eschew credit. Deal for cash only.
Ata recent railroad dinner, in com
pliment to the fraternity, the toast wa
given: "An Honest lawyer, the mobiles
+ work of God" But an old farmer il
/ the back part ofthe house rather spoile'
the effect by adding, in a loud voice
Z 'and about the scarcest,'
, A SAD RETURN former residen
, of Allegheny city, Mr.. George Vary
returned home, after an absence OF six
: teen years, coming home for the puT
i pose OF spending two holidays with hi
f mother. As he reached the door OF HI
a mothers residence her corpse was be
:; ing carried out for burial
: At Christmas festival OF the Meth
dist Episcopal Church in Pithole, Pa
, Rev. D. S. Steadman received a purs
containing five hundred dollars from a
organization calling themselves the "Ho'
ty Thieves" The Swordsman's Cu
i also presented him with one hundre
d and twenty five dollars.
= A CoNsrApLE in Kentucky, in pub
d fishing some personal property for salt
: put up notice, with the tolowin
!. clause: i wyli xspoose Fl sail the Sd
1895 NV Tom ,uOn ivtlp rnne hors or