The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-19

e is city, while the G. S. & c. r. R
is nothing but corporation. Tifhn,
, taking umbrage at the Railroad
aforesaid, and seized with burning
{ desire to demolish something OF
d somebody, arrested the engineer who
ruu the train on the occasion of the
late excursion frem this place to
t Sandusky, alleging that he had VIC
D lated some ordinance requiring him
not to run through the aforesaid
village faster than six miles an hour,
and bound him over for bis appear
: aRce. The r. r. authorities deny
= the charge and have arrested the
Marshal of Tifin for OBTAINING the U.
rs. Mail. Very nice little case as it
stands nov, but is not the sovereign
E city Of Tifin spreading it on pretty
thick ?" We like city style, but is
not this too much style for the
amount of city-HancOck Jefferson
ian.
We take the joke of the Jefferson
ian on Tifin, as also the one in the
Courier, yet We think We can return
on Findlay and Fiudlay people.
We premise by stating that Findlay
is in Hancock County, 16 miles from
Fostoria, 16 miles from Carey, and Is
miles from Bluffton. It is really a
lively little place, though being some
what isolated, its people are credulOus
and liable to be imposed upon.
As a consequence of its isolation,
the trihiDg matter of the recent me-
teoric explosion, wherein the denizsns
Of that estimable town were little
shaken, intensely excited, and they
supposed the days of Findlay we're
numbered. A few days passed and
all being right, fear left them.
About 4 week ago rumor circulated
that at certain drug store had been
received, from Cleveland, a piece OF
the meteoric stone that had so ruth
lessly broken their slumbers.
Here was a Sensation-a free show
"a chance to see part Of the "dis-
turbing element now powerless.-I
Did any one go to see it? Ask, rath-
er, did any one stay away? Not one.
The 1ohoLe population-tWenty-fve
hundred-inside of half a day went
to examine the erolite.
The learned men-doctors, lawyers.
Judges, justices of the peace, and pro-
fessors were called upon for their
opinions and dissertations upon the
subject. Findlay was ablaze with ex-
citement and curiosity. Public and
private libraries were examined for
light upon the now darkeued subject
the meteoric stone. Encyclopedias
we're examined, and it was proved to
certainty that this was veritable
piece of the meteor One person
unlettered AS he was then declared by
the gaping erOwds-expreEsed some
doubt as to its being meteor at alb
and proceeded to point out what ap-
peared to be fakes of charcoal on it's
surface. He was triumphantly put
down by one of the learned ones who |
stated that it was picked up in the
swamp; and that in all probability
when it fell the muck adhered to it
and became charred. The obieetor
Wilted.
Great anxiety was expressed to OBJ
tain the specimen. One man wanted
it to put among the mineral specimens
Of the Union School another offered
in exchange some very fine
specimens of valuable ores; another
thought the city Council ought to es-
tablish cabinet, and procure this to
put In il. One member of the Coun-
eli prepared careruiIy worded reso-
luton to submit to that body, THANK
ing the gentlemen for procuring the
meteoric specimen.
In literary way certain persons
did not want Findlay's light hidden
under bushel, and carefully prepar-
ed articles we're written for daily pa
psrs. Bros. DeWolfe, Of the Jefer-
sonian, and Glessner, Of the C5urisr,
we're highly elated, as they had found
4 "big'' local-such local as no 9TH
er inland town could boast of. They
proceeded to make ths~bsst of it, and
to each Office at least dray load of
books we're taken, from which to find
matter to exhaust the subject of me-
.eoric stones. In both Offices the
work of preparing a dissertation
commenced, and, as written, the mat
.er was put into the hands of the COM
oositOrs. As the sequel will show the
abor was lost, and the men Of letters :
we're deprived of the opportunity of
iisseminating much rich knowledge.
About this time the exhibitor of
he erolite thought the matter was
assuming too red hot shape, and he
confessed to having rold the too eredu- q
lous town. The msteOric stone was
notbing more than. a .einder secured
1t blaeksnith shop and dressed up
Tcr the occasion. Itwas put in a neat
box and fixed like an express package,
to have come from Cleye-
and Upon this discovery, Findlay
was as mad as before it had been tri-
excited. It is only noces- i
sary to further state that the people
Of that estimable village do not now
believe in meteor stones at all, and
the one sent from CleVe-
land. !
Tally one for Findlay. I
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS for the
week ending Saturday night last:
J. W. Hulet to L. j. Fazer, 20