Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-12-01
Brief Locals.

Brief Locals.
Tax paying time has come-the
"saddest of the year."
We give the following for the
"wee folks" to read: If the mt put
but if the B. putting:
Posters, Programmes, Sale Bills,
Horse Bills and all work of similar
character promptly and neatly executed
at the REPUBLICAN office.
John McSweeney, Esq, of Woos-
ter, has been retained TO prosecute the
murderer of Hon. E. Holbrook in Idaho.
Subscribe for the REPUBLICAN
now and get the balance of this year
FREE.
Now is the time to advertise goods
for the holidays We see our merchants
are filling up their shelves with goods
for these occasions but are little tardy
in telling the people about them. (This
latter sentence is wink
We recently heard 4 young man
remark that he utterly failed in his at
tempts to 'find young lady out" We
would advise him to call when she isn't
at home.
Seek not the adOrnm ent of the
tinsel robes of earthly fashion, but that
of pure and noble life.
A matter-of-fact friend thinks
that we ought never to be frightened at
the arrival of a ghost, because it is
'quite immaterial."
"A Georgia editor who has had his
pistol stolen, advertises that he "will
give the thief the contents, and no ques-
tions asked, if he will return it."
Gloves are now made in England
with pocket on the inside of the palm
to suit the habit INDUCED in by the fair
sex of carrying money in that position.
The Mansfield Shield and Banner
says that snow fell to the depth of eight
inches in that city on the night before
Thanksgiving. Sleighs were out in
great numbers.
Adversely, like winter weather, is
of use to kill those vermin which the
summer of prosperity is apt to produce
and nourish.s .s - - T
y AZ.
Sunny rooms are just as needful
for human beings as they are for the
house-plants that are watched so ten
derby during the winter.
There is always bitterness be-
yond that of death in the dying of
friend to whom you have been unjust
or unkind.
Mr.. Thomas 7. johnson, formerly
of Holmes County, but now of Idaho,
presented the University of Wooster
with rich specimens of gold and crys- |
talized quartz.
A wag thinks that a minister has |
more wives than any one else because |
he often marries a couple at time.
1t is the man who determines the
dignity of the occupation, not the occu-
patton which measures the dignity of
the m an.
r. "A cheerful room has more to do
with the cultivation of an agreeable, not
to say religious temper, than many
are disposed to believe.
See what Shrimplin says in an
other column.
"A certain paper has this adver-
tisement: 1.-TWO sisters want washing"
We know of good many brothers in
this town in the same predicament.
a model surgical operation--To
take the cheek out of a young man, and
the jaw out of woman.
An old maid, speaking of mar
riage, says its like any other disease
while there is life there is hope.
s---Put cross-grained, surly man
into the glow of a sunny room in cold
weather, and you will make him almost
merry, despite of himself.
We are glad to hear that repairs
are being made ON the walk toward the
depot.
Ladies Mite Society of the Pres
byterian church will meet this Thurs
day evening at DIR. Raiff's. s.a
Ladies call and see the fringed
water proof at Mayors. The very latest
styles. 15w2.
Go to Shrimplin's for your Rub
ber Boots and Shoes. Your Slippers
also, if you wish to get nice ones.
An exchange makes the following
good suggestion: "Always when you
get in possession of any good news, go
directly to your home paper and inform
the editor; you will not only receive his
grateful thanks for the favor, but also
the thanks of his patrons. Many items
of news doubtless escape our notice
every week which would add interest to
our paper if chronicled."
"A report comes from Philadelphia
that gang of the most daring burglars
in the country, recently left that city,
to make Ohio their field of
operations, and to give especial attention
to banks. Every one should be on the