Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-08-24

The Lima. Ohio, Gazette says
zone of the Census Marshals informs
us OF an Instance Of industry and per
severence in raising a family that will
be hard TO surpass. The father is in
his twenty-eighth year, and is nOwin
his ninth year of welded bliss, and
the family consists of q father, moth
er and seven children, the eldest Of
which is not eight years of age
There are no twins in the family.
Erie boasts among her population a
good proportion Of the German ele-
ment, which fact furnishes the mate
rial for the following good one: A
gentleman from Ohio, visiting in the
city, took his little boy around to the
market. The little chap, after look
ing on q few moments, broke out
with: "Say Father, don't let's stay
here any longer, this is nothing but a
big Dutch picnic, any how ]"
An eccentric householder in Fulton
county has painted his dOmieile jet
black, with the window castings and
| doors a bright vermillion, thereby
| eclipsing in aesthetic taste the mon
key whose admiration Of the neat but
gaudy led him to adOrn his eaudal
appendage with a cerulean hue.
A fisherman Of Bloomsbury, Pa,
was caught in a thunder shower the
/ other day and struck by lightning.
The fluid stripped him stark naked,
but didn't hurt him a particle. In
his report Of the catastrophe, b esaysit
is a irst-rate way to get your clothes
off, If you are in q hurry.
Considerable excitement exists in
New Albany, Indiana, over the dis
eOvery of a beautiful little girl, thir-
teen years old, in possession OF an old
and poor woman, who claims that the
girl Is a daughter Of an Ex-Governor
Of Ohio, and was stolen from its
mother when only one month old
A wild cat attempted to take a baby
out Of its cradle in q cabin near Man
katO, Minnesota, but q little black
and-tan terrier dog attacked the eata-
mount and fought it until the mother
came in and drove the wild beast out
with a brand Of fire.
The oldest living member Of the
Masonic fraternity in this country, il
not In the world, Is said to be David
Styles, Of Prescott, Wisconsin. Heis
in his 105th year, and was madea Ma
son on the 2lst day Of May, 1874, over
seventy-thTee years ago.
az have Just metyour old acquain-
lance, Daley" saidan Irishman to his
friend, "and was sorry 70 see he was
almost shrunk away to nothing. You
are thin, and am thin, but he Is thin
ner than both Of US put together"
To obtain a good nights sleep
sponge the entire length Of the spine
in hot water for ten or fifteen minutes.
This will reduce the circulation, quiet
the nervous system, and induce sleep
better than any drug.
The Pennsylvania State Teacher
Association has resolved, by q large
majority, that There should be Feligi-
Gus instruction in the schools, and
that the Bible should be made the bas-
is of such instruction.
An English paper, sued for incOr-
rectly printing an advertisement, has
had Judgment In its favor, on account
of the eligibility Of the writing.
Johnny Walsh, an IHdia1a lad, is
the latest victim OF that rather an
eient amusement, blowing into q gun
muzzle to see If the gun Is loaded
A clergyman refused to buy Mark
Twain's book, saying that imam who
would weep at the tomb of Adam
must be a fool"
It is stated that Western hog pack
ers now think that the average price
will rule about IS per hundred pounds
net the coming winter.
Modern German scholars assert that
Vergil, and not Virgil, is the correct
spelling of the great Latin poets
name.
The Mcpherson monumental Clyde,
Ohio, will be ready to be placed in
position on the 18th Of September.
The first camp meeting in Ohio was
held at Marietta In 1905.