Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-04

A DUTCHMAN's TOAsT-"Here ish
to ter heroes who fit, pleed and tite
NIT de pattles of Punker Hill, of whom
l am one"
After wedding it was formerly a
custom to drink honey, Dissolved in
water, for twenty days-amOOn's age.
Hence the origin of honeymoon.
At Trenton, New Jersey, it is pro-
posed TO hold a grand Horse Fair, May
oath, 18th, 18th, and 9th. Eleven !
purses are advertised, aggregating So
800.
A young ladies' club is reported to
have been organized, with a real club
house in Fifth avenue, real cigars and
champagne cocktails, and a real initi-
alton fee of $500.
The Boston Post says that the New
York Tribune accuses Gen. Butler of
advocating an insane idea, and Butler
says it may be so, for the idea was
originally Greeley's.
On Sunday five young japanese no
blemen arrived in this country to be
educated at Princeton college, and it
is said that one of them is a member
OF the Imperial family.
At a stock sale in Shelby Co, KY,
last week, yearling cattle brought 8 to
6! cents; hogs s to 8 cents; horses from
$50 TO $40; yearling mules SIS; COWS
$40 to Sos; brood COWS l7 to So.
A letter addressed as follows was re-
Gently received at the Nashua, New
Hampshire pOstOffice: Thomas
Observation-Disclosures k,
Care of Beret Halliskadatter Layde,
Nashua, n. H."
Judge ]. w. Wright, of Indiana,
thinks the child is now living who
will see the time when men can trav-
ell as far in a minute as they now do
in a day, by means of conveyance
through the air.
Rounds hats have entirely super
ceded bOnnets with both young and
old. They are worn very high, as q
gentleman expressed il, three stories
high witha cupOla and balcony and a
flag at half mast.
Mark Twain narrates an instance Of
outrageous meanness: a man who,
being employed in blasting, was acct
IDENTIFY blown up, land only gone fif-
teen minutes" was locked on pay
day for the lost time.
\ boy eight years cid, in n of our
public schools, having been told that
a reptile sis an animal that creeps,"
on being asked to name one on exam
inatiOn day, promptly and triumph
antly replied, "a baby"
In digging for the foundation OF an
( addition to the old Portsmouth Saw
ings Bank, several copper coins have
been found. One of them bears the
date of 1907, and has the same symbol
as the old ''pine-tree shilling"
The New York Times, noticing the
fact that in the township of School
craft, in Michigan, no Democratic
ticket was run at the recent election,
is unkiud enough to say that the
name of the town is against the De-
mocracy.
A Young spOOney of this city sen
word TO n of mother Ewes fair
daughters, asking permission to call
on her, and received the following en-
phalic reply: "If you come about our
house III, snatch yon bald-headed ~
He didn't call on her.
The New York Evening Post says:
THE following conundrum was cook
ed twenty minutes to make it suffi-
GENTLY hard: What.is the difference
between a donkey and the only en-
pire in South America: The u
brays well; other Brazil"
The lady principal of a school, i'm
her advertisement, mentioned her lady
assistant, and reputation for teaching
which she Bears but the printer left
I out (which" so the advertisement
went forth commenting tile lady's
reputation for teaching she bears"
A Massachusetts woman SAYS there
are persons in the town in which she
lives who will take the oath not TO
divulge a secret intrusted to them,
land in less than two days will take
it in a basket and peddle it around
town as they would pop corn or pea
nuts"
This story comes from Boston: "A
widow, who has followed successfully
three husbands to the grave, entered
a well known jewelry establishment
in this city last Saturday and produc-
ing the three silver plates which had
just adorned the collins OF the dear de-
parted, desired the proprietor to have
them made over into a butter knife!'
Whatever scoffers may think of the
efficacy of grace, it has recently had
a remarkable illustration i'm the case
of Clement l.. Vallandigham, who
| has delivered an address in favor of
the Holy Scriptures in the public
schools. Nothing less than the grace
of Color the hope of getting back
to Congressional bring any such
good things out of Valandigham.-