Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-18
CURRENT ITEMS.

Oenu tnem up In Dal1OOn.
IT has been said that pantaloons OBJ
tanned on credit are "breeches of trust"
THERE is man in New York now who
owns II, !, 90 acre dairy farm in California.
STATISTICS prove that handsome widow
has three chances for marriage. to a
maiden's one.
THE gaslights of Denver, Colorado, are
reported to be visible at a village fifty
miles distant.
In reaping wheat never take it by the
beard. It is found to go against the
grain.
INSURE your life in the Mutual Life, of
Chicago, to the amount your farm is mort
gagged for.
EVERY town and village within radius
of thirty miles of Philadelphia now has
one or more local papers.
THE President of the Oldest Life Insur-
ance Company in New York is insured in
the Washington Life. tA&
ASTONISHING cure for consumption" as
the old lady said when she sprinkled snuff
on her boarders hash.
THE foreman of New Orleans jury in
dorsed verdict for manslaughter thus
"Verdic Gilty with nuns sluter e mat
thews."
THE express agent at Arcadia, Ohio, the
other day, threw $6,7CO into the stove by
mistake The greenbacks burned finely.
ONE of the most famous London physi-
clans has written in favor of good living
in the treatment of nervous disorders.
A BosToN paper apologies to worthy
Archbishop because the types made it call
him miserable instead of venerable, as it
intended.
THE poor Indians are becoming civil
lied. Five of the wives of Cut over-the.
top, chief of Kansas tribe, have applied
for divorces.
IT is officially reported that there are
chusetts, and not more than 1858 miles of
railroad.
A CARELESS patent-examiner, the other
day, certified a stray copy of Mr.. Greeley's
autograph, as draft of a patentable i'm
provement in subsoil plows.
JUST before his death, and while ap
parently unconscious, Conductor Pollard,
who died at Nashua, N. H., a few days
ago, whispered, "Pm waiting for the
train"
A JUDGE in Texas told murderer the
other day, " Y ou have been tried and con-
victed of killing your wife with an axe,
and you ought to have been ashamed of
yourself"
A PIECE of land valued at 100000, has
been offered in the city of Hartford for
the establishment of an Astronomical
Observatory, by one of the wealthy citi-
zens there.
j. 7. CLEVELAND, of Texas has made
the trip to Boston to see his father achieve
100 years of age in June The boy trav-
eled all the way alone, though he is only
73 years old.
In some parts of Germany there exists a
law which runs thus: Any person drink
ing in an alehouse on Sunday, or other
holiday, may legally depart without pay
ing"
THERE is only one stimulant that never
fails, and yet never intoxicates-duty.
Duty puts blue sky over every man-up
in his heart, may be-into which the sky
lark, happiness, always goes singing.
A SACRAMENTO paper reports that, re-
Gently, six Cinnamon were seen in a hair
dresser's, negotiating for the sale of their
tails" which were finally purchased at
the rate of 81 each, to be manufactured
into ladies' switches"
TEACHER Tommy, what does hair
spell? ?" Apt Pupil" Dunno, sir" Teach
er-" Why, you numskull, what have you
got on your head?" Apt Pupil-'I dun
no, sir, but think it bees flea!''
WHEN man puts his foot on the ham
mer of rifle and looks down the barrel to
see if it is loaded, and the coroner soon
after finds the principal part of the mans
head distributed around the ceiling, it will
) be safe to assume that the rifle was
loaded.
The following notis" is posted up in
the Rittersville (Pa.) Hotel. The writer
don't believe in printers: "Sea hear A
New Veal right Shop is Built in North
end of Bethlehem. invite all men to
Come and see Will Attend Promptly
to it to Making old and New Wagons as
cheap as Any Body Els"
A MAN stepped into drug store in Cory
don, Ind, the other day, and wanted to
buy " tinker's VIOLIN" to cure a certain
malady. He said the doctor told him tt
get it. After a vast amount of cogitatins
and questioning, it was found that the MAJ
wanted tincture of iodine.
THE following decision was made Janu
ary 1, 1871, in regard to renting post-offic'
boxes and drawers, by the Post Office De
partment: The use of the post office boz
or drawer, is confined to one person, firm
Mmlly OF company. fss-r
THE Bureau of Excise emits the remark
able statement that the daily consumption
OF domestic spirits exceeds the total quan
tity distilled by 3,646 gallons, equivalen
to 1901 $50 average drinks. The additio
is probably adulteration.
CLERGYMAN's wife (who takes great il
terest in her industrial schooD-" Jan
Brown, I'm sorry to hear from your mil
tress that you are not diligent at you
needlework. Now you know who it
that finds work for idle hands to dos'
Jane Brown (artfully thinking to prt
pitiate)-"If you please, m, yeou do, m
A VERMoNTER has had three dollar
awarded to him for being butted over
fence by his neighbor's bull. The small
ness Of the sum is due to the plaintiff
avowal that he was trying to get over tt
fence as quickly as possible, SO that Il
bull only helped him in carrying out an i
tention conceived of his own free will
THERE was seen the other day a lit
boy in the streets of Collosse, N. Y, CT
ing A gentleman stepping up to the L
the matter ?" to which he responded "I'
got the stomach ache, and I'll have it aga
if I've mind tor
which there great number in circulatio
can be detected by an inspection of t
motto, "In God We Trust" which is mu,
larger on the counterfeit than on the ge
uine. The yellow color of the counte
felt, caused by the presence of zinc, is al
noticeable.
: THREE little girls who had very cal
fully buried in garden in Portsmou1
NJ III the dead hodu of not bird Of
consultation sent one of their number in
the house to inquire "if people did
sing at funerals. On being told that th
often did, the messenger ran back, and il
few minutes the three were seen standi
hand in hand around the little moul
gravely singing, Shoe fly, don't bodt
me-"
CURE FOR FELoNs.-The following
saidt be good remedy for this cause
suffering: "Take common rock salt, ST.
as is used for sailing down pork or be