Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-02
CURRENT ITEMS.

CURRENT ITEMS.
A POPULAR SENsATIoN-Cold fingers.
THE terms of twenty -four Senators ex-
pire on the 4th of March.
THE WoRsT KIND OF EDUCATIoN-To
be broughtup by a policeman.
A VIRGINIA girl of sixteen has died of
home-sickness at Richmond boarding
school.
THE deepest excavation in the United
States is a copper mine in Lake Superior.
It is 300 feet deep.
You look as though you were beside
yourself" as wag said to fellow who
was standing close to donkey.
THE marks of their teeth on some bees
wax, which they mistook for maple sugar,
have exposed two young burglars in
Maine.
A HARD CAsE.-Dying without money,
without property, no insurance in the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company. of Chicago,
and yet leaving wife and small children
to mourn your neglect
IF it is wise to insure your property, the
loss of which would fall heavily upon
your family, it is wiser to insure your life,
the loss of which would be a blow. still
heavier. Insure in the Washington.
A CHARITABLE Cincinnati gentleman
keeps pair of dogs chained at his front
door, SO that poor people who stop to "g get
a bite" can be accommodated without tax
ing the trouble to go in the house.
MORE than fifty million copies of Web
ster's spelling have been sold in the
United States, on which the authors roy
atty at one cent for each book, amounted
to $500O00. The present rate of produc
ton is said to be about million year.
Eight of the twenty two members of
the Minnesota State Senate, and fifteen of
the forty eight members of the House.
were born in New York. Not one of
either House is a native of Minnesota.
TIE Water Commissioners in Jersey
City shut off the supply of water there
few days ago, and man who don't read
the papers worked whole day with hot
bricks, trying to thaw out" his hydrant
A YOUNG lady took her younger brother,
little boy of three or four years of age,
to church. The preacher was an earnest
man, and spoke very loud. During the
sermon she saw the little fellow in tears,
and asked him what was the matter. He
sobbed out, "That man is hollering at
me-"
THE State Prisons in Maine: New Hamp-
penses, and it is urged that it would be no
more than just to credit the surplus to the
prisoners, to be paid at the expiration of
their sentences or to their dependent
families, when they have such.
A COUPLE were married "for fun" in
Troy the other evening, and they didn't
know until the conclusion of the ceremony
that the gentleman who united them was
really Justice of the Peace. They ac-
cepted the situation pleasantly, however
invited their friends to reception, and
are now living together precisely as if
their marriage had not been an accident.
THE Louisville Courier Journal says
To every three squares of residences in
Louisville there is cur, and each dog is
expected to get his pound of flesh from a
letter carrier If he don't get it from the
leg of the !. C. he generally makes it off
sombody who passes at night. There is
no reason why dogs should not flourish
in Louisville, but it's discouraging to let
ter-carriers."
A MASSACHUSETTS boy of ten years,
who had been punished by his mother,
revenged himself by directing an under
taker to send hearse and carriages for
her funeral, and they drove up to the
house in solemn procession, much to the
horror of the worthy woman, who quickly
proved to the drivers that she was very
much alive.
AT party in Portsmouth, N. H., few
evenings since, one of the gentlemen hav-
ing to pay forfeit in a game, the penalty
awarded was that he should go to the door
and count number of stars in company
with lady, whereupon a young miss who
was present created sensation by getting
up and seriously objecting, on the ground
That the young man was engaged to her
sister, and she would not sit there and see
any such thing DONE
NONE of the Dukes of Marlborough have
been famous since the first 4 story illus
tratlve of the simplicity of one of his sue
cessors is told to the effect that he wrote
to his steward and said: eve are coming
down, large party, in day or two, to
eat strawberries and cream We shall
want plenty of the latter, so don't let any
of the cows be MIXED meanwhile "a
curious notion of vaccine economy
THE will of San Francisco physician,
recently deceased, contained the following
clause: "After death I wish my body to
be dlssected by my medical friends, the
soft part burned and the ashes preserved
In an urn, the skeleton wired well together,
and both kept in some medical college or
university in San Francisco But in case
my wife should wish for them, it is my
will that they be delivered to her, in case
she shall be willing to pay the expense of
their preparation"
BISHOP MARVIN tells story about one
OF the stewards in the West Texas Con
ference, who paid as quarterage 100 pounds
OF bacon, worth ten cents a pound. Al
the quarterly meeting, however, he
brought in bill charging fifteen cents a
pound, and offered in explanation fo1
charging five cents more than market price
that all he gave to tho church was "sc
much treasure laid up in heaven" and he
desired to swell that account as much al
possible
SOMEBODY in Boston has conceived tn.
bright idea of making money by means of
circular with the taking title of Many t.
One and One to One of Many" Th
scheme proposes that everybody receivin,
circulars shall send ten cents to the ingen
lous originator, who will be thereby en-
rlched; whereupon he will divide hi
wealth equally with one of the contribu
tors. to be chosen impartially by him
The impartiality of this method is remark
able.
A NEW thing in church music and Sun
day School amusement was exhibited a
Dr. flnton's church, in New York, o.
Christmas Sunday In the Doctors re
marks he recited the words:
Ring out the bells for Christmas,
The happy, happy day;
King out the bells for Christmas,
The happy, happy day.
And touched a wire with his foot. Hard
ly had he ceased speaking when tn
chimes began to ring, and continued unit
the whole tune had been played, amid th
deepest silence.
WANT OF TscT.-Arguing with an OF
ponent, who is lame, and assuring him tbs
he has not leg to stand on. Telling
Ian with only one eye Tin an insinuatin
way that you would like to get on hi
blind side. Urging friend who stammel
not to hesitate to express his opinion D,
claring to the possessor of false set this
you mean to do it in spite of his teetl
Informing an acquaintance, who never hs
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