South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-17
Facts and Faneies.


The best place for the bind-The Sec
side.
The population of Utah is now 12O..
600.
Risky concerns-Insurance compa-
nies.
The torch of hymen-The domestic
match.
Coming to grief-Meeting trouble
halfway. -'-
Light employment building castles
in the air.
The grandest verse in existence-The
universe.
A woman's pride and sailors guide
The needle. iA
when is bow not bow When
il a bow-hnot.
One hundred and twenty-nine school
teachers were thrown out of employ
ment by the Chicago fire.
Aquery for mothers-Why is scream-
ing baby like the goddess of morning?
Because it's roarer aurora )rs
Liberal advertisers are the men who
90 mean business" Those who don't ad-
vertise only do mean business.
"Peter," said mother to her son,
"are you into them sweetmeats, again 2
"No, ma'am them sweetmeats Is into
me-"
Sacks of cloth, made without sleeves,
with deep cape, lined with crimson silk,
are very stylish garments for young
ladies' le-.' .as
Inviolab1e fidelity, good humor and
complacency of temper 0utlive all the
charms of a fine face, and make the decay
of it invisible. ..t ftel-.
Some one describes bore as one who
keeps talking to you about himself, when
you are extremely anxious to talk to him
about yourself.
Three Providence families have named
their cats /: Morgianna Longtail, Nico-
demus Peachblossom, and Jossphas
Orangeblossom.
What should be done to the school
master who planted his pupils up to their
necks in the garden beds, and said he
did it to mould their characters
"'What substitute can there be for the
endearments of ones sister F" exclaim-
/ eu cuucltIllC4to VI c%AAaD
other fellows sister, " replied John.
at hope this hand is not counterfeit -"
said lover, as he was toying with his
sveetheart's hand. "The best way to
find out is to ring it, f" was the reply.
Thousands of farms in France and Ger
many are divided one from another only
by a narrow path; in this country the
cost OF fences is estimated at $500, ,O0O,-
900.
The Russian style of Dress is to be
adopted here this Winter, and bonnets,
gloves. boots, dresses, cloaks and wells
are to be trimmed with all sorts and
kinds of fur.
The following advertisement appeared
in a London paper: Diseipline-Wanted,
the assistance of a kind. .iudicious Lady,
used to girls, and accustomed to apply
| the birch rod.
According to the English badepe'adest
there are 1865 Congregational churches,
besides about 8, 900 preaching 'stations,"
In the British empire. The number OF
ministers is 2,90S.
Butter was at first made for a cosmetic,
and was once used for Illuminating pur-
poses. 1t was not known as an assistant
in despatching bread, much, if any, be-
fore the Christian era.
A st. Ions lawyer attempted to try
case the other day wsile he was half
drunk, but the Judge stopped him, say
ing -"No lawyer can practice at two
bars at the same time"
An old-fashioned receipt for obtaining
brilliant complexion was to bathe the
face in very hot water, and then to wash
it thoroughly in Rhine wine, and rub off
with course harsh towel.
Near Manistee, Mich, is well thirty
! one feet deep, in which. there is an abun-
dant supply of water when the wind
blows from the west, but which y IL
when it comes from the east. t.
So much fun has been made o. RN's
Greeley as a farmer that the Louisville
Co,uier-.Iou7aH proposes "t that base
ball shall be abolished and Greeley pro-
claimed the national game"
Twelve men out of thirteen wear their
hair parted. on the left side of their
heads-why Because nearly all of our
BARRIERS use their right hand IN their
profession instead of the left
A Kansas paper, arging enlistnents
for a regiment to fight the Indians,
saws: "The service will last three or
four months only, and will be source
of health, pleasure and profit to all %ho
enlist"
In Hsmilton, Ohio, few days since,
fee of twenty-five cents was collected
from all persons who entered church
for the purpose of Witnessing marriage.
The money was given to the young
couple to start them in life.
In the Jewish Marriage ceremony the
bride and groom stand under silken
canopy which IS held by four or six of
their gentlemen friends, and a glass Is
used to drink wine, which is broken to
pieces at the conclusion of the cere-
mony.
At horse case tried in Massachusetts,,
the other day, one witness, on being
asked what kind of medicine was used
in the treatment OF the dilapidated ami
NAL. said that che would be busted if
he knowed, but he ryther guessed it was
anarchy"
A Vermont man who last Falltook the
agency for the sale of a patent pitchfork,
and signed what he supposed was an
order for specimen, was lately surprised
by notice from a neighboring bank
that his note for $204 was DIE ct that
institution
At late New York wedding all the
bridesmaids and the brides wore high
necks and long sleeves. The brides
maids were all dressed alike in blue silk,
and all came up the aisles in body
close together. This s<rangemeGs yas
much prettier than the usual somewhat
Struggling procession,