Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-07-20

You must remember which are the
most noisy vegetables-the potato balls:
and you can make pumpkin holler.
The Tuscarawas Adeocdte says that an
Army of Democratic oflice-seekers are
now rampaging over that county worse
than an army of potato bugs.
Small advertisements and plenty of
them is good practice. We were all
babies once, yet we made-a good deal of
noise.
Butter is a drug in Peoria so says an
exchange. We presume the butter
makers are rejoicing as it will then only
take twelve ounces to make a pound.
Mr.. Kernoodle,; of Indiana, burned
brush heap in his yard. The day was
windy, and it Kernoodfeds him out of
house and home.
Washington 6 Jefferson College at its
late Commencement conferred the title
of d. d. ON the Rev. John Robinson of
Ashland. A title well deserved.
The editor of the Commonwealth, tells
those parties who do not take his paper,
and who are continually finding fault
with articles in it, "to shut up or take
the paper and pay for it."
The Thermometer indicated 96 degrees
in a cool place on Sunday last.-MassiI-
Ia,, da,
Couldn't have been a rery cool place
we judge.
The late legislature passed a law in
creasing the witness fee before Justice
to seventy-five cents, a court of record
to one dollar, and in other counties than
the residence of the witness, to 81 so.
'sWhat is your consolation in life and
death % asked a Sunday School super
intendent of a young lady in the Bible
class, who blushed and said: "I'd rather
be excused from speaking his name."
Candidates are still troubled with the
"hand shake and, from their inquiries,
are very anxious about the welfare of
every voters family. Dwell. "they al
ways were that way"
A small party. of some ten or twelve
ladies and gentlemen wentup to Holmes
vile last Thursday afternoon and en-
joyed themselvesin the woods very well.
They took their provisions with them
and had regular good time.
Gen. Willard Slocum, of Ashland was
in town one day last week, and called
in to see us. The General is looking
well and says that Ashland county is
going to do her part well at the fall
election. ga5 C-A @r+
The Geneva Times says: From the
best information we can gather, the ap-
pie crop of 1871 in Northern Ohio will
be very light, and the quality poor.
There was but light setting, and the
apples are falling off generally.
Loafers should bear in mind that their
presence is unwelcome in places of
business, especially during business
hours. No loafer has right to stay in
a Doctor or Lawyers office, when per-
sons are in, or come in on business.
Raspberries or blackberries and pie
plant cooked together makes much bet
ter pie than will either cooked alone.
Blackberry and pie plant canned togeth-
er is much better than either canned
alone. In putting up blackberries this
season remember this fact.
A young lady thought it would be in
teresting to faint at an evening party
recently, when one of the company be-
gan bathing her head with vinegar, up
on which she exclaimed: 3For good
ness sake, put nothing on that will spoil
the color of my hair.
aWhy, you'd better knock the door
down? What do you want?" "Och,
my darling! don't let me wake any of
your family. I'm just using your
knocker to wake the people next door.
Pm locked out dye see; and they've
niyer q knocker.".
Information is wanted of the where
abouts of Jacob Il. and Samuel Hoover,
sons of John Hoover, late of Hopewell
township, Seneca county, Ohio, deceased.
Papers in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana,
viii please copy. Address, Peter Slos-
ser, Bascom, Ohio.
There is good news for the lovers of
peaches, which means good news to ev-
erybody. The Peach-Growers' Asso-
citation of Delaware met at Dover last
week. Their estimate of the yield for
this year, the most reliable of any that
can be had, is that the crop will reach
3,315,000 baskets, which is more than
double the crop i'm that State last year.
When you hear man depreciating
the town or locality in which he lives,
ask him what he has done to build up
the place or male the people more pros
porous. Ten to one, he has never eX
pended Il single cent for any public en-
terprise, or even to improve his own
property, or bring farthing of trade
to the place.