Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-10
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1g Advertise now-Advertise Always.
Aaquequaquonk is a picturesque
village Of New Jersey.
Colonel James Fisk is convalescing
at Long Branch in satin slippers.
Religion is the best armor in the
world, but the worst cloak.
The Chinese plantation laborers in
Louisiana take warm baths twice aday.
"A monkey picked a mans pocket Of
$153 on a New York and Brooklyn
ferry boat the other night.
A new perfume has been invented,
called "The Breath ofa Charming Wo-
man." l' ESQ -
Earrings and bandeaux for the hair
of light colored tortoise shell, are IN
vogue.
'sNone but Che brave deserve the
fair,p and none but the brave can live
with some Of them.
1t vas SO hot in Montgomery, Alabama,
one day last week, that wag proposed
to build a fire in his stove to cool the at
mosphere.
a Hartford horse seizes rats in his
mouth when they come to his manger
to steal his eats, shakes them Ike ter
rief until satisfied they are dead, and
then throws tthem out Of the bin.
Why are sheep the least moral Of the
animals Because they ga1n6ot in their
youth, spend much of their time on TIE
tslEf, many of them are 6tGcktegs, and
they all get feeced at last.
The story of a lazy school boy who
lSpelled Andrew Jackson "&drew Jax-
on, % has been equaled by astudent who
wished to mark half a dozen new
shirts. He marked the first aJofn
Jones, and the rest ''do." asoa
"chrysoprase" jewelry set in duh
gold, is what the girls who can't get it
are crying for, and the others prizing.-
The stone is light green
ssElephantine pedals" form the only
excuse for continuing to wear long
dresses. in the opinion Of those who are
able to crown their feet into No. g.
Some one describing a bad dinner to
which he had been invited, said that
t.the meat was cold, the wine was hot,
and everything was sour but the vine
gar"
Miss Nellie Hutchinson, who has
gained considerable reputation, has
entered the magazine field with very
expressive poem, entitled Marguerite" !"
in the August Galaxy.
The old French prisoners now re-
manning in Germany are four officers
and 800 privates IN hospitals, ana 10
officers and so privates imprisoned Tor
Offenses. eise
The secretary of the interior has de-
cided that Nc c-Garrahan never had pat
ent issued to him, and that the appli-
cation ofthe New Idria company is de-
fectiye and can not be granted.
MANY true heart that would have
come back, like the dove to thel ark,
after its first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the saw
age charity of an unforgiving spirit.
An ingenious tailor suggest pockets
in pentlemen's ccat sleeves for the con-
yenienee OF ladies to whom an arm Is
offered in cold weather. The invention
Is scarcely needed, q woman IS sure 70
find her way to mans pockets where-
ever they're placed.
IA Mr.. Farley was struck by light
ming in his house near Richmond, Va
during a recent storm at night. His
wife I'D him out Of doors. and the rain
brought him to consciousness, when
his fiTst words We're, sIn torment at
iast!'' p
old John Harper remains at the Sar-
atoqa stable in charge Of L0ngfellow,
who Is sentared for the four-mile race
in August. The old man.. who is
worth q million, sleeps In q stall next
to his great horse, ,s.and don't seem 70
care for or think about anything but
Longfellows j