Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
A woman's ring-Asewing circle.
Female gatherings -Lady's ruffies.

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| At a lecture given in = @
not long since, the tickt - -
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inquire whetherit was .
mail that was wanted. 1s
4. "A gentleman speaking os
ness of the married state
4 fdaughter, despairingly saidl
niarries does web, but she y -
does better. - y tWeH then. -
daughter, II will do vel, ,iletf
\ choose do better. .-eyql,i ~
\ A Columbus photographers pr 2, n
. a revolver at the head OF q zgen. -
who was sitting for his phet6grakr.-
said cheerfully stMy reputation 1OuS
artist is at stake. II yoHdon't IookA.
ling III blew your obrainss out.n
sinllllliadsl sinlllllieds I-s1nSurag ylsles 9d blBus (a,
h. A gentleman at Fremont Ohio, hsN ~
! a masq uerade at his house the other eys
ming, and when the guests went away.
it took the host all night to wash the
tar and pick the feathers OFF Of his
| body Isl sf5 IJi s1s-l ri ~ .issz
! A child now living in Detroit IS no
larger round than a mans fore=finger.
1t is a month old. aboutsix inches long,
weighs one pound two ounces, and has
never cried since born. - ~
A colOred member of the Virginia
Legislature remarked that Ii he did not
express his thoughts dramatically it
was the fault of those who kept him in
slavery. sghBL 11 yilidsni 9dt y
The President forgives Porter for the
lately unearthed letters, but cannot for
get him. Hence he has isignified to the
Admiral that he can get along without
any but official intercourse with him.
Gustave Dore, though so great in IL
lustration of the Bible, has no religion
80 years old and looks like 30 only and
with health, prosperity aud worldly
fame, has a morbid melancholy and
wishes he was dead. -,....E-
TAKE wARNING.-Do MT go back on
your newspaper A subscriber to an 10
wa paper recently. stopped his paper
and the next week he was nearly kicked
to death by a horse. iaa5YEB sN
An Indiana husband advertised his
wife as s'leaving his bed sand board" !"
and then applied to her for, a loan OF q
dollar and halfto pay for the adver-
tisement. '.'n 'i'''--7 4l'4'.'
The North Adams Cinnamon are
about organizing band, and have re-
eeived theirinstruments, consisting Of
two drums, gong, apair of cymbals,
and a clarionet. .niyli, giad so1aHs
A young gentleman, after having
paid his addresses to a young lady for
some time, popped the question; The
lady, in a frightened manner, said:-
You scare me sir. - The gentleman
not wishing tescare the lady, remained
quiet for some time, when heexclaim-
ed: ''Scare me again. gs-l,.
A Chicago woman asked fora divorce
on the ground that her husband has
never, in all their seven years Of mar
fied life, kissed her once. Some men
are so foregtful. Z e-1uoJ s5uioseib
| LIT is stated that one mill in Trumbull
county, Ohio, last year received 4O, 600
bushels Offlax seed, which were collect
ed in wagons in the vicinity: The
country around the mill received about
$50, 600 for seed alone l-.1ials-i9
An exchange gives reasons for not
publishing poetic effasion as follows:
ssThe rhythm sounds like pumpkins
rolling over a barn-foor, while some of
the lines appear to have been measured
with a yard-stiek, and Others q ten
foot pele.oIHs9 oaW s5szsn1iF 90
81 believe that mine viii be the fate
of Abel" said a devoted wife to her
husband, Because Abel was killed
| with club, and your club viii kill me
| If you continue to visit it every night,
d Edwin Forrest, writing to friend,
tsays; sI have received the newspaper
slips about the t'Globe TheaterS i'm
broglio. Such pretty squabbles Of the
theater, like those of the present Uni
ted States, only confirm the adage that
men are but children ofa larger growths'
West Virginia viii be represented in
the Senate of the United State after
the 4th of March by Mr.. Henry q.
Davis, a thorough-going Democrat. In
a recent address to a serenade ne spoke
as follows: Those Of you who Know
me best know that I would rather
work than talk. / am for the people, for
liberty and the constitution. Ihope to
meet you all while here in the Legisla-
ture in social talks, and i had almost
said, drinks.a 3s' 1i.ft ''aI - sfsv
Patrick Henry left in his win the fol-
lowing important passage: ,}fol
"I have now disposed Of all my
property to my family; there Is, one
thing more / wish / could give them,
and that is the Christian religion. II
they had that, and / had not giventhem
one shilling, they would be rich, and
if they had not that, and j had given
them all the world, they would be
poor" -
Butler, Pa, had a celebration over
the opening of a 'twenty-mile railroad
and the feature was the burial Of the
stage coach, and a procession Of Pitts
burgers up the street, led by the stage
driver, equipped with penny horns,
jews-harps, dinner bells, gongs and fish
horns. l''i'-A ~
The Boston Herald tells the following
good one: A little fellow was begging
for ''cold vittles1 at a house at the
South End, exciting the interest ofthe
young ladies in the family by his pite-
Gus story of want and destitution, and
among other questions put by these
warm hearted and Sympathetic inquir-
ers, was, one as to his parents. my
father Is sick abed, and has been for
many weeks" |" said the boy, How is
/ your mother?n az never had q mother"
he blubbered out. csAh, how was
that% he was asked, Why, my father
came a mean trick over one Of my
aunts," was the reply, accompanied by