Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-23

THE great bell on Notre Dame, Mon |
treal, is the largest but one in the world. |
1t weighs over 10, 500 pounds, and can be
heard forty miles.
IT Is estimated that there are 100000
cows in the country, the dairy product
of which annually is 5000, 100000 pounds
of cheese, and 575,0O0,00O pounds of
butter.
A PoETIcAL genius, inspired by festal
gathering of Cincinnati beauties, does not
hesitate to speak of their lips as the
glowing gateways of pork and potatoes"
"BUT these hacks are dangerous. We
might get the smallpox" You've no
cause to be afraid of my coach, mum, for
I've 'ad the ind wheel vaccinated, and it
took beautiful"
A GENTLEMAN took lady out to ride
the other evening, and came home with a
false curl attached to the button on the
side of his cap. He wonders how it could
have got there.
AT a recent fremen's celebration in
New Bedford, the following toast was
proposed: "The Firemen-The army
that draws water instead of blood-thanks
instead of tears"
A Swiss journal, published at Geneva,
says only six women-three English, two
German and one eAmerican-have climbed
to the summit of Mont Blanc since Jacques
Balmat first made the ascent in 1876.
"NEcK-TIE sociables are fashionable
in Wyoming Territory. The people hold
one whenever they catch a horse-thief.
| The tie is made of hemp, and the man
who gets it generally find it durable
enough to last him for the remainder of
| his life.
THE McConnellsville (Ohie) Herald
tells of a woman who washed her child
ren's heads with modern whisky to kill
nits. Her boys are well now, but their
heads are as smooth as billiard balls.
A coLoRED man has been found in Sa-
mana who had reached the age of 100
years. He was originally native African
has lived in Java, Madeira, Sicily, Malta,
the Bermudas, and Havana, and is still in
full possession of his senses.
A NEW ORLEANS merchant, who failed
to receive a case of dress patterns con.
signed to him, made diligent inquiry, and
finally, by means of the receipts given by
an undertaken, ascertained that it had been
received By him, and carefully buried with
funeral honors, he supposing the box con
tanned the mortal remains of man who
had died in another State, and which hi
was notified would come by the same train
DESCRIBING recent ball at Columbia
8. c., an unlucky reporter attempted tt
say that Mrs. Theodore Hammond wa!
exceedingly lovely in long train anG
short sleeves" but the demoniacal printer
made him mention "Mr. Theodore Ham
: mond exceedingly lovely on a fast trail
: in his shirt sleeves"
Mr.. HENRY ATKINS, of Cincinnati, ha
invented piano that is played by th'
feet. 1t has sixty-eight keys, which are Gu
bical blocks of wood, and each one strike
a chord of four notes. He puts on slipper
to play with, and while he makes his plan,
go with his feet, he plays the flute with hi
mouth ard fingers. The effects described
as remarkable.
! MAMMA What is baby crying fo,
Maggie?" Maggie-"I don't know
indignant aboutg" Maggie" That nasty
greedy dogs been and took and eaten m
= 'punge-taker Mamma Why, 1 say
: you eating sponge cake minute ago
: : Maggie that was baby's"
i DANIEL MCCARTNEY, an illiterate cit
zen of Salem, o., can Instantly tell, O
mentioning any date of the last forty,fiv
i years, what day of the week it was, tn
a state of the weather, what he was doing
d and what he talked about upon that da.
|, Prof. Henkle, of St. Louis, has, with th
e aid of diary covering that period, tho
b oughly tested this, and finds him alway
correct.
y THE tin-plate annually used in th
United States amounts in value to abol
$12,000,000, of which it is estimated tn,
one-fourth has been entirely wasted. Man
;, efforts have been made to utilize tt
scraps, or timers waste, as it is called, bl
:. without much success, owing to the ia
IL that neither of the two metals Gron ar
TIM contained in them, could be reclaime
in pure state.
~ FROM the Boston Post we learn tn
~ "Mr. Greeley advocates sowing asparag
. in March, or grating the cuttings on goo
% hardy ounce or pear stocks. The fruit
- excellent, cut up with sugar and creal
! like peaches. Some people ruin asparag
> trees by pruning too much. They shou
;s only remove dead limbs, and thin out 81
10 ficiently to admit the air and sum-"
THE North East (Erie County, Pa St
e ellis this Miss Glen Galusha, an estimat
n, young lady residing near Sterrettania 1
u Gently lost her power of speech, and du
ing the space of three weeks was unable
E. utter solitary word. A few days sinC
while washing dishes, she all at once col
ID menced to talk, to her great surprise and 6
N tonishment. No one knows the cause
h her having been thus affected"
ut SAID a wine merchant to his port
he whom he wanted to leave "a whitley in
he cellar, " I'll chalk your mouth, SO can t,
k, if you drink any wine while / am gone
)u at the same time drawing his thumb ns
over the mans lips as though he we
e. chalking them. The porter drank as mu
at wine as he wanted, and then chalked
as mouth so as not to be detected, and
that means exposed himself to his shrey
master.
~ A MASSACHUSETTS paper tells OF C
uWo W ored womanwho had been lately converts
, an but was SO unfortunate as to fly into pa
u ion over the misdoings of one of her neie
=: eu bor's youngsters. Her mistress remark
l nr upon the impropriety of such conduct
Sa ~. the case of one about to join the church, a
.I., nIo received this frank response II have 'sp
~ fenced religion, an rs gwine to join
nc nc church but, Miss B., I'll scald dat n
.o1 ger furst"
led THE Farmers Home Journal, of Lexil
we ton, KY, says: "Mr. VIM. Hardin of t
nst county, missed, about four weeks ago, {
90. ofhis fat hogs. He supposed it had bt
stolen. A few days ago, as he was hunt
in one of his fields, his dogs were attrac
3 to a sink hole, and on examination the
in was discovered at the bottom, in VIII
ar, there was quantity OF mud and wa
ac- The hog was drawn out and afterward v
m fed, and is now doing well, though it
s8,- twenty eight days without food.
20, Ou4 THE Dubuque Times says: last
~ day morning, as the passenger train CT
..JJ,S ing west was passing over bridge acr
pto sI a creek about two miles east of Ackl
'a1 a1 the bridge commenced shaking as thol
ate Nv, steam ond met os the loot coaob !
=, on cleared the bridge itfell into the stream
fi'- low, which was much swollen by
storm of the previous night. The pass
gers knew nothing of The great dan
nms ans they had so narrowly escaped until
,,~ owo formed of it on their arrival at F
a, ron Dodge"
of As gentleman was walking the sire