Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-06-08

Iuoupic fIS cAuiidfdtlHS QUALITIES
The work on the r.. r. still 90,
bravely on, the force being increase
daily and everything tends to an earl
:: completion of the same as far as NJ
Vernon.
Persons shonld be very careful t
stamp letters before depositing in Post
Office, as letters not stamped cannot b
sent, but returned to the writer.
"Pa, is Pennsylvania the father OF al
the other States :" Certainly not, III,
child; why do you ask that question !:
''BecanSe see all the papers call il Pa.
l \ colored man was put on jury il
Harrison county, this State lately. Til
fact has much incensed the Democrac,
there, and their organ, the .Ss.tiael. fair
ly foams with anger.
The farmers, and in fact everybody
are rejoicing over the fine CROWN:
weather We are now having.
A baby show comes off in Bncyrus ol
the 4th of July. A premium is to b
awarded to the fattest cherub.
There are twenty-one styles of Sum
I1ler hats, and the ladies are at loss t,
know which TO choose.
| Capt. \. 5. Mcclure of the Wooste
Republican delivered the address at tn,
Decoration of the Soldiers graves a
Ashland.
When you see a man use his arm as :
pendulum, you can set him down as ;
"fast goer.'
An exchange thinks that the frost in.
jured the musquito crop. What pity
"I'm MY daddy's only sonny, me ant
brudder Joe," is the latest piece OF mu.
steal extravaganza.
Who have made the most money du.
ring the last year? Those who work il
the Mint.
An Illinois rural paper advertises
"Wanted-a good rain; one that under
stands the business thoroughly. Apply
all over the country
Theordore Tilton wants to know how
a man with a salary of 81, 800 can main
tain wife, whom it costs $1,000 veal
TO dress. Give it up.
The phrase ''robbing Peter to pay
Paul. originated in England in 1860
when the estate of st. Peters Cathedral
were appropriated to the repairs of St
Paul's Cathedral.
In Boston last year, 522 out of 3,492
marriages that were celebrated, the
brides acknowledged being older than
the grooms.
A Detroit girl applied quack lotion
to her freckles. A new skin is formin 9
but it isn't very smooth.
Out west they tell story of dog
that was greatly interested in music.
He attended singing school, and was
subsequently found in the back yard
with music book in front of him, beat
ing time with his trial on tin pan, and
bowling "Old Hundred.'
A lady in this city says the latest thing
ont is-her husband.-M. Vernon Re-
publican. Did he "strike out or was
he aout on fly?"
The immense Flax Factory at Della
ware was burned some days ago. Loss
over $4,000.
We hear some rumor of rust in the
wheat fields. We think this is mis-
take. Such dry weather as we have
been having is not likely to create rust.
Crops generally look fine.
The Knox County Fair will be held
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 2Gtil, 9th and 2sth.
The Salem Republican commenced its
25th volume last week.
The better a newspaper is filled with
advertisements, displaying the indus
try, business and thriftiness of the place,
the better it is for the town in which il
is published. 1t speaks abroad when
the people of the town are asleep.
In Boston, poor man, who less than
year ago had only one suit of clothes
went into the newspaper business, and
now has eight suits. Seven of them are
for libel.
The "coolest head" We have seen for
some time was that belonging to the
boy who passed down street the other
day, with large chunk of ice where
his hat should have been.
The State Board of Examiners will
hold meeting for examination of ap-
plicants for State Certificate, at San
dusky, on July 9TH and Sth, 1871. Ger
tificates granted by the Board are valid
in any public School in Ohio for the
life time OF the holder, unless revoked
by the Board.
The story told by a Chicago paper,
about man who killed himself to allow
his brother to marry the girl they were
both in love with, sounds very pretty
but il was mean trick to play on 4
brother who never did him an injury.
What are you disturbing the whole
house with your yells in this way for p
demanded Saratoga landlord of a
guest whom he found late at night
seemingly in active pursuit of invisible
foes, and yelling at the top of his voice
"I'm shouting the battle cry of flea
DOM" answered the guest, as he went
ahead with his search and his yells.
Hubbard, Of the Northeast, won't fol-
low at the heels of Nallandigham. He
thinks the New Departure ten-cent pol
iticians may go to the Dickens, and he'll
stay "to ham" Judge Estill don't rea-
son that way. He alsqdys 5elicced just
! the way Val. does aoeo.-Salem Rep.