Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

NEW YORK mas tWCuty '1luO uIl0S VI
water front and over seventeen miles OF
saloons.
THE Washington is purely mutual, and
divides its profits among its policy holders
only.
A DAUGHTER of New York stock
broker exults over the fact that she has
been to Europe six times, and has never
seen the inside of her mothers kitchen.
TIE largest telescope in the world is
now being made at Cambridge, Mass, for
the government. Three or four years will
be required to complete it.
AN Irish magistrate, censuring some
boys for lettering in the street, said: If
everybody were to stand in the streets,
how could anybody get by?"
A FELLOW tried to hang himself in
London not long ago, and the magistrate
before whom he was taken very properly
ordered him to pay the man who cut him
down ten shillings for the job.
In the midst of a stormy discussion,
gentleman rose to settle the matter in dis
puts. Waving his hand majestically over
the excited disputants, he began: " Gen
tlemen, all want is common sense"
Exactly, that is precisely what you
want!" was the immediate response.
Mr.. W. W. THOMAS, Jr., the Maine
G Commissioner OF immigration, has been
presented by Swede with watch, triang-
ular in form, having the dial near the
vertex of one of the angles. By looking
through an aperture in the dial, the day of
the month is ascertained, and beneath the
dial is an arrangement which shows the
day of the week.
A YOUNG lady in the singers gallery of
xuhi in
over the railing, the other Sunday, to see
what the congregation had to wear that
was new, lost her balance and fell plump
upon a deacon's head and shoulders. She
bounded into the aisle, however, without
receiving any injury, and Joined in the
concluding hymn.
WHILE compositors and proofreaders
are human, typographical errors will be
in order. The Food Journal, published
in London, has to apologize for very fun
ny blunder of the types. In recent
number it credited the Boston Journal of
Chemistry with the responsibility of mon
strous pea, measuring thirteen and onehalf
inches in circumference 1t should have
been pear.
In the town of Newbury, Mass, is a
dwelling which was erected in 1862. 1t
was used for garrison in the time of the
Indian wars The stairs are made of blocks
of oak timber ten inches wide and ten
inches thick. 1t is now occupied by the
seventh generation of the family that built
it, the Christian name of each owner being
Benjamin.
In Titusville, Pa, when man owns
four or five hundred wells he is generally
considered well of, and 'barrelsful of oil'
is the synonym of pockets full of rocks. !"
1t is customary to speak of the fashiona-
BILE young lady as wearing an eighty-si
barrel opera suit, and when boy wants to
have his teeth plugged he gets requisi-
ton on the "old man" for couple of bar
rels of oil The system being abundantly
fabricated, works very smoothly.
A CITIZEN of Albany, N. Y, has been
particularly unfortunate in the marriage
relation. His first wife killed herself
thirty four years ago; nine years after, his
second wife ran away from him, and died
his third consort was drowned. In 1858
his fourth helpmate was killed, and he,
having been convicted of the murder, was
sent to prison for life, but pardoned out.
In another decade the fifth partner mystic
riously disappeared and very recently the
sixth idol of his soul sought peace and OBJ
livion by hanging herself to bedpost.
REV. Mr.. TALMADGE told his Brooklyn
people in a sermon, the other day, that the
Sabbath evening previous woman was
taken with commissions in the vestibule OF
the church after service. In the delirium
that followed she kept repeating: Eight
cents Eight cents wish could get it
done! am so tired! l wish I could get
some sleep, but must get it done! Eight
cents Eight centsr' 1t was afterward
found that she was making garments fol
eight cents apiece, and that she could
make but three of them in a day! And
the physician said she evidently needed
| food more than medicine.
TWENTY years ago Boston tailor retir
ed from business on account of failing
health. For few years past he had suf
fered much from dizziness. A short time
ago q surgeon discovered and extracted
| from his body common sized needle
with double thread four inches in length
attached. AS he had used no needle o1
| the kind for twenty years, the surgeon
supposed he must have swallowed it an
terror to the period, and is of the opinion
that the working of the needle and thread
through the system caused the dizziness
Since the operation the patient feels great
ly relieved, and is improving in health.
AN odd law-case was lately tried in Bir
mingham, England. A laby lost her well
beloved parrot; and, one day, she saw i
upon the stall of bird -fancier who would
The lady declared on oath that her bir(
spoke English. The bird-man swore tina
that this particular Poll conversed only il
Spanish but being brought into court,
was abashed, and opened not its mouth
1t was then given in charge to an inspec
tor, who reported that upon recoverin,
its lost parts of speech, it burst int
"Pretty Polly" Beautiful Polly" Kis
Polly" "Good morning." whats tn
timer" There was nothing of the nobl
Spanish about this, and the cracker eatin
creature was handed over to it's mistress
without even the formality of cross -ex
animation.
A GENTLEMAN of New York city, witt
and agreeable, but with single impedi
ment of speech, had it in his heart to be
come the possessor af pure black-ta
terrier, for which he was willing to pay
liberal price. A superior little brute wa
brought to him by dog fancier, who dc
manded for it the modest price of fift
dollars. Not being disposed to check 70
that figure unless sure that the dog was
good ratter, he proposed to the party t
meet him next day at pit where dogs an
rats were brought for sanguinary contest
and try him with a rat. Agreed. Mex
day our friend, having obtained first-clas
rat of the wharf" species, had him COZ
veyed to the theatre of strife. Both wer
at the same time thrown into the aren,
After being pursued for moment the rs
turned, made spring at the terrier, caugf
him on the lip, and made him howl wit
pain. In short, he had him." Our pu
chaser turned and said, 81 d-don't thin
your d-d-dog's good for anything. Do
: don't you want to b-buy my r-rat?"