Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A SEA-SAw-The sword-fish.

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year.
WHAT is taken from you before you get
it? Your photograph.
WITH what musical instrument would
you catch fish Cast-a-net.
WHAT belongs to yourself, and is used
by everybody more than yourself Your
name.
A SECRET has been defined as 'any
thing made known to everybody in
whisper.
WHAT'S the difference between truth
and eggs "Truth crushed to earth will
rise again" Eggs won't.
A BROAD HINT" Sally, what time
does your folks dine ?" "Soon as you
90 away-that's missuss orders"
A PoUGHKEEPsIE man died the same
day that the news came of his having in
herited $1,000 from a relative in the old
country.
IT is estimated that, including spring
lamos, there are now about II 100000
sheep in California, which is an increase
of 6, ,025, 900 since 1869.
A NEW JERSEY physician prescribes
nauseous medicines, but directs his pa
tients to bury them under the doorstep.
He has large practice.
between enemies than friends for one of
our friends will certainly become an
enemy, and one of our enemies friend.
AN exchange says, at concert recent
", at the conclusion of the song,
aThere's Good Time Coming" a
country farmer got up and exclaimed
"Mster, you couldn't fix the date, could
you?"
A CHICAGO man dreamed that his child
would be scalded TO death. He took
every precaution against such a catastro-
phe, but precisely five weeks and two
days after the dream, the little boy was
run over by a dog cart, and escaped un-
injured.
THERE are seventy-five hospitals con-
nected with the United States Marine Hos
pital service. The Secretary OF the
Treasury has directed detailed report of
all operations performed and diseases
treated to be sent to him, in order to have
a report made out, giving statistics never
yet collected.
LITTLE BoY-"I don't like you, Mr..
Brown; my mamma says you are regu-
! lar sneak" Mamma" Good gracious,
James, what could induce you to tell
such story? l confess to saying what
pity such noble-hearted man as Mr..
Brown has turned out regular cynic."
A WOMAN at Danville, N. H., having
been notified by the Highway Surveyor to
appear and work out her tax of four cents,
made her appearance at the appointed
time, armed with a hoe, and toiled vigor
ously till her tax was cancelled, which
was effected in fifteen minutes from the
time of beginning.
THERE are now living of the family of
| the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hicks, of the
town of Milan, Duchess County, N. Y,
nine daughters and two sons, whose ages
are respectively as follows: 73, II, 50, 65,
| 63, 81, So 81, 80, 53-making the united
| ages of the living members of one family
| OF brothers and sisters, 693 years.
I AN, inhabitant of suburban town,
after spending a convivial evening, was
| discovered among the carrots and cab
bages of his humble garden, wrapped in
slumber. "Well, Bill" said an admiring
| friend, as he shook the PROSTATE youth,
Watching for a hen that's stole her
nest" was the sententious answer. ''But
what are your eyes shut for, Bill ~
"Don't want the old hen to see me"
grutfiy replied the sleeping philosopher.
In Detroit barber's shop the other
day, purblind colored customer arose
from his seat to take one of the BARRIERS
chairs, when, looking at one of the pier
glasses, he saw, as he supposed, another
gentleman about to take the chair. The
old fellow at once apologized for rising
out of his turn, and was about to sit down,
when he noticed his image about to do
the same He again arose, and the mys-
terious stranger followed. This was re-
peated three or four times, much to the
customers disgust, when he finally yelled
out: eff it's your turn, why don't you
sit down ?" amidst shouts of laughter
from the rest of the customers.
In an article on Longevity, Professor
Owen has explained bow it is that aged
persons are said to have cut new teeth late
in life Many readers will remember to
have heard or read of such occurrences
which are regarded as extraordinary. The
! facts are these it often happens that teeth
break or decay, and leave stump in the
gum. The gum closes over the place, ano
! the incident is forgotten. As years &C
by, the jaw and the gums shrink the
long-buried stump is in consequence laiC
bare, and is hailed as a new tooth, and il
sometimes mentioned in the newspaper:
as kind of wonder. Thus fact is
shown by competent authority to be ar
error and it is always well for public
opinion to get rid of an error.
How TO GO TO SLEEP.-A scientific
journal tells "How to go to sleep" Il
says: Every few persons can count hun
dred and find themselves awake; but
. should this happen, repeat the dose unit
cured" Mr.. Nubbins couldn't sleep well
so he tried this counting cure. He count
. ed one hundred, and was still awake
then he counted the same hundred back
wards, and was not asleep; then he began
| in hn p1iAJ1a of hundred and nnnnt
ed each way at the same time, and thi:
didn't throw him into the arms of Nor
pheus. Then he repeated the dose, and
counted about seventy five thousand, he
thinks, which didn't send him to the land
of Nod, even; so he Just got mad, and
turned over and went to sleep without
any more fooling about it.
A PHENoMENoN-AnI Irish surgeon
E who had restored the sight of poor wo
man, observed in her case what he deem
ed phenomenon in optics, on which ht
called together his professional brethren
. declaring himself unequal to the solution
r He stated to them that the sight of his pa
tient was completely restored, that SHE
? could see to thread the smallest needle
or to perform any other operation which
! required particular accuracy of vision
E But when he presented her with book
> she was incapable of distinguishing one
letter from another. This very singular
y case excited the ingenuity of the gentle
: men present, and various solutions wer,
p offered. Doubt crowded on doubt, anC
: the problem grew darker from every
+ explanation, when at length, by ques
tion put to the servant who attended, /
Q was discovered that the woman had neve
= learned to read.
i COOKING WITHOUT FIRE.-There is
e place in Oregon called the smoky VALLEY
S where the people have a curious way o
d cooking. They do not have the troubl
a of making fire every morning whel
s they wish to get breakfast. They jus
l. walk out with their kettles, coffee pots
: and whatever else they need. and cool
= them, at the boiling spring. The waite
seems great deal hotter than the com
mon boiling water, and all they need d
n is to hang their kettles in it for shoI
9 time, and their food is nicely cooked
d They are able even to bake in it. TIL