Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-05-30
IN TOWN AND OUT.

s ance IN great NUMBERS III hentuch!.
f Washing sheep is just now the f.
e vorite amusement among the farmers.
: We notice that those who complain
: most of business being dull, are thOs
, who advertise the least.
T If you have anything to sell let tn
people know it through the REPUBLI
CAN.
Billings says,-He who does goo,
thing secretly, steals a march OH Heav
en-.
The next meeting of the Ohio Stat
Teachers Association will be held a
, Put-in-Bay on July 3rd and 4th.
Some fool burglar went through tn
Railroad office at Minerva, and got 81 g
f for his trouble. Cheap enough.
The Akron Beacon once more come
to US full size, having partially got owe
the effects of the late fire.
A Tennessee editor was so rejoiced
at the death of his rival that he an.
nounced it under the head of amuse
ments.
Charles p. Jones was sentenced OF
Wednesday, to the penitentiary, for fiv,
years, for robbing VIM. Jennings. neal
Salem, last March.
Our street sprinkler has had easy
times for the past week. A better
sprinkler Than his did his work for him
Certain people study all their life
at their death they have learned every
thing except to think.
The effect of good music is not
caused by its novelty. On the contrary
it strikes us more, the more familiar we
are with it.
.-E Negelspach started for Germany
on Monday morning. He expects 10
spend few months there.
Preparations are already being
made for the Centennial celebration OF
the Fourth of July, 1876.
The business houses in most of our
neighboring towns and cities, will be
closed on Decoration day, May 30th.
The Columbiana County Agricul-
tural Society, will hold its annual ex-
hibitiOn, on the grounds of the society,
on the 18th, 18th and Goth, of September
next
Mr.. Hoover, of Canfield, Ohio,
while engaged in shingling n roof,
missed his hold and fell to the ground.
distance of twenty feet, sustaining
serious though not fatal injuries.
A contemporary gives sensible ad-
vice: "When you 60 to drown your
self, always pull off your pantaloons-
they may fit your wife's second hus-
band" .Hrt "-.
The Madison (Wis.) Democrat man
says he scan take down billed owl, sea-
soned with snuff, but don't banker af-
ter it," With such capacity he thinks
he may be able TO digest Greeley and
Gratz.
The other day a little five year old
boy of Millersburg pulled some green
gooseberries, and on being told his
grandma would whip him he replied.
well guess | can tie them on again"
The corn is very backward this
spring. Almost as fast as it comes up
the cut worms 60 for and destroy it.
This complaint is general throughout
the country especially in sod ground.
Let every one interested in the
Sunday School, attend the Convention
next Tuesday and Wednesday. The
subjects discussed will be made inter-
esting to all.
The difference in wheat drilled and
sown broadcast, is very marked this
spring. Where the broadcast is badly
frozen out, the drilled looks thrifty and
and thick. The drill trade will be good
this fall.
We furnish Envelops with n Busi-
ness Card thereon, nearly as cheap as
the blank envelopes can be purchased
elsewhere. nj
We shall thank our country readers
for any information they may send us
relative to the crop prospects. Their
letters need not be long, so that they
give accurate intelligence, they will
prove of Interest to our readers.
With the tariff off, coffee should be
five cents and tea fifteen cents a pound
cheaper. Nor will the people forget
that they owe this true revenue reform
to the Republican party in Congress.
Send Us local items, friends, and we
will put them in shape, and print. If
you never have studied Edglish Gram
mar SO much the better, You will give
us only the facts, which is what we
want. E
Young sports hiring livery rigs
should be careful not to leave any Of
their valuables in the buggy, when they
return them to the stable. One of our
livery men came near discovering a
young chaps secrets by this means a
few days ago.
Some people seem to think that
revenue stamps will pay postage. Sew
eral letters have been dropped into the
Post Office, of late,with such stamps on
them. All such are sent TO the Dead |
Letter office instead of the intended |
destination.
Mature is the only workman to
whom no material is worthless, the only |
chemist in whose laboratory there are
no waste products, and the only artist |
whose compositions are infinitely varied |
and whose fertility of invention is in
eXhaustible.
\ painter being asked to estimate the
cost of painting a certain house drew
forth pencil and paper and made the
following calculation; "a naught is a
naught; three into five twice you can t:
I'll paint your house for fifty dollars.n
y husband, two years after marriage
met an old friend, who congratulated
him upon his improved personal APP
pearance, but said: at seems to me
you have grown smaller" ''No WON
der was the reply; sever since | saw
you l have been coming down hand
somely.'
If it takes II. G.. seventeen days to
write his letter of acceptance, how long
will it take him TO write Presidential
message, should Providence see fit to
punish our country for its manifold
sins by allowing him to be elected Pres
ident:
"Let me see," said Chicago boss
mason, reflectively, to Il burned-out
merchant-"have got to put up block
for Brown this morning, and a dwell
ing-house this afternoon for Smith.
Yes, guess We can jerk up your store
this noon by takin' only half an hours
noOnin'."
An editor and his wife were walk
ing out in the bright moonlight one eve
ming. Like all editors wives she was
of an exceedingly poetic nature and
said to her mate: "NOtice that moon