Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-03-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

| Punch calls a sneeze head wind.
Some one calls poker crate game.
Movements in real estate Earth.
quakes.
Honey bees are winged merchants
they cell their honey.
A Hindoo astronomer has built pri-
observatory on the Himalayas.
Ii is said that after Lots wife was
turned to salt he got fresh one.
John II. Surratt is teaching school at
Rockville, Montgomery county, Md.
Among the warmest friends of the
one term principle are the convicts at
Columbus.
A "Straw" that shows which way the
wind blows-the new Governor of New
Hampshire.
1t was George Herbert who said
handful of good life is worth bushel
of learning.
A squirrel in revolving case runs
sewing machine in the show window of
a Saratago shop. ieTss lizas -H-
Why is a screaming baby like god
dess of the morning? Because it Is a
roarer. (Aurora.) .-..
A couple of chairs belonging to Bene-
dict Arnold were recently sold at St.
John, N. B., 81, ,275 each.
There is time for all things. The
time to. "leaye" is when young lady
asks you how the walking is.
Kindness is the music of good will to
men; and on this harp the smallest
fingers may play heavens sweet tune
on earth.
A man who travelled through New
Jersey says that he saw some land there
so poor that you couldn't raise distur-
bance on it.
The company for uniting Brazil to
Europe by submarine cable, has been
but the capital is yet to be
A Scotch lady, hearing that it was de-
sirable in any danger to have presence of
mind, replied, 81 had rather have alb
sence of body.
We ascertain the qualities of bell
by ringing it. A young man had better
ascertain the qualities of belle before
ringing her.
Water will make mans boots tight.
We have seen a good many young men
light in their boots lately. They must
have been out in the damp.
The ninety-fifth anniversary of the
birth of Henry Clay will be celebrated
,y the Old-line Wings on the 18th of
April, at Atlanta, Ga.
An officer of the U. s. Signal Corps
5 to be placed at Harper's Ferry, to
warn Washington of approaching
reshets in the Potomac.
A lady wished seat. A portly ,hand-
ome gentleman brought one and seated
he lady. "Oh! no" he replied, Pm q
eweler. 1 have just set the jewel"
A little girl asked her sister what
vas chaos, that her papa read abouts
The elder replied, at was great pile of
lothing, and no place to put it in"
An old lady told her son to list the
Ioor in order to keep out the wind.
That will make it worse" he replied;
for you well know the wind bloweth
where it listeth.'
"Good morning gentlemen" says
cofporteur, on entering rail-
way car. No one responded. "Beg
,ardon if 1 have said too much: with
lraw the last expression"
A very little girl was learning to
cad, and part of her lesson raed, ''The
at has rat.'' She thought for a mo-
nent, and then she exclaimed: Seats
lon't have rats, cats have kittens"
Horace Greeley is going to set out
en- acres Of cigar lockwood this spring
IN his farm at Chappaqua. On two
cres he intends to graft the govern
nent stamp. This variety will be lit
lie later than the plain kind, but much
more valuable.
At Sunday-school in Manayunk
eacher aked little boy if he knew
What the expression sowing tares"
meant? GCourth does," said he, pull
ng the seat of his little trowsers round
n front; '.there's tear my ma sewed:
feared it sliding down hill"
A Norwegian lady has arrived in Mil
yaukee with some twenty of her chill
lren. She says there are so many acci-
lents she didn't think it safe to bring
hem all in one boat. as in case of
wreck she wouldn't have heart to COM
nence life in a new country. She ex-
,ects the rest of them shortly.