Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A NEW HAMPSHIRE lawyer has made
writ seventy-fve feet long.
THE man who was "moved to tears
complains of the dampness there.
THE Emperor of Brazil's European tour
has already cost him 5000, 600.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to have
the woman hooped who "burst out cry
ing"
ADELINA PATTI owns more diamonds
than any lady of the nobility in Europe.
THE Albany Journal has compositor
who began work on its first issue in
1888.
THE boys of CRANKY, Mass, slaugh-
tered 1 ,115 woodchucks during the Town
year Just closed.
SCIENTIFIC experiment makes the ex-
treme velocity of wind to be ninety-three
miles an hour.
WHEN the Constitution was adopted
there were rs post-off1ces in the Union;
now there are 80, $50.
THERE is a woman in Washington Ter
ritory who has shot and killed eight In
dians with her own hand.
WHY are plain-spoken people like a
knife that won't cut? Because they are
blunt.
CONSUMPTION is said to carry to the
grave 200, 600 people annually on the
North American Continent.
A CRAZY man in Elko, CAL, recently
swallowed a twenty-dollar gold piece, a
couple of tens, and few silver dollars.
FROM thirty to forty-eight dollars is a
common price to pay for making up
common calico" dress by some of the
New York fashionable ladies.
A MAINE man has just built hand
some residence; in finishing it sixty kinds
of wood were used, all of which grew
upon his own land.
WHAT strange contradictions some
things appear-for instance, one who is
supposed to know, says: "a kiss is at
once the cheapest and dearest thing on
earth"
A DOLLY WARDEN suit is described as
neat coquettish little dress, resembling
in appearance cross between a brick
wall and an animated window curtain.
A GOLDEN wedding was celebrated at
New Haven, a few days ago, at which
were present the bridesmaids and groOms-
men who assisted at the wedding half a
century since.
A GOOD illustration of the Importance
of right punctuation and correct spelling
is afforded by the following verse of Scrip
ture: ''The wicked flea, when no man
pursueth but the righteous, is bold as a
lion"
AN anti-swcaring association has been
formed among the railroad men at Harris
burg. By the rules of the association, a
fine of ten cents is exacted for every oath
uttered. They claim large and rapidly
increasing fund.
BY a typographical mishap, the other
IL HT<,~,a
was made to speak rather irreverently of
''Our young Governor" as "Our enter
prising thief" 1t meant to say "Our en-
terprising chief"
A LATE London paper contained an ad-
vertisement, saying that ''Mr. Moon, who
died in 1858, is requested to come for
ward and prove his decease." sHe is re-
quested to communicate with his father
solicitors"
A PUBLIC speaker lately tried to give
his hearers definite idea of eternity, in
the following manner: "Why, my friends,
after millions and millions of years have
glided away into eternity, it will be a
hundred thousand years to breakfast
timer
A PARIS STREET SCENE-sDear lady,"
said child, exposing a toy for sale, ''buy
this.' "What is it's price?" Judge your
self, madame; I have eaten nothing to-
day." This is dramatic enough to make
the fortune of three English dramas of
the period.
AS wife was holding her husbands
aching head in her hands one morning,
she asked: care man and his wife
one?" 81 suppose So" said the husband,
''Then," rejoined the wife, 81 came home
drunk last night, and ought to be ashamed
of myself"
GOTHAM recently produced wedding
cake that weighed forty pounds. 1t was
in the shape of house three stories hig D
and ornamented with flags, bow-windows
balconies and Cup1ds, with newly-mar
ried couple, of sugar, coming out of the
front door.
"WHAT time is it, my dear?" asked {
wife of her husband, whom she suspected
best to look sober. 'sWell, my darling,
can't tell, cause, you see, there are two
hands on my watch, and each points to &
different figure, and don't know which
to believe"
JULIUS A. SUMNER, of Akron, O., say
he rode on the first passenger car eve
drawn upon railroad in the United
States; that he rode upon the first steam
boat that ever navigated Lake Erie; ant
that he was the first man to build rollin.
and nail factory in the State of Ohio.
Two years ago San Francisco turned
I'D its nose at any coin less than ten cents
sold nothing less than that price, ant
made no change below it: Now it has {
one-cent paper, the Euening Post, bearin,
at his head the novel announcement fo
that latitude, "Change given by the news
boys"
THE wag of the Cleveland Leader SAYS
Fashionable sports who intend to pu
in a few weeks at Kelley's Island, Little
should commence lodging their washer
women now. A few shillings a week
saved early in the season will purchase
many mint-ju1ep and other necessarie,
of life, when the heated term arrives.
AN English clergyman, High Church
man, was preparing a number of youns
women last February for confirmation
Among them is one who tells this story
"You all doubtless know, my good girls,
said he, addressing them with affection
ate earnestness, "what next Wednesda,
is?" "Oh yes, SIR" they all exclaimed
sit is St. Valentines Day" They wer
right enough, but it was also Ash Wed
nesday, which happened to fall on tn
18th this year, and the coincidence wa
fatal to its pretensions.
THE following anecdote of a worth,
Quaker in England is taken from an oil
paper: He was unusually devoted t.
strictness as sectarian, but was kind
hearted and philosophical The paris
church was SO dilapidated that it had to b
taken down, and new one built in it
place. The people hesitated to ask th
generous Friend for his aid in an unde
taking so contrary to the views of hi
sect. But on being consulted, he though
he could consistently give money to ha'
the old church taken doaon, and accoIdingl
did subscribe a hundred pounds.
Dolly Warden.
EVERY now and then whim seizes tt
public and takes possession of people
senses, though why or wherefore. it woul
ko,.l 4~r 1,r,fr h.