The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-11-08
WHOLE NUMBER 675
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


= according toa Boston papes-eatkes
/; /; in suit OF white satin trimmed wilh
lscel
..'Jake lend me ten dollars till sell
my dog Pr JAKE replied sootbingly
and sympatheiically, 80 Jiml /
wouldn't sell hlm.s
A married lady being asked to waltz
gave the following sensible and sppro-
pirate answer: ''Nc, / thank you, sF;
have hugging enough al home
A North Carolina man lsteiy
laughed plum stone out Of his nGae
that had been imbeded there for six
years. Morsl-always be merry when
afflicted with PLAN stones in the no>e.
A NEW danger threstens society.
An eminent French chemist announces
that many OF the new evening silks
are collored with picrate Of lesd, and
are, therefore, liable to tIeneE-
dOus explosion ut any moment
GEORGE asked the tesche- OF a
Sunday-school clsss, "Whoy-Soge al
others shall you wish first 10 see
when you get to heaven ?'' With q
face Frightening up with anticipation
the little fellow shouted, "Gerliah.''
A YOUNG man named VIM. A. Pea
body, employed in the newspaper de-
Partment OF the Postoffice in Boston,
was arrested for the larceny OF letters,
by Charles Field, special agent of the
PostOffice Department. Several letters
were found on him at the time.
The President of CoIumbis College
receives $4,000 year, and the pre-
fessors $4,000 each. These saisries
are the lsrgess paid by any college
10 the country. Tho property owned
by this institution amounts 20 S3, 500,-
600. and yields sn income OF peaIly
500. geo.
/ DURING one week recently, there
were shipped overland from San
Francisco 770,5s0 pounds OF wool,
1850 pounds of leather, 4,553
pounds of Alaska skins, $1,000
pounds Of island cotton. !, 1,270 pounds
OF gunpowder, and 81. $50 po1nds Of
base bullion.
An abse6tsRipded man entered a
Troy shoe store the 5dIsF G5y, and
wanted bis boy measured for q pair
of shoes. "But where's the bcy?7
said the dealer. "Thunderi' said the
man. I've leis the boy at home. III
go and bring 6iw," and CT he started
for bis house, six blocks away.
A Sunday-school teacher, who had
almost become discouraged over the
liStlessness OF her class, at last felt
rewarded by an interesting look
from little girl The reward wss
lost whsn the little creature touch.
ed bracelet on her arm and asked,
Teacher, are threaded on 'lastic p
the increase OF the production of
pig metal in Great Britsin from ITO,
when the production was but 1900
tons, TO 1871, ,when is reached 6,000,-
900 tons, and also in the Uaited
States, where in 81 years we have
increased the production from SO, 600
tons in 1910 to nearly 1900. 600 tons
in 1871.
The msddest man OF Indiana lives
at Patoka. He told bis vile he was
going down in the cellar to commit
suicide, and did go doTnznd- -nfesi ~
brosdsIde into the pork barrel. His
wife kept on knitting, and after q
while the man came up stairs sMear-
ing that the woman hsdn't got any
feeling.
Washington has a msn who don't
permit himself TO be bothered by sueh
little things as getting hurried. lie
iorgot that he was going to be msr-
RED the other day, and did't call round
ill evening, when, being informed Of
bis negligence, he made all possible
by Immediately undergo
ing the operation.
The Archbishop Of London once in
quired Of a physician, ''Why does the
Of hanging XIII a man p
Because inspiration is checked, cir
eulation stopped, aud blood suilasec
and congests the brain.7 ssBosh p
replied his grace, cit Is because tha
rope isn't long enough to LET his feet
touch the ground"
a little girl in New York orphan
asylum who was punished FOR scratch
ns another little girls face By being
repaired 10 learn g verse from the
Bible, was SLOWED 10 make her own
ielactiOn. end chose the first verse OF
Psslm144: "Blessed &c tie Lord my
treDgtb, which teacheth my hands to
var aud fiogers 10 fght.'
Mr. CHAELEs SPRAGUE, the "bank-
II poet, ,''ss he Is called by his friends,
vas eighty-one years old on Satur-
lay The Boston TranscTipt says
bat this anniversary fouEd him
somewhat iHfirm in body, bat clear
Iad keen in intellect.n Lameness
.onfues him to his home, but there
riends End him cheerful, instructive
md entertaining.
The characteristic OF the umbrella
J its power OF changing shapes
on nay leave q bran new silk um.
,relia with an ivory and rosewood
landle az sny public gathering, snd
within three hours it will transform
tself into light blue or faded brown
,ottoD, somewhat less in size than 6
.iScus tent, with handle like 3 teIe-
.raph pole and five fractured ribs
MANITOBA, We have the authority
4 Canadian papers for saying, mani.
ests en- inclination TO forsaks British
llegisnce and ally herself with the
United States The blunders con-
ec:ed With the administration Of
dominion authority in the Province
ave developed q strong American
ceiling, apart ircm what Is incident
o a considerable infusion OF AmeTi-
ans in the population.
Young MILDLY 80 his uncle, who's
ever seen the ses)-"You want 20
now why toe sea goes back, ea
Vel, you see the waves are caused
" the little fishes wsggiDg their
ais then they swim away In order
o ee. canght by the fishing smacks;
nd then, as they csn't live without
Ea.er. the sea follows them This
,sn1es high tide and low tide" Un-
,Ie marvels ct bis nephew's knewi-
.dgel
A Change-When Goldsmith the
yrittea that bes5tifal stanzsof had
'Hermip-
No flOeks that range the valley tree
TO siauhter condemn;
anght 81 the Power Ina; pities me,
I learn 10 pity them
He submitted il to the future) siTs.
Goldsmith, VINO is sald to have sng-
ested The following improvement
No aoc,<s that range the valley free
TO slaughter eoncem;
he bgtcbers xiii the sheep for me,
bay the meat rom them"
ACCORDING 20 the official tables Of
he icreign commerce Of the port ei
published in the Ncrs
American for the year ending VI
Iuae, the exports OF that year sh- Ss,t
n increase Of So, 3,579,674 er1-7I.
md "A ,079, ,803 over 1870; nd the
ioreign imports similarly increased
s5, ,643, ,7s7 and $3.50, 1896 in these
,-o,rs ,aov,activels Tho 6ufs~o :.