Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

Dark ages-ladies' ages.
Kitchen nosegays-Pansies.
Man over-bored-An editor.
A demure fiower-the primrose.
nl-natured 'ways'-Cross-roads.
Parlor magazines-kerosene lamps.
Housemaid's horticulrhre-Bed max
ing. ts
Undertakers' jokes are apt to be
grave. "
An air of importanee-One's first
breath. 1t .-l ..f-
The rhyme of the sewing machine
Distitch. .- -f.- ..
Motto for grocers-Honest tea is the
best policy.
The joys of the dumb are alway un-
speakable. VA aCJDI O.ao 5aE
Borrowed accents-When music lends
its charms.
What is the keynote of good breed
ing Is natural. .N
The only betting men SHOULD indulge
in-Alphabetting. a. es
When isa small baby like big bank
er? When he is a wroth-child. 10
1t is mistake to suppose that the sun
is supported in the heavens by its
beams.
The Japanese make q strong string of
paper, we have seen a very good cord
of wood.
Not all the girls are in for woman's
rights, but the majority are in for mar
ried rites.
In early life the boy masters his op-
port unities, while the girl generally
mis- ses hers.
1t is now proposed to put nitro-glyc-
crime into trunks to warn baggage-men
against handling them roughly.
A pound of energy with an ounce of
talent will achieve greater results than
pround of talent with an ounce OF
energy.
a country girl, speaking of a dance
she had attended, said, ''The danein'
was nothing, but the huggin', was
heavinly."
An eminent artist lately painted a
snow-storm so naturally that he caught
a bad cold by sitting too near it with
his coat off.
The greater the difficulty the more
glory in surmounting it. Skillful pi-
lots gain their reputation from storms
and tempests.
A just and reasonable modesty does
not only recommend eloquence, but sets
off every great talent which a man can
be possessed of.
Never hire another person to do the
work which you can we'll do yourself,
unless you are suitably employed in
some other occupation. tso5zg saV
A little girl, noticing the glittering
gold filling in her aunt's front teenth,
exclaimed, 'Aunt Mary, wish had
copper-toed teeth like yours"
George Mcdonald says: "One thing
is clear to me, that no indulgence OF
passion destroys the spiritual nature SO
much as respectable sslfishness."
An Irishman, just landed, was asked
what party he belonged to. "Party is
it?" said he; 81 suppose you've got
Thin Pm agin it,
Every human creature is sensible to
infirmities of temper, which it should
be his duty to correct and subdue, par
in the early period of life.
Anegro, after gazing at some Chinese,
shook his head and solemnly said, '1f
de white folks be so dark as dat out dar,
[ wonder what's de color Of de black
folks.''
An old lady is collecting all the po-
litical papers she can lay her hands on,
to make soap of. She says they are a
'desput site better than ashes-they are
almost clear lie."
1t is no disgrace not to be able to do
everything; but to undertake, or pre-
tend to, what you are not made for, is
not shameful but extremely trouble
some and veXatious.
1t is reported that Livingstone, the
famous traveller in Africa, whose death
mas been so often reported, is safe at
Ujiji, but was forced to marry negress
md dare not leave the country.
Mrs. Jones, a farmers wife in Con-
,ecticut, says 81 believe I've got the
enderest hearted boys in the world.
amt tell one Of 'em to fetch pail of
water but he'll burst out crying"
An old minister, the other day, asked |
! woman what could be done to induce |
Ter husband to attend church. 81 don't |
inow," she replied, sunless you We're to |
,ut pipe and a jug of whisky in the
,ew."
A wag out west who read that dry |
,opperas put into bed of ants would |
,ause them to leave, put some In his
uother-in-law's bed to see if she would |
lot go. He says she was there at last
accounts.
A young lady in Elyria who has re-
.eived the attentions of a young man
or some time, and being asked what
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