Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-25
CURRENT ITEMS.

CURRENT ITEMS.
CLEVELAND has twelve men whose COM
bined wealth is estimated at $32, 2,OOO,o ooo.'
WHY is Ireland likely to become the
richest country in the world? because
the capital is always Da6-tsn
IT is claimed that the first book prlnted
on this continent was by Combeyer, In
Mexico, in the year 1544.
THERE is house in Greenland, N. H.,
which was erected in 1888, fifteen years
after the settlement of the State COM
menced.
AN IDYL.-
seized his arm,
He gave howl and then his teeth he grated.
Beg pardon, sir, meant no harm
oh, no! but that's where I've been vaccinated!
WHEN you can't think of what your
wife charged you to bring home, get hair
pins. They are always handy in the
house.
A sHREwD confectioner has taught his
parrot to say "pretty creature" to every
lady who enters the shop, and his business
is rapidly increasing.
s'THosE who buy tombstones of us look
with pride and satisfaction on the graves
of their friends" is the advertisement of
Western stone-cutter.
To remove the stains ON spoons caused
by using them for boiled eggs, take little
common salt, moisten between the thumb
and finger, and briskly rub the stain,
which will soon disappear.
WHY should / take policy in the
Washington Life Insurance Company
Because death is certain, and every dollar
SO invested will be paid to my family
when they need it most.
A SOUTH NoRwALK Conn man stole
handsome Bible to gladden. the heart of
his aged mother on Christmas, but becom-
ing impressed with the senormity of the
ofense, stole another to replace it.
SPEAKING of that compositor who COM
piled 668 legitimate English words from
the letters forming the words Prince
Alexis, the Louisville ComSer-Journa1 says
he ought to print them in book, and
call it Alexicon.
NEW York beaux are Mortified to learn
that many of their lady friends designat-
ed with an asterisk those of their New
Years callers who drank too much wine
They whose names are on this black list
will receive no more invitations.
FIsK's brain weighed fifty-eight ounces.
Daniel Webster's weighed but fifty-three
ounces and half. The great Culver had
sixty-four ounces and a half, while Pro
fessor Abercrombie possessed siXty-three.
Rulloff, the murderer, who was executed
at Binghampton last spring, had fifty
nine ounces of brain.
On farm near Ogdensburg, New York,
owned by one Axtell, two-year-old Ayr
shire bull and yearling ram recently
fought desperate battle, which contin-
ued two days at short intervals In
tho loof rOl1nd fba hul1 uyoc EpnoEo1 oo,,,
pletely out of time, and fell dead, having
succumbed to the fearful butting of his
lighter but more active assailant.
IT is Greeley, of course, who says that
the best way to raise early popcorn is to
start it now. Put the corn-any kind
will do-in cOrn-popper, and suspend
In the sun over pan of water till the
shoots grow out between the wires then
in the spring set it out in pots or beds
and before June the popped corn will be
hanging in little paper bags all over the
branches.
THE five lovers of Springfield Mass
girl, each of whom she had taught tC
think was the favored one, discovering
that their love was joint stock concern
recently met at the house of the fair one
and with one accord, dropping on thei
knees, offered her their hearts and hands
The tableau was an affecting one, but tn,
young lady refused them, one and all.
CAPTAIN BAKER argues that vulture
see rather than smell, because he ha
known them to swoop at piece of ret
flannel, mistaking it for the fiayed carcas
of an animal. When an animal wa
skinned, exposing the red surface, tn,
vultures came much more promptly thai
while the skin was on The Captain oftel
shot elephants in high grass, and observed
that the yultures did not find them fo
weeks.
A WASHINGTON paper of recent dat
says: cit was noticed by a somewha
close observer at the Executive Mansion
yesterday, that of all the throng of ladie
who called to pay their respects to Mrs
Grant, about the only one not dressed il
silk, satin or velvet, or all three combined
was Mrs. Thornton, wife of Sir Edwar
Thornton, the British Minister, who wor
a dress of dark, soft, warm-looklng mate
rial, suitable for winter wear"
A MISSIONARY gives the following as
genuine list of Cherokee names, tn
owners of which were introduced to hir
in one day: "Mr. Poor Wolf, Mr.. Fallin
Pot, Mr.. Humming- Bird, Mr.. Runabou
Six, Mr.. Huckleberry Downing, Mr.. Re
lii, WI. olA Huler, MI: nog Onootel
Mr.. Blue Bird, Mr.. Kill and Eat, MI
Bear, Mr.. Squirrel, Mr.. Young Duck, MI
Black Fox, Mr.. Adam Mouse, Mr. Nelso
Terrapin, Mr.. Deer-in-the- Water, MI
Daniel Muskrat, Mr.. Bird Chopper, MI
Jos. Scraper, Rev. Charles Johnny Cake
and Rev. Levi Walking Stick"
''WHAT do you mean, Colonel" !" said
s. Cox to Fisk, 'by the place where tn
woodbine twineth % To this interrog'
tory Fisk responded: ssYou see, was b,
fore that learned and dignified body, tn
Committee on Banking and Currency, an
when Garfield asked me where the none
got by Corbin went to, could not max
vulgar reply and say up spout, but ol
serving, while peddling through Ne
England, that every spout of fhouse or co
tage had woodbine twining about it,
said, naturally enough, where the woot
bine twineth"
THE head waiter of a Boston hotel
erecting a handsome granite buildin
The same person has real estate In Car
bridge, but continues to be hotel wait
and is happy. There is also anoth
Boston character rich in disguise. f
is porter at one of the State sire
banks. At the close of business hou
he is disguised in overalls and an O
Hat, anu Sweeps duu uuSIS -uOWu. Du
ing business hours he acts as messenge
thus drawing two salaries. He ow
eight houses, and is worth thirty-fi
thousand dollars.
In case against New York insuran
company, which was tried in San Fra
cisco lately, for the burning of mill
Santa Clara County, California, the d
fence set up was that clause in the poll,
provides that any suit on the same mu
be commenced within year from the los
which was not done. The point at iss1
was, whether the year commenced VIII
the fire took place or at the time mott
OF the loss was given to the company. T.
Court held that the year commenced