Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-08-21
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A Green Bay man called a young
lady his "precious darling little honey
dew of blooming rosebud" and then
stood breach of promise suit before
he would marry her.
A Wisconsin girl who has saved the
lives OF seven boys this year, announces
that she is going to retire from the busi-
ness, unless those who fall into the wa
ter have a perceptible mustache.
A blochhead on newspaper defines
editorials to be "shavings from the
well-worn mind, to be blown for one
brief minute before the wind of public
opinion, and then forgotten for all
eternity"
Brownlow is after General Hill again.
This time he frankly writes to him:
"You are a small1pattern of o mana
vulgar fraction of human nature re-
duced to its lowest terms" Hill is a
Southerner by birth, proud, high
spirited Southerner, but up to this time
he hasn't so much as set Brownlow's
barn on fire.
An uncouth child of natur' writes
feelingiy .anent a popular topic: "I
could STAN bein' called liar and
thief" says he, 'or even be that the
old man kept hoopskirt factory; but
when one of them loafin' goslins comes
aroun' me sayin' as had suthin' to
do with that ere Betsy nor 1 is Out
1jest rize onto my hind legs and comb
ed him down."
The Pope has decided that, notwith-
standing the charitable objects of the
order, Free Masons are liable to exeom-
munication, like members of any other
secret society.
Prince Bismarck has granted the
Good Templars permission to establish
their lodges in Prussia.
There are in the United States Is, ,72O
Baptist churches, and only 1892 Or
daiDed Baptist preachers. The gratest
deficiencies are in the churches of the
South.
1t is reported that the Catholics Of
New York purpose establishing daily
paper.
The English postal authorities have
rejected the offer made by the United
States for the exchange of postal cards
with the addition OF one cent postage.
The Philadelphia lawyer who was
thrown over the bar for unprofessional
conduct, in that he allowed client to
escape with ssventy-five cents in his
pocket, will find sympathizer in the
Niagara hackman, whose license has
just been taken from him because he
only charge four dollars and half for
one hour and fifteen minutes work.
There are 14 blast furnaces in Scot
land, of which 12O are blowing, against
132 at corresponding period last year.
A poem in an agricultural paper, call
ed "Song of the Farmers Boy" very
appropriately commences with "Ho,
brothers, hoI''
n man who lately died in Sandusky
left will disposing of $4,000. Seven
dollars and ralf were set arart for
funeral expenses. There is no occasion
for levity here; our man Blobbs says
he wouldn't give half that to be buried.
1t is said that but two establishments
in Great Britain make charcoal iron.
A subscriber wrote to the editor of a
Newark paper to ask the meaning of
the Mors omnibus oOnaDa,t7ais. The edi-
tor said it was French sentence, in
tended to explain something about
Moses omnibus being of service to the
AT the same time, he
said, the sentence was evidently con-
strueted by some idiot, who thought
he understood French, when he didn't,
and consequently several important
words were left out.
A Texas town was recently visited
by clergyman for the first time in its
history. The appreciative citizens of
fered him the hospitalities of the town
and got up grand horse race for his
i
American newspapers and magazines
published in German have been forbid.
den by the German government to be
sold in that country.
A Long Branch correspondent Of a
New York par er mournfully tells how
she was deprived of the pleasure of
hearing a New York bellesing by
heavy Geld. 1t must have been heavy
cold indeed which could freeze the ears
Of a fashion correspondent-and lady
at that.
A New Jersey farmer being short Of
bean-poles, recently conceived the idea
Of using sunflower stalks for the pro-
pagation of his beans. After short
absence he returned to find that the
beans had grown eonsiderably-in fact
were as high as the sunfiowers; but the
roots had parted company with the
earth, and he now offers the result Of
his experience at low figure.
Soon after the departure of the king
Of kings from England the Princess
while walking through the
royal conservatory with her husband,
said: "Albert Edward, why is Eng
land at presf mt like this seonservatory?'
His Royal Highness gave it up. BE
cause" she answered, with a winning