The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-10-15

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to lady.
A Nashville man was awakened the
other night by pain in his stomach,
and thinking cholera was at hand, he
clutched for bottle of camphor which
he kept on the table, ready for instant
use, and commenced to apply it with
vigorous rubbing to his abdomen. He
experienced immediate relief, but was
considerably surprised at not perceiv-
ing the strong scent Of camphor. Sus-
pecting that he might have made a
mistake, he lighted the gas and made
an inspection, which resulted in the
discovery that instead of camphor he
had used bottle Of ink.
A subscriber wrote to the editor of
a Newark paper to ask the meaning of
the phrase Aors omnibus communiS.
The editor said it was n French SEN
tence, intended to explain something
about Morse's omnibus being of SER
vice to the community. At the same
time, he said the sentence was evident
ly constructed by some idiot, who
thought he understood French, when
he didn't, and consequently several
important words were left out.
The Courier journal furnishes the
follow ANSWERS to correspondents :"
A youthful Correspondent desires to
know how we would like to sail with
Professor Wise in his balloon voyage
to Europe If you will go, my dear
boy, and climb the least Of the many
piles of twenty dollar gold pieces that
would be required to hire us to under
take such a voyage, you will find that
its summit is wrapped in perpetual
snow.
A gentleman addicted to scientific
inquiry, has discovered that thirty
three days complete the cycle Of the
potato bug generation; that 700 o
the critters are the average produce
of the female, from which the family
grows in the second generation to 235,
900 and in the third to 85,000,000
There are not cyphers enough in any
existing type foundry to express the
number i'll the tenth generation.
That chap of 1873 years, who slew
his 10 acres of grass before breakfast
just because of a slight "ounpleasant
, ness" which happened between hin
and his grandfather, may yet have t.
forfeit his laurels, as they have in Kit
terry youngster of SO summers VIII,
, walks around his two hired hands witt
, comparative ease. Fifty years NOR
of continued practice will tell tn
story.
Q A conductor on the Fort street rout
was passing through the crowded car
] yesterday morning, when he picked u
a fifty cent shinplaster. Holding i
r up. he asked who had lost 1t, whel
fourteen hands went up and fourteen
y persons called out, Il did" The con
! ducter put the money in his pocket
! [Detriot Free Press.
B, "What would you give" asked
e conceited young man, Of venerabl
b. gentleman, sitting opposite him at th
, table, "to be as young and sprightl
0 as | am ?" The old gentleman reflect
a ed moment, and then solemnly sale
= 81 dont't know but what | would a
. most be willing to be as foolish as yo
are"
> A John Bull, conversing with a
Indian asked him if he knew the su
IS never sets in the Queens dominion
# No." said the Indian. "Do yo
n know the reason why?" asked Johl
n because God is afraid to trust a
a EugliShman in the dark, was the sa,
3, ages reply,
However strong a mans resolutio
10 may be, it costs him something to ca
ry it out, now and then. We may d
10 termine not to gather any cherrie
D and keep our hands sturdily in OF
ls pockets, but we can't prevent OF
mouths from watering.