Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-01-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

mamma" said little boy who hi
been sent to dry towel before the fl
is it done when it's browns'' f,-'
Milwaukee, has had wooden we
ding. Henry Block was married
Amanda Board. To s.,a, g..a..
The most striking difference betwee
a fool and looking-glass is, that. Il
fool speaks without refiecting, and Il
looking-glass reflects without speakIn,
A Memphis dueling party were dri,
en- into cemetery by facetious hacl
man "so that they might be burie
without unnecessary expense.
The only way to be sure you wi
never tell anything to your own disad
vantage is to know nothing to you
disadvantage to tell. ,f, f-e,
1t has been remarked by a sage oil
bachelor that woman should do all sh
could to make this earth a paradise 70
man, as it was all her fault he lost tb
other. 5-1 H"f.h ID joss. -Nf
Sailors are not necessarily maxim
plumduff when they are stemming tn
currents. ..H1d tl.it t3e54 -li
The heirs of Robinson Crusoe iiav
instituted suit to recover the island o
Juan Fernandez, found their claim up
on the ground that he was "monarcl
of all he surveyed" -
Il wish you would not smoke cigars,
said plump little black-eyed girl t,
her lover. "Why may not I SMOKE a
well as your chimney?' 20" Becaus'
chimneys don't smoke when they ar,
in good order" He has quit smoking
An "artist in marble" elaborated
what he considered a triumphant statu
Of that king of beasts, the lion, an,
sent it to compete for a prize at an ex
hibition of statuary. He received tn
"first prize for a beautiful sleeping bull
pup in MARBLE" -i
'The first exclamation of an Ameri
can belle on entering the Cathedral n
Milan was, "Oh, what a church to ge
married in.''
A shrill old lady in Memphis, when
ever she loses her scissors, rouses tn,
whole family: "Where's them shear,
appeared tor .f sa.1rsG .
z 1t seems that turkey is desirous o
borrowing from the United States som,
suggestions relating to the establish.
ment of long lines of railway. THAI
the fame of our trans-continental rail
roads should have even reached the
Sublime Porte is not so surprising a:
that the Sick Man, as the Ottoman En-
pire is usually called, should want tc
copy our system. Perhaps he is not SC
sick, after all. 'a- -.r-
Mother" said a little girl who wa:
engaged in making her doll an apron
81 believe will be duchess when ]
grow up" Show do you expect to be
a duchess, my daughter said her moth
er. "Why, by marrying a dutchman,
to be SURF" ,"replled the girl.''
81 say Dick, which was the first ere.
ated, man or woman?" "Why, woman
of eourse-everybodv knows that Eve
was the first maid."a. Is.barl
There is young lady in Camden
town 80 refined in her language that
she never uses the word "blackguard,' ;
but substitutes "African sentinel" Co.
Our own people would do well to be
on their guard. Dangerous counterfeit
United States Treasury So notes are in
cirselation in Baltimore. The paper OH
which they are printed is tooithin DC
take well the large amount of ink usu-
ally employed. The engraving compar-
ed with tfiatof the genuine, IS rough,
but the surest way to detect the true
from the false is by the paper. iH
Mrs. A. Whipple, of Portland, Co
lumbia county, Wis, died suddenly
from the effects Of pairing a corn toe
closely. .fa.il"Umrr oi brig t5f,'
Mr.. Mitchell, an English member O.
Parliament, has shocked the aristocrat-
ic society of which he was an ornrment
by marrying pretty Irish bar-maid.
A Western widow would like to NEE
the printer who, when she advertised
for an agent, made her appear to want
"a gent"
Mrs. Partington does not approve ol
this new tangled stuff. diabolical acid
but she is highly delighted to see ther,
is an antisceptie. - ..al --a- --'.'l
A practical chemist the other day pu
lighted match into tin can that hat
contained nitro glycerine. Up to thu
present time no inquest has been hell
as nothing can be found for the coroner
to sit upon. ..... ...t.
A witty son of st. Patrick was il
charge of ferry boat. A lady pas
senger. being frightened by the waves
asked him: "Are people ever lost b.
this boat?" He gave her the encourag
ing reply, "Not often, ma'am; we gen
orally find them afterwards by draggin.
the river" ....... ....-
The town of Lincoln, r. l., claims &,
have the Oldest bell. II summons th'
operators of a factory to their daily toi
and bears an inscription, declaring tina
it was made in Amsterdam by Pete
Least in 1858. 1t was brought to thi
country from the West Indies among
lot of refuse metal.
Numerous flocks of crows still hinge
in the evergreen forests of Western
Massachusetts, and this disposition O
the hardy bird to remain in its summe
resorts after the closing in Of winter
accepted by weather seers as prophet
of mild season. Not very mild so far
however.
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A Bronze statue of Mr.. Greeley
suggested to be erected by the side @
that of Franklin in Printing Hous
Square, and in full view of the Tribm