Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-18

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A street fight in a certain Illinois
town is described as an explosive Cairo
scenes .H3 zgiarf- 2 9aftio Ioi ss-sElff
& Southern Indiana has oil under its
soil all over, and is boring wells even
in its ills, -. ,,..s..., ..i,..., -,
Freeport, ILL.,, seeks puffs for its Wind
mills, which it blows about as the best
in the world. / iiiis1l l.;.sssIsl adf ttfs1sls
why is small patch of ground pur-
chased on credit like a verse of three
iambuses and a cesuraa Why, because
its an-acre-on-tick. ,,.,..s s-.,e.,..;,.,
!. Pr-s-d-nt Gr-nt is said to regard the
| Herdld's apostrophic stquonsque tannd
Penn" as a vulgar personal allusioifeto
his former DuSlness.ili itni ii II baf;
la'A boy at Bloomfielh, Inds, has built
himself a, miniature steam,e en- gine. s He
will probably. ship it to Mexico, as he
makes it go 100 revolutions In a minute.
A child with frogs head was born
in Washington County a few days ago.
The phenomenon is accounted for by its
mother having s freq -in-her throat"
all through the spring. sasGsH
An elderly person named Laing hav-
ing resumed business and opened shop
in an interior town, the local paper is
reminded thereby of "Auld Laings's
sign" "i.eu,-. att Sea-, f,..,s..,rast a
Wapping witnesses, have sworn that
the Tichborne claimant is not Arthur
Orton, which1ooks we'll for the claimant,
unless Mapping witnesses tell fwhop-
ping nDs. .noi2nidssW
Gloucester, Mass, having been dis
covered to be 'just the cheese" for a
watering place, expects to- be doubled
by the cream of Boston this lstimmer.''l'
Tiverton,i r. L.. still retains its itiieo-
retical belief in the eligibility Of female
school commissioners, but after a year
of feminine rule the practical result OF
this falls ballot has been the election
of an entirely masculine board! ssk
= A Memphis sceptic offers 500, to be
given to the Leath Orphan IAsylum. If
any spiritual medium can answer cor
rectly a number Of written. questions de-
posted in a bank in that city,.
Oberlin College has had It's title af-
firmed to considerable tract Of land In
West Virginia conveyed to It by lGerrit
Smith over thirty. years ago, and since
then settled by numerous squatters.
An eccentric resident Of. Stonington,
Conn.,, is breeding skunks, to the inf
in quarter of mile of him. ''.i''
Clinton, Mass, is disgusted at finding
its new town Hall utterly useless for
speaking purposes, ON account of an
overpowering echo, although it was
not at all economically built. a,.sG
d The next time Vice President Colfax
addresses a Sunday-school he's, going TO
lay his hand on his heart and warn the
dear children against the vile practice
of keeping memorandum books l's.s''t
The position of bridge-tender, in Mil
waukee is in great request, not SO much
for the small salary attached thereto as
ON account of the steady and lucrative
perqisites for /, recovering drowned
corpses. s.......
us A happy couple in Iowa, having been
twice married and twice divorcedse are
now doing their counting for the third
time; and the parson and the iAwyer
hope they'll be steady customers for
many years to come.ssefai - issb is.,ss
s1An old gentleman of .Montrsae who
had the whole Of his tongue and. his
lower jaw. removed. some months ago,
not only eats and drinks with ease but
ssarticulates SO as to be understood"
Not being In Rome this Is not cited as a
miracle but simply as a Protestant fact
in surgery. as-l{ yEsiil sGh CssI
Scurrilous persons are fond of insinn-
ating that sausages are composed of cats
flesh. This notion may have arisen
from the fact that sausages are GENERALLY
strung in links, and that the lynx is a
near relation of the cat. ,-i'..i ys'.' ~
Under the shadow of one umbrella,
A maiden fair and city fellow. - Z lH""
Were sailing one day on Lake Lncerne, y
t They thought rs teey sailed SO well togeth-
They'd better san on forever and ever, es..