The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-10-30
Fatal Blow.

The result of the election in Ohio is
fatal blow to Governor Hendricks.
1t is victory in which he has had no
part or lot, a triumph which he has
not helped to obtain. He thought the
nomination of Allen a farce, and he
studiously avoided committing him
self to q movement which he thought
was sare to fail. As usual, he took
counsel of his fears and has come to
grief.-LndidndpOlis journal.
How to make a slow horse fast
Don't feed him.
Putting up stOve-pipe is known in
Danbury as attending Black Crook
matinee.
Many brokers who put on 'airs in
August submitted to close shave in
September.
"Have you heard my last speech 2"
asked haranguer of wit. "I sim
cerely hope So" was the reply.
Do not run in Debt TO the shoema-
ker. 1t is unpleasant to be unable to
say your sole is your own.
Gloss of China packet shipl" ex-
claimed Mrs. PartingtOn. No won-
der, When iron ones aren't always
safe.n
An Irishman having been told that
/ the price of bread had been lowered,
exclaimed: "rhis is the first time l
ever rejoieed at the fall Of my best
/ friend"
There is a time at which lamb be-
comes mutton; there is a time at
which the mint sauce OF filtration has
to be discarded for the cusrant jelly of
serious intentions.
A man in blouse--scene Paris, of
course presents a bottle of perfume to
his beloved, saying: "When you
smell this you will regret that yOar
Creator did not make you all nose.
off there is anything under the can
| lister of heaven that l have in utter
excresenee, y said Mrs. PartingtOn,
sit is the slanderer going about like
a boy.eonstructor. circulating his calO-
mel upon honest folks.
Old Scotch Lady, ntake a snuff,
Sir?p Gentleman with large nasal
promontory, Indignantly, "Do |
| leok Ike a snuffer ?" Old lady, "Well,
/ Gamma jist say ye do, though maun
say ye hae grand accommodation"
General Custar was listener at
Duluth to lecture on how to save
the Indians. He admitted that tue
lecturers doctrines were good for the
| inferior OF church, bat insisted that
!, a man could not practice them upon
the plains and save his hair.
A witness in coart, about to be
sworn, being told by the clerk to hold
up his rieIt hand, Immediately held
/ up his left. t.IIoid up your right
/ hand 5 all the clerk " Please sir, !"
said the witness, still holding mp his
I left haui, 'i I am ieft-h tnd-I"
Z "Dy you know Of any liquor being
! sold in Montpelier, pf vour own per-
snnai knowledge ., g Yes" b.utfiy re-
spontied the Chime; al have sold
( liquor To- eight-of that jury that sit be-
fore y0aIp The prosecution toll him
he could go, although lie was ready Ia
answer further on the subjeft.
"How now?' friend said to Jones,
fiuding him looking unusually cheer
! ful and sprightly, notwithstanding the
fact that he had been up pretty near
( ~ all hight. "You don't seem to be
affected with the crisis" And Jones
merely remarked: mo such thing
it's boy"
! A negro witness on horse trial in
q New Jersey court was asked to ex-
plain the difference between a box
Stall and common stall. Straight
ening himself up he pointed to the
square inciosuFe IN which the judge
was seated, and said, Dat ar's what |
call a box stall, dere where dat old
hoss is sittin' ~ IL took the sheriff
some time to restore order in that
court.
The Garfield Nelrs is willing to as
sumo the responsibility for this story;
% a few days since, two little girls o!
five and seven years of age, were sent
to bring the cows home. While In
their search the air was so darkened
by a dense cloud Of grasshOppers, that
one Of the little ones was unable to
get home, but the Oldest ran to her
mother, who rescued her almost dead
and bleeding child from the great
swarm of biting insects"
A correspondent OF the Country Gen
leBadA has discovered that, as law
of Nature, every spotted dog has the
end of his tail white, and every srot-
ted cat the end OF the tail black. BE
saws he has examined many dogs and
cats in France, England and .Amerca,
and always noticed the same result.
Oar former Minister to Japan, Mr..
Harris, first mentioned the fact con-
cerning the dog in letter published
some years since.