Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-22


on eternal principles, and capable of
enduring for upwards of Il twelve
month.
The sight Of our own butchers bill,
with steaks and legs Of mutton charged
at the same price as when we began
housekeeping.
The sight Of new patent machine
for washing shirts without knocking
the buttons off.
And, finally, & "sight OF money! paid
by some good fairy of the future to free
US all from the income tax.-London
Punch.
The paper manufacturers of the South
are making very good article from
the leaves of palmetto.
The writingSdesk used by Edmund
Burke has been presented to the 'Ves-
tern Reserve Historical Society Of
Cleveland, o.
1t is worth remembering that print
ed matter rinsufficiently paid or improp-
erly directed has to go into the post-of
fee waste-paper bag.
Glycerine has been suggested as de-
incrustant for steam boilers, as it has
the property of attaching the residue
of lime precipitated by the explosion Of
the free carbonic acid in boiling, and
re-dissolving it.
Westward the star ofsuicide takes its
way. New York has hitherto done the
heaviest business, but Chicago, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis and Cleveland now
compete with her.
A Michigan clergyman has added
new attractions to his services by at
tacking theaters and circuses, and al
lowing the representatives Of those in
stitutions who happen to be in his au-
dience an opportunity of replying.
The charitable people of Holyeke,
Mass, who have supported an cid
Irishman all winter, have lost much of
their faith in human nature since learn
ing that he has paid $1,000 cash for a
house and lot.
he athletic youth of our colleges are.
getting earnestly to work preparing
for the coming contests by flood and
field. Notes of preparation appear
from day to day in The papers published
in the vicinity of the various institu
tom.
A correspondent asserts that the In
dian5 cxpend more money per cGpHG
for the education of their children than
any State in the Union. If this be
true, the money musU be spent in
''teaching their young ideas how to
shoot"
The Maine Republicans hold their
State Convention at Bangor, June 10.
1t has been suggested that Ex-Governor
Edward Kent be run again, after an
interval of service in the office Of about
thirty-three years. Doyou remember
how the State "went, hell bent, for
Governor Kent, and TippecanOe and
Tyler too?"
From 1929 to 1870 there landed upon
our shores nearly S,000,000 of immi-
grants. The increase has gone on year
by year until it is estimated that during
1873 the number Will reach 500, 600. i
large majority of these immigrants ar
rive at the port of New York, and an
immense per centage of them seek the
fields of the West.
A Boston paper assures US that ga
hypocritical political cabal has made
Massachusetts stink in the eyes of tie
world" This is almost equal 70 the
eloquent sentence of Sir Boyle Roche
"Mr. Speaker, smell a rat, / see him
floating in the air, but, mark lne, sir, |
will yet nip it in the bud"
Some Indians on tie Tuscarora re-
servation, New York, wanted 10 i'm
port horses free from Canada, and elici-
ted theruling that h0res cannot be iI1i-
ported free of duty for Indians, tie an
imals not being such property is is Us
ual among Indians within the meaning
of section l05 Cf the act of March =.
17G9.
Already, bofole the ire, are in iet.f,
gossip runs npon the summer resorts.
AS uuIal, New port is to be "top-side.''
Thithcr will resort the weallIiiest and
res ectablest, The diplomatic corps, the
operate star now in perigec, and great
numbers Of professional and literary
people.
A Connecticut editor having been
elected fence viewer, calls on all who'll
have fences 10 be viewed. TO bring
them to his office, under penalty of
the law.
"Girls," saida worthy oil lady to
her graliddaughters, Whenever Il :cl.
low pops the question don't b ush and
stare at your foot. Just throw you
arms around his neck, look him fun in
the face, and commence talking about
the furniture" /