Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-05
II CHRONICLE

Doublin bells carry "blaekthOrnn
walking sticks.
The health of Mrs. Senator Morton
is steadily failing.
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson is read
ing in Connecticut.
Mayor Hayemeyer, of New York,
is seventy, tall, portly and white
haired.
Lucca says: az nefer see so pad a
plaiz as Sc Philamadelfy to gif one Sc
sore troat.'
The estate of Pike, the opera house
man, is expected ~tOrealize about 500
OOO, 600.
a Portland, Oregon, man recently
struck an Indian on the foot with a
sledge hammer, and damaged his In
dian corn.
Paris pick pockets have dogs with
them, and when the dog grabs the
man by the leg, the thief gets into his
pocket.
According to the statistics Of the
last complete census of the United
States, men Outnumbered women by
42S, $50.
We're in a pickle now, said a man
in a crowd. A regular jam, said an
other. Heaven preserve u.s. moaned
an old lady.
The MOrmOns are petitiOning Heav-
en- to prevent the spread of smallpox
in their lonely valley unless it can be
confined to the Gentiles.
An old lady was admiring the beau
tiful picture, called Saved" ITS
no wonder" said she, that the poor
child tainted, after pulling that great
dog out of the water"
"Margery, what did you do with the
tallow that Mr.. Jones creased his
boots with to-day 2" please, marin,
l fried the griddle cakes with it."-
it."
A man asked a servant, SIS your
master at home?'' mo; he's out.r
Your mistress ?" mo, sir she's
out, too" "Well, III just step in
and take a warm at the fire till they
come in" Faith, sir, aud that's out
too"
''Sally, what have you done with
the cream d? These children can not
eat skim milk for breakfast" Sure.
ma'am, and it isn't myselfthat would
be afther giving tina scum TO yez. /
TUX that off and gave it to the cats"
The best preventative against
ehapped hands is to be careful. in
washing, that the soap is entirely
washed off, and afterward to wipe the
hands perfectly dry, rubbing them
briskly until there is not the slightest
feeling of dampness remaining.
"'It's aye raining in Greenoek" has
become a proverbial saying. During
last year, in that pluvial Scotch town,
rain fell on no fewer than 252 DAYS
out of 362-the total depth being S6l5
inches, the largest rainfall on record,
even in that rainy district
Two thousand four hundred and
seventy-five liquor shops and eight
dogs are licenced in Chicago. The
licensing of dogs is a measure for the
protection of lambs. Innoceney is
either rare in Chicago or it is a piano.
ply equal to its own protection, even
against the dram shop.
At the southwest corner of the Old
South Church, Boston, a few feet
above the ground, there is q stone
which bears this inscription an. E.
March 81, 1929" 1t is supposed that
it means newly erected in I729."-
The Boston Journal asks: "How
many of the thousands who have
passed that way ever noticed this
stone?"
In a San Francisco court, the other
day, q little dialogue ran thus: Coun-
ell to witness-"YOu say you were at
his house every night?h Eyes, sir.u
Were you his partner" "No, sir"
ANY relative of his?1 MOI
what were you doing at his house
every night ?'5 II was Sparkling his
wife's sister"
A Scranton man who went home
the other evening and found his house
locked up, after infinite trouble, man.
aged to gain entrance through a back
window, and then discovered Cd the
parlOr table a note from his wife,
reading: II have gone out ; you will
find the door key on one side of the
door STEP"
A Hartford subscriber writes that
he is just recovering from smallpox,
aud will be on in q few days to renew
his subscription. We hope he won't
mind a little thing like that. We
will send the paper and wait for the
money. We will wait eheerfully.-
We amt of that avarieious kind Of
people who will grab for none as if
for very life. We despise such things.
There's no earthly reason for his
coming on; we will wait.-[Danbury
News.
A lady was told the other day by a
travelling gentleman travellers, you
know, are proverbially given 10 fab
%ricatiOn) that every lady Who had a
small mouth was provided with a
husband by government. 18th it pos
sible ?" said the lady, making her
mouth as little as she could. The gen.
tleman added, that if she had a large
mouth, she was provided with two
husbands" my gracious y exclaim-
ed the lady, at the same time throw
ing her mouth open to the full extent.
The gentleman became much alarmed
made his escape, and has not been