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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-21

The biggest thing yet. Humor, Wit, Pathos
Life Fun and Laughter, $50 comic cuts. The
people yearn for it. 1t will sell in dull times
SHOW it to man and he surrenders. 1t is sure
every time. Don't bother with heavy books
that nobody wants. Humor is the thing that
takes. Agents wanted everywhere. Send for
circulars and extra terms To-day Pub, Co.,
Philadelphia, New York, Boston. or Chicago
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-21
The Story Of Blind Mans 1un

Z Il 4 u p . "
The game of Blind Mans Buff
is a source of great fun. 1t is
commonly regarded as child's
sport. Few probably. y.knewthat
it has a history of eight hundred
years length, and that it traces
its origin to an event which was
serious matter for one of the
participants. The history is thus
given in 81. Nicholas: q hi5D
9Biind Mans Buff is one ofthe
sports that came over to Eng
land in the train of William the
Conqueror. 1t had its origin in
Liege-one of the fair provinces
Of France, in the prosperous days
of Robert the Devout, who sue
ceedeat the famous cid; French
monarch, Hugues Capet, in the
year 996. In the year 999, ,Leige
received, Z among her valiant
chiefs, one Jean Colin. He was
almost a giantin strength, a Sam
son among the Liegeois, and
nearly shared the experience of
Samson Of old, as you shall pres
emily hear. This grim warrior
used to crush his opponents with
a mallet. ltwas considered de-
stable to honor him with a title
which should follow his name.
What should it bel Not head
j tter,' Of course; but the poet.
cal designation, Mdilard, or
Jean Colin of the Mallat. Feuds
were of perpetual occurrence in
those dark old times, and Jean
Collins mallet was kept constant
ly busy in quelling them. Ter
rible became the name of Jean
Colin Mailard.
"But Liege had another vail
ant chief, Count de Louvain, who
when Mailard had proved him.
self superior to all Of his other
opponents, continued to bear
arms against HIM. We cannot
say whether or not Count de Lou
vain learned his war lessons
from the conduct of the enemies
of Samson, but, as he was ambi
tiOus<t to avoid the tap of Jean
Collins mallet upon his own head,
he formed the plan OF putting
out Jean Collins eyes. A great
battle was fought between the
two chiefs and their forces. At
the very first onset Count de
Lonvain Succeeded in his pur-
pose OF piercing both the eyes of
Mailard, and he looked upon the
field as already won. But the
latter, with spirit like that of
blind Samson, determined that
his opponents should perish with
him, and ordered his esquire to
take him into the thickest of the
fight. There he brandished his
mallet ON either hand, and did
such fearful execution that his
enemies fell around him in such
numbers that victory soon de-
cfared itself on his side.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-21

ton and the yield was half a ton
to the acre. Nebraska is more
suitable for flax cultivation than
Ohio /; and farmers who migrate
to this promising State, where
the land is virgin, rich and cheap,
may wisely keep this subject in
view.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-21

connecting at Leavenworth with Kansas Pa
ciflc and Missouri Pacific Railroads, and at
Atchison with Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe.
Central Branch Union Pacific, and Atchison 4
Nebraska Railroads, for all points in
Kansas, Indian Territories, Colorado ard
New Mexico.
This Company have built a full complement
Of Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars,
which for external beauty yand interior arrange
ments for the comfort, convenience andluNury
of passengers are unequalled, ifequaled, by any
other cars of the kind in the world.
n67~ Through tickets for sale at all General
Offlces in the States and Canada.
HUGH RIDDLE, General Superintendent.
A. M. SMITH, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cago, Ill. s5yt
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-21

cHfhfTFp e send 70 cents for the new
ORGklko self adjusting cigarette and
cigar holder; for 50 cents. n ROBERTS
4 CO,l76 Broadway New York 92m6
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
PHCNNlGRAMS.

DE Quincy somewhere tells an an
ecdote OF a man who, on being threatened
with assault by eighteen tailors, cried
out, Come on, beth of you"
Talking about upsetting sleighs,
! Wicks remarked TO young lady he was
taking out to drive, II always pick out
| the soitest place | can when | upset my
| sleigh" She replied, "Why, l should
think it would grow monotonous, always
falling on your head"
BE careful how you drink, or you'll
wash the color from your cheeks" said n
gentleman at fashionable party, as he
handed glass of water TO lady. There
is no danger of your ever taking water
enough to remove the color from your
face" was the good-natured retort.
A mule on Colonel Selden's place in
Miry Brook has the whooping cough. 1t
has its coughing spells in the night, and
were 1t the only son OF greatly beloved
king it could not have more attentive
auditory than that which bounds out of
the beds in the neighborhood on the
occurrency of n paroxysm. -Ddabary
Neos,
An Irish glazier was putting a pane
OF glass into Il window, when groom
who was standing by began joking him,
telling him to mind and put IN plenty of
putty. The Irishman bore The banter for
some time, but at last silenced his tor
mentor with "Arrah, now be Off wild
ye, or else I'll put "A pain in yer head
without any putty"
"A crossing sweeper was trying to get
gratuity from an excessively dandfed
individual, who in resisting urged that he
had no change, nothing but twenty
dollar bill. ii can get it changed for
yer" said the youngster. On seeing the
dandy hesitate as ii from fear of trusting
him with n twenty-dollar bill, he put in
again, IF yer doubts my honor, hold my
broom"
Now is the season for molasses candy
pulls-the attractive season when men sit
unsuspiciously down in chair and con
clude To stay there; when maidens are
unable to close their mouths because of
coagulated candy in their back hair; and
when cats walk gravely into the pan set
out on the veranda TO cool, and make
Rome howl as II iastens them in its sweet
embrace.
There is amost ingenious Marshal in
Flushing, l.. J., gentleman who is re-
markable for the success of his little
games on people. just before New Years
a little girl gave him two dollars to get her
a pair Of gloves in New York, for pres
ent. The Flushing Marshal got the
gloves for dollar and quarter told the
little girl they cost one dollar and three
quarters, gave her quarter change, put
the half dollar in his pocket, and nearly
Chuckled himself into a case of spopexy
over the success of his operation. New
Years morning his wife presented him
a pair of gloves, and explained how she
had secretly arranged for their purchase
with little girl. The Flushing Marshal
put the gloves in his pocket smiled
lightly, and narrowly escaped fainting
dead away Danbu1y Ners.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

shun witch resulted in Bascom and Deekin
putting up the money and gettin reject
in full and the withdrawal of the SCOT, and
Bigler and Pollock withdrawed in great
glee.
Now comes the Sekel to this outrageous
transaction. Bascom harnessed his mule
and took me over to Secessonville the
next mornin where | was To take my new
place. The stashen agent wuz there ez
yoosual, and he perposed To stay. showd
him my authority. He lailt
The name at the end wv the letter."
sed he, don't happen TO be the name NV
our President"
Then this letter Nv appointment is a."
"Hoax, guess. Somebody hez bin i'm.
posin on you. 1t amt in the honest hand.
writin Nv anybody connected with the
road
ltwuz too troo We returned sadly to
the Corners. Bascom never spoke a word
to ME till he reached his bar Then he
sent for the Deekin and told him the sad
news. Then Issaker came in and told
EN- that il had all leaked out. Pollock
and Joe Bigler he'd put the thing up to
enable EN- to get their money out NV me
and they succeeded. They wrote the
letter OF appointment and carried out the
serious joke to its disgustin end
The sorrow NV Bascom and the Deekin
wuz tetchin
'Sixy-three dollars and twentv.f
cents in cash in addition To what he owes
u.s." sighed they.
And he is still on our hands, they
yelled, glarin at me
! take it philosophically. | shell stay
here and labor Tor these people till a
change in the politikle world puts me
in offs agin. The joke is onto them, not
me. PETRoLECM Y. Massey.
(Which wu2 Postmaster \
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

"'Then the little boy is all alone in the
worlds'
"'All alone, ma'am.'
How long has his mother been dead 2
and the dear woman looked away from
nay face, and waited till could speak.
1.-Two years. | answered
And you loved her?' came next.
Dearly was all could say.
And what do you think your dear
mother would say-how do you think she
would teel-to know that her little boy
was guilty of such disgusting habit as
thisY pointing to my cheek where the
tell-tale quid had vainly tried to stand its
ground
al must leave now,' she continued,
but here is my card, and if you come to
me most any evening, shall be glad to
see you, and perhaps we can be of SER
vice to each other
She gave me her little gloved hand,
and to my dying day shall never forget
the sensation OF that moment. ! could not
bear to part with her; without her | felt
that | could do nothing - with her |
could grow to a mans estate-a man in
the truest sense Of the word From that
moment tobacco never passed my lips.
GAS soon as could summon courage ]
called upon that lady. Well do | remem-
Der how my heart beat as waited in the
elegant parlor for her to come down; and
how awkward felt as ! followed my
guide to her private sittingroom. Here
she got at every point of my life, and be
fore babe her good-by it was arranged
that | should spend two evenings of each
week at her house, and study on these oc-
casions just what she thought best.
mo lover ever looked forward to meet
ing with the mistress of his heart any
more ardently than did l to these meet
ings with my friend.
81 grew careful of my personal appear
ance, careful of my conversation, and
strove in every way to be worthy of this
noble friendship. Two years passed in
this delightful manner-two years that
made me. My friend not only attended
to my studies, striving also all the while
to SOW the right kind of spiritual seed,
hut she procured me a business situation
with particular friend of hers where |
remain TO this day. Nobody, but God,
knows what owe this woman. During
the last three months of those two years
| noticed that she grew constantly pale
and tlin; she never was betrayed into
speaking of herself. Sometimes, when |
would ask her if she felt worse than
usual, she would reply:
"'Oh, no! l am only a little tired-that
is ALL
zone evening she kept me by her sofa
much longer than was her custom, while
she arranged lessons and laid out work
enough il seemed to me for months
"'Why so much tonight | inquired,
conscious that my heart ached, and vague
~ suspeCting the cause.
Because, DEAR she answered, i do
not want you to come for the next week,
and | am anxious that you should have
sufficient work to anticipate as we'll as to
keep you busy. | think | can trust you
to be a good boy, john
I" i think y0s can, ma'am,' | answered,
almost sobbing.
of | should see your mother, my boy,
before long, what shall l say to her for
your
Then | knew all, and my grief knew
no bounds 1t is no use to go on. She
died two days after, and when | hear folks
saying, There's woman at the bottom of
it, ! feel like telling the whole world
what a woman did for me-"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

A middlc.aged gentleman and lady had
made arrangements to be united in "the
holy bonds" Their plan was to visit the
residence of clergyman, have the cerc-
mony performed quietly and without any
wedding party" and then proceed to
one of the theaters to spend the remain
der of the evening Their desire was to
procure the services of Rev. Dr. Ryder,
and during the day the soon-to be-married
man made several attempts to find the
Doctor, but failed SO, just at night,
thinking that one minister could perform
the services as legally rs another, he ap-
piled to Reverend DR. Sullivan, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, and engaged
that gentleman to otticiate. 1t was ar
ranged that the couple should visit the
rector's residence at seven o'clock, when
the interesting ceremony should be per-
formed. Promptly at the hour appoint
ed, the candidates for the matrimonial
yoke" accompanied by lady friend,
arrived at the residence Of DR.. Sullivan,
on Wabash avenue, having ridden about
three miles to reach it. On entering the
parlor, they were met by the reverend
doctor, wearing his official robe, ard
without delay the smiling couple Joined
having proceeded for several minutes, and
reached the point where the couple were
about to be pronounced husband and
Wife" the officiating clergyman suddenly
paused, and addressing the almost mar
ried lady, said;
Excuse me, but - but - Madam, /
should like TO ask you question. Are
you q widow"
e am, sir, " replied the lady thus ad
dressed.
as your husband dead'"
"No, sir, he is living; but am legally
and properly divorced from him"
81 am sorry To say, then" replied the
rector, "that can proceed no further"
The surprise and CONSERVATION of the
halfunted couple may perhaps be mag
ined but it cannot well be described. In
justice TO DR.. sullivan and by way OF ex-
planning this curious episode, il should be
here stated that the Episcopal Conven-
ton for the Diocese Of Illinois, year or
two ago, passed a resolution forbidding
any clergyman Of that denomination from
performing the marriage ceremony for
party who had been divorced, and whose
husband or wife was still living. And
that resolution was what played the mis-
chlel win the ceremony AZ Ut. SULLIVAN =
house Last night.
Though surprised and shocked by this
unexpected interruption Of the proceed
ings, the candidates for wedlock were not
discouraged. They were determined TO
accomplish the mission on which they
had started, at all hazards. SO, bidding
Dr. Sullivan good evening, they re-cn-
tered their carriage, the hali.married man
ordering the coachman 10 find DIR. Ryder,
if it took till midnight. After half
hours further drive, DIR Ryder was found
at his own residence, and the marriage
was there speedily contaminated, the
Doctor proceeding de nopo rs the lawyers
have it. The happy couple then departed,
husband and wife" arriving at the thea
ter little late, but feeling that "all's
well that ends well "--Chica0o Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
4 ChURNING SONG.

EY su.As DiNsMoRE.
Apran on and dash in hand,
Ger tho Old Churn here | stand
Cachugl
How tbs thick cream spurts and flies
now Ga shoes, and now in eyes =
CRchugi cachugl
Al, how soon / tired getl
Bat the batter fingers yeti
Uaehugl
Aching back and weary arm
quito rob churning of its charm !
Caehugl cachugl
See the golden specks appcarl
and the chlrn rings SHARP and clear
Cachiakl
Arms that have to flag begun
Work on; you Will soon be done
caobinkl cacbinkl
Rich fakes cling TO lid and DASH
Hear thG thin milk's watery splash
C4linki ..-Eei
Sweetest music to the ear.
For il Gays the butter is herel-
Cailgki calink
st. Nicholas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
A Boston Boys Noble Revenge.

The Boston Globe relates the follow
ing: A working girl in this city was en-
gagged, recently, to be married to a young
man who appeared to be highly respecta-
bic, and indeed was, as the world looks at
the matter. During the existence Of the en-.
gagement, however, the girls father died,
and that event placed her in very trying
position. The support of her family,
which consisted, besides herself, of her
mother and two or three small children,
devolved upon her and little brother,
who was old enough to do work as an err
rand boy, and thus contribute something.
She considered it her duty TO provide fer
her mother and the little ones, and, If she
married, their maintenance would fall on
her husband. The latter she was unwill-
ing to have occur, even ii her intended
husband would accept the charge, which
she doubted, and she therefore told him
not knowing why she took this course, as
she was too high spirited to tell him, sup
posed that he had been supplanted by a
rival, and vowed vengeance. She was
alarmed by this threat, thinking that he
would do her bodily harm. but the course
which he took was far different. He in
weighed the little brother into committing
a criminal offense, for which he was sent
to a place of Juvenile reformation, thus
taking from the family what little sup
port was derived from the boys work.
The girl, unaided is now supporting the
family, and her case is one OF many.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
THE HONEST NAN WHO PAYS.

There Ii one among the many,
Can yos tell me where he siaysY
He's an odd, old fashioned party.
Called the honest man who pays:
Yee-the honest man who pays
Every dollar he may owe,
Keeping up the good old ways
That 80 many scarcely know.
If he gives his word OF promise
lis bond as good as gold
If he holds post of honor,
Not u trust liz ever's sold
by the honest man who pay
Every d bit he may incur,
Yielding each a just award.
And no grudging or demur.
And fm told this rare old party
Liyes-wlthin his income, won
by the fgircst, squarest dealing
We zee beneath the sun.
And the honest man who pays
Always holds it good and right
Por ghe rich TO help the needy
When the times are tough and tight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

The story Of that Louisiana bride
turning to stone by drinking water from a
bowlder turns out to be a fabrication. She
merely turned" to Charles and asked #
her dear mother couldn't always live with
them Charles was the one who turned
to stone.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

"A Titusville paper says; "a man
called at one o. our shoe stores yesterday,
and vainly essayed to get on either No.
eleven, or twelve, or thirteen shoes. The
storekeepcr then suggested that he should
put on a thinner pair OF stockings and
try on the box"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

ACCORDING to Mr.. Alexander Delmar,
the utmost capacity of a population to
consume grain in the form of food is
eight to ten bushels per capita per an
mum. The grain product OF the CONNER
cial world, however, amounts TO eighteen
bushels per head, giving an excess of sup
ply which necessarily makes agriculture
Improbable. In 1913 Indian corn was
worth sixty-seyen currency. "If this"
says Mr.. Delmar, "does not demonstrate
over-supply, political economy is val
ueess science, and observation in matters
pertaining to breadstutfs must go for
for nothing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

A CURIOUS machine, lately invented, is
the pulsometer. 1t is a steam pump, OPP
Grating without cylinder, piston, piston.
rod, stufiing boxes, glands, cams, eccen-
tries, side valves, cranks or hy-wheels.
The steam and water are brought directly
in contact in certain chambers, where the
alternating vacuum and pressure eXerted
by the steam is simply utilized to lift and
force the water by species Of pulsating
action.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

CHILDREN suffering from wind on the
stomach can be soon relieved by apply
ing to their bowels cloths wrung out Of
hot water As soon as the pain ceases
wrap them well up, and keep them
quiet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
MASSEY.

From the Toledo Blade.l
Mr.. Nasty is Fiattered by an Appoint-
ment-The Treachery of Pollock aud
the Exasperating Bigler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-01-14
So PER ANNUM.
A LAKE MYSTERY.

The Detroit Fr,e Press has the fol.
lowing: SUNDAY morning two far.
mers and their families, who were
driving to Maiden to attend church,
noticed, wheu about eight miles be.
low, or east of the town, ships yawl
on the lake, heading toward the beach.
and about half mile away. They
could plainly make out man in the
sheets steering the boat with an oar,
and although there we're no vessels in
sight, the morning was so pleasant and
the sea so smooth that it was supposed
the man had put out from shore to pick
uu something, and but little attention
was paid to the yawl. Passing the
same spot on theit return the men
found the yawl hard on the beach, and
the man sitting stiff and motionless in
her stern. Leaving their wagons they
discovered shat the man was lifeles,
and frozen as hard as a rock. He sat
bolt upright on the seat, the oar nut
behind and both hands clasping the
handle, and it required hard work to
wrench it from his death grip. There
WAS about foot of water in the boat,
hut the craft did not show rough usage
The mans legs were almost covered
with ice as far up rs his knees, and
the spray had dashed up hi. back and
shoulders and frozen there. There was
no name on the boat. and the person
who brought the information to Wind.
sor yesterday could not say that any
thing was found on the person of the
man to reveal his identity, nor to show
how he had been cast adrift. Ii is not
believed that he put off from any yes.
sci, but it is the theory Of some Of the
marine men that he was driven from
some Of the islands,or from some point
down the shore. No one could say
how long he had been ahnat, or when
death overlook him, but he must have
been dead ut least three days or more.
There was neither sail nor mast to the
boat, and nothing in il but the one
man. showing that the poor fellow had
not intended long trip anywhere. nd
that he must have been blown off the
shore. He had used the oar to keep
before the wind, and had frozen to
death on the seat, where he was so
firmly held by the ice that it had to
be broken by stone before he could
be pulled of. For days, and perhaps
for a fortnight, the frozen man sat
there with his icy fingers clipgiug to
the ashen oar, and the gales and the
waves spared h M to reach the beach
and receive Christian burial, while u
score of hardy men manned Il staunch
propeller saw her go down to grave
in the deep waters and followed after.
Truly the great lakes have their. mys
ter.es as well as the broad ocean.