Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-19
miscellaneous.

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No other living Thing can go 80
slow as a boy on an GRAND.
A legal tonder.-A lawyer mind
ing his baby. "A
The SWISS women are all taught
how to shoot.
..Semi-dress" is the masculine
gender of "demi-toilet."
A LADY is now distinguished Dy
her plain costumes on the street. II
has come to this at last.
There is an establishment in Paris
whose sole business is to make over
and recurl feathers. The business
done is enormous.
A man who had been to a crowded
hall said he was fond of rings on
the fingers, but he didn't like bellies
on his toes.
To Norway and Sweden is the
fashionable tour among English
swelIs, pleasure seekers, and the
im;tators of Isaac Walton.
A cookery school has been es-
tabIished among several aristocratic
ladies in London, who agree to take
home and eat what they cook.
The cattle plague is causing grave
apprehensions in Switzerland.
The President of the Swiss Re-
public gets a salary of s3,OOOa year.
A French aeronaut, NJ. Poilwin,
proposes to make a transatlantic
trip in a large balloon.
A certain mar has a watch which
he says has gained enough to pay
for itself in six months.
Quite a number of young men in
this city are attending = night school,
where Latin is taught. At least we
Judge so, as We saw a crowd the
other evening who had got as far as
"Hic."
A o%uarrelsome couple were dis
cussing the subject of epitaphs and
tombstones, and the husband said:
"My dear, what kind of a stone do
YOU suppose they will give me when
Idie2" birthstone, my love-" was
the affectionate reply.
He that hath a trade, hath an
estate; and he that hath a calling,
hath a place of profit and honor. A
ploughman on his legs is better than
a gentleman on his knees.
A Boston mar was cursing an
editor the other day, when he fell
dead. Such cases occur every day
or two, yet reckless people go on
cursing editors in defiance of these
repeated warnings.
The last match in the box gener
ally fails to burn; so he who walks
in the dark all his life, and strikes
for light only On his death bed, is in
danger of awakening naught but g
strong odor of birthstone.
One Of the most efficient house.
keepers in Massachusetts is a lady
of eighty-two winters, who has filled
her present station upward of hall
a century, and appears to be good
for another decade.
The Roman Catholic Church, Of
Boston, under the direction of the
Paulist Fathers, have made a com
bined attack on rum drinking, run
selling and other vices, with the
hope of rescuing the young from
the temptations that beset them.
A Perry county farmer has fol-
the past year or two adopted The
plan of sowing oats with his wheai
in the fall. as a remedy for the raw
ages of the fly, and it has proved
success 1t is also a great protec
ton to the crop through our hare
winters.
A negro named Santee has BEEF
creating a sensation in louisian.
and Mississippi by doing a livel..
business as 8 prophet, and the Gu
rious thing about his prophecies j
that they prove to be true. He
said to have foretold the pestilenc
at Shreveport a year ago.
A reformed gambler was about t
die, and sent for a minister, wbe
the following conversation occurred
"Pastor, do You think L am nea
death?" 81 regret to say you are.
"Do you think, since | am convert
ed, l will 60 to heavenY' Il do.
"Do you expect to 60 there, too?
eyes, | believe / will" "Well, we
be angels, won't we, and have wing
to fly with?" Eyes, I'm sure W
will be like angels" well, then,
said the dying man, "Ill bet 20
five dollars l will beat you flying.