Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-05-28
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The Cincinnati elephant that swallowed two
gallons Of whisky at one gulp says he took it
"fOr cold"
There is laughter in Chicago because st.
Louis detective went there and had his pocket
picked on horse. car.
Newspaper readers do not like to peruse in
different poetry by little girls-unless the lit
tie girls are their own.
Sylvester Shupe, running portable saw-miI
of Oakland, Fairfield county, had both hands
taken off in the machinery.
A country boy, having heard ofsailors heav-
ing up anchors wanted to know if it was sea-
sickness that made them do it.
A lady asked veteran which rifle carried
the maximum distance The old chap answer
. ed, "The Minnie, num-"
A Texas man recently declined TO receive
tslegraphio dispatch from yellow fever local
ity lest he might catch the disease.
A Democratic Congressman it is said has
purchased the Williams landanlet for the pur
pose of making stump speeches from it.
A Sunday school scholar being asked what
became of men who deceive their fellOw-m men,
promptly exclaimed, "They go to Europe"
'Kind words are wonderful in their way"
says an exchange, "but so far as ehildran go,
boot.jack exerts a more powerful influence"
A lady asked Mr.. johnson if he liked chill
drsn. "Don't know, ma'am," answered that
an OGRE"
W.D. Blocher, commanding Baxter forces in
the Arkaneas troubles, is q son of B. M. Bloch
er, of Martins Ferry, Belmont county in this
State.
Subscriptions are now being taken to com
plete the gap in the Gallipolis, Macarthur and
Columbus railway, between Macarthur and
Vinton Station.
Jenkins teld his son, who proposed to buy a
20 ha nv1I ha
hinder half, as 1t eats nothing and gives all
the milk.
A watch maker wants to know whether, if q
man runs away from a scolding wife, his move
ments should not be called lever escapement.
A Philadelphia youth was recently married
to a girl who had refused him eighteen times
He wishes now he hadn' asked her but seven
teen.
"This summer ladies are going to wear their
hair as they did threehundred years ago." says
an exchange. This makes some of the ladies
pretty old.
A man was boasting that he had been mar
ried for twenty years and had never given his
wife a cross word. Those who knew him say
he didn't dare to.
A paper at Elgin says that a mans social
standins in that town is graded by whether he
drops a tenpenny nail or quarter into the
church contribution box.
from Boston for Europe who doesn't expect to
marry nobleman; another one who isn't go.
ing to Italy to study music.
The cranberry business has Increased SO
rapidly in Jackson county, Wisconsin, that the
railroad company is asked to erect depot in
the center Of the cranberry district.
q "A Lucas county (Iowal stock raiser recently
sold one hundred and fifty head of fat cattle
7 the average weight being 200 pounds, and
, for the lot he received the snug sum of S15
24Oy22.
The production of wool in the United State
during the last four years, was: In 1870, I25
600 900 pounds; 1871, lI2, 800, 600; 1872, lis
100000 pounds; 1873, I48, SOC, 900 pounds.
Black leg is creating considerable hnvO
among the cattle IN Calhoun county, Iowa. 4
Mr. Owen says that piece of saltpetre tn
size of walnut, given to each animal, is a
effective remedy. ......
81 A little Troy boy who was worrying over
piece of shad at dinner lately, demoralized hi
mother by asking, ''mamma, where did Go
find all the bones to make the first shad of
Nesmith, of Oregon, has gained fame by
witticism in describing mule as can humbl
animal that has no pride of ancestry and \
hope of posterity," and deserves place in th
small cabinet that holds specimens of Cor
Rressional wit.