Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

Social ostracism Is very unsocial. z
1t is better to be useful than rich.
A fast musician-One who plays too
forte. .,. s,.., ,.-.s,....- = -,
No church il too weak to take. up q
collection. f-.{ 4f1n.,5 y --l
1t requires no particular skill to make
a blunder. s-, D.. a..-,.lf :. IS
With hungry men, meal times are
the best times. sf p ggHf I
No Cinnamon has ever yet become a
book agent. ~ - t.
A mother-in-law in the house is q
well spring OF jawy. s.l ii-.,., "a ssi
Time will only hang up his scythe
when he is no mower. --7rslil-s - y
The Beautiful Blue Danube is a
muddy, yellow fraud.
Jonah was stranger among whales,
and they took him in.
At Pekin, H., you can Pekin to,
eighty-seven lager-beer saloons. s..-,...
When was the greatest freak of ma
ture? When Mary had little lamb
What is the largest room in the
world? The room for Improvement
Snails are to be taxed in Paris, which
will make them 60 still more slowly.
The elephant is said to be dying out;
80 you'd better go and see it at once.
A client is never certain about law,
yer, and generally takes him on trial.
Pluck and patience are strong Arm
in transacting the daily business of life.
The proper salutation when you
meet a writing master is, How do you
flourish? p
John G. Calhoun has been arrested in
Memphis for wearing somebody else's
trousers. --sai -
Texas has a town called Lovelsdy.
Old maids are inquiring about the ell
mate there. - s.
Before taking liberties with strange
dog, observe his tail and wait for the
wag on.
A Minnesota man makes the winter
seem short by giving his note payable
in the spring. r'.isa. ai-il 81
Governor Peck, of Vermont, Is q
Marrying would make half
/ bushel of him. .lIa=ls
The meanest man in the world is the
ellOw who knows where Charley Ross
8 and will not tell. .a3 - zel
Mercy Consolation Smith, is Fort
Wayne's handsomest girl. Mercy will
10 doubt be Consolation to some fell
ow.
Monkeys never grow older in ex-
preston. A young monkey looks ex-
lctly like his grandpapa melted up and
,orn over again. s-s5f
The Toledo Herald hopes, If Kala-
laua sells his kingdom to the United
states, he will by suit of clothes. He
WINS shirt now. 7,i1
A father at Dubuque makes his
children address him as follows; for in
respected and reyered
ather, I'll take another later" .4ss
Colorado started q college q few
weeks ago, and up to date its inmates
onsist of one woman, three Indians,
'uffalo calf and Professor of Botany.
A Rhode Island man carries s2OO, eco
ife insurance, ard if he even takes cold
n the head, the companies rush down
hree or four doctors to feel his pulse.
When a young man in Charleston,
!. c., saves the daughter of a million-
ire from drowning, he is presented
1ith a pair of kip boots having red
ops. 4 -s73 s',i
what would you be, dearest, if
hould press the stamp of love, upon
hose sealing-wax iips% II, responded
he fairy-like creature, should be-sta-
-
There is the difference in the bioera-
ny OF James Watt and the legend Of
he pillar of salt. One is the story of
Watts life and the other Is the story
{ Lots wife. sral.la.s.fi > u sesa lIs. :
A Western poet who had expressed
wish to die amid the grand solitude
the eternal mountain tops, was kill
d by the explosion Of a pint Of cheap
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