Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-04-22
correspondence.
For the GailipoIis journal.
Cheshire Chunks.
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April 18th, 1875, will be a day long
remembered. Thermometers here mark
ed 20 degrees below freezing. Nary
fruit this year. Leaves and buds are
withered as by fire. Some think that
many frnit trees will be killed.
Mr.. Henry Watson sold, and shipped
to Marietta Mills 100 bushels of wheat
at $l.l2ls cents per bushel.
The "Wall City," Cheshire's own and
only boat, made a short call at our
wharf last Saturday.
Mr.. A ID. Guthrie is fitting up a neat
store-roOm for the reception of drugs,
which he will soon receive. Success to
you, Dunn.
Cheshire has telegraph Office now.
A. ID. Guthrie manipniates the electriei-
| ty.
Miss Hettie McMillin, of Vinton,
Miss Sharpnack. OF Letart, aud Mrs.
Geo. Ruble, OF PomerOy. have been
spending few days among Us.
Capt. Sandford resumed his place on
the roof of the Salt Valley on her last
trip up.
There is lady now in our village,
whose hair. (genuine), is 56 inches long,
and she only weighs l03 lbs.
Rams. Roop, a noted hunter of this
township, predicted several weeks ago,
that on or near the 10Th of April, there
would be good Cracking snow" We
| haven't heard whether Rams caught his
fox or NOT, but we've caught the snow,
we know.
Prof. DeI.ille's lecture on last Saturday
night was well attended. While not
touching upon the realms of spiritualism
proper, the Professor exposed many
''spiritadtistic trrcks," admirably. The
headless man was one of the most per-
feet illusions we ever witnessed.
Quite a number of our young folks
tripped the light fantastic at the resi-
dence of J. Q. Evans, Friday evening
last.
DIR. Watkins, with Il posse of men
and dogs, killed one hundred and forty
five rats in barn 12Xl4, in the space
of three hours. We saw the rats; there
were two bushels of them. 1t positive
ly was a good day for rats. Counting )
bushels of corn to the rat (which is low
enough for Cheshire bottom rat) these
two bushels would have eaten 725
| chShOAo VI wi u OhO yOthA
The happiest man In Cheshire town.
ship, at this time, is Nell. Coughenour.
He's got new wife, and a fat office
supervisor!
Mr.. II. Resener has laid brick pave
ment in front of his property on Front
street. We need more of the same
kind.
IL Cheshire township were divided
into two election precincts, it would
poll twenty votes more than it usually
does. Why not make the division at
once?
Cold weather incidents-BuzZ took his
little Thermometer in TO keep it from
| freezing. Ruble's little panama, which
he was so imprutlent rs to bring out
from its last years resting place, was
sadly frost-bitten. Docs old linen
duster, which he fOndly hoped he could
put Oh in place of his old coat, thus
saving his buying new one, is of no
"fuddah USE" Fessler covered sta
ters" with his overcOat on. Adam ska
ted in Il salt kettle, and many other
| casualties too numerous TO mention.
There is a certain algebraic operation
called a "Regdtire solution" The JOUR-
NAILS local editor got that far once and
stalled, and he has been working every
thing by ''negdtire solution ever since.
That is the way he found out "the girls
who marry" He has got negative So
luton from every one he has yet tried.
Truly, he IL "man Of sorrow and at
quainted with grief" Our correspond
ent forgets. lie knows that when we
were together we were the foremost
est" man in love and lackadaisiness and
with prettiness and pettiness. [Our sub
limatei and elevated self was the ora
ele consulted whenever his copper had
been cooled. Don't pursue the subject.
Drop it like hot potato if you must;
gently if you will; but drop it.-ED.
JOURNAL.
Our burglar has concluded to qnit the
business and go TO work. lie broke into
Coleman's Carriage Factory one night
last week and supplied himself with
small kit of tools. DUNNO.