The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-12-02
VOLUME 2S-NUMBER 8.

In spite of statistics there is prlb.
ably less drunkenness in the United
states to-day than there has ever been
before There are Certainly more who
never toneh liquor, and probably more
VINO do not drink IN excess, than at
any previous time. or what Aabits af
TINS kind-there used to be, 50 or 50
years ago. We get some "reminiscences
rom the Rev. DIR. GOOdelL for = long
time missionary to the PeFsiAus, and
I VINO has given some interesting
sketches OF early New England 10
ms boy days punch, egg-nog, and a
mixture OF mOlasses and rum, called
black-stTap, flowed as freely through
the sweet wales Of New England IS
pure cold water does now" He par
ticularly remembers lone good old
man" who invited his father 10 talk
with him about the millennium,
and those devoted "missiOnaries
who had taken their lives in their
hands and gone to the desOlats re-
gions Of Ohio to preach to those be-
nightSd people" At the end OF their
talk mug OF tOdy or OF Zip vas
made, and the sugar in the bottom OF
tue tumbler Distributed b the children.
In his fathers absence yOCng GOodell
once made it so strong that the guest
| couldn't drink it all and the children
finished il, With the result Of laying
them QUIZ This Was his first and
last experience as = bartender. "In
those days" be adds, "every body
drank, old aud young, rich aud poor,
male and female, and our whole
country seemed rapidly descending
on the steep and slippery side Of the
hili toward ruinn
A woman's love Is appermost IN her
mind. Sleeping, IL fills Ter dreams;
on waking, II is her first Thought; la
the moment OF life's Imminent dam
ger. still it is the uppermOst sentiment
especially IL the object is her umbrel-
Ia For lnstance, = lady, fat, fair and
forty, had q narrow escape from beinE
killed at Carlisle. She seII over the
platform while the tram was coming
IN, and Was discovered laying on her
back with her fore foot under the eu-
gine, when she, was extracted from
her periluus position uninjufed, not
withstanding that abe had been drag
ged several yards by the engine, bar
at tue bOlIOn OF which she had firm
ly grasped with both hands, Upon
being lifted upon the platform again
her first words were: t'Where is my
umbrella ?''-HdTTisbarg Patriot.
Kerosene lamps II Kept fulFa will
never explode, as there Is no room In
the lamp when IL is full for the ac-
emulation Of explosive gas.
Most people in cleaning lamp
ehimneys use either brush made OF
bristles twiSt1d into wire, or rag
on the point OF scissors. Both of
these are bad for without great care
the wire or scissors viii scratch
the glass, as Diamond does,
which under the expansive
power of. heat soon breaks, as all
scratched glass will. If you want q
neat little thing that costs nothing,
and will save half your glass, tie
piece OF sort sponge she size of your
chimney to pine stick. -
A young follow once offered To kiss
Quakeress. f'Friend," sail she,
''thee must not do u" "Oh, by Jovs,
but must, I" said the youth. swell,
friend, as thee hAst sworn, thee
may do It but thee must not make .
| practice OF 10. lre aa
StOnsWall JaeksOn's daughter. in
another four years, is going to take .
husband out OF the old StOnewall brig
ade, even il he shall De its Oaly sur
viving member, with both arms gone
aud no legs To stand upon.
A young lady asked Williams
nnrf ID In q annafn
store, "Hsve you happy dreams ?"
Was astOnished when he replied, mo
ma'Am, | sm mostly troubled with
the nightmare" TofEt |
Neuralgia" is the charming name
Of 3 charming girl in Wales. Her
mother found it on medicine bottle
and was eaptivated with its sweetness.
50 some young man is doomed to
suffer neuralgia OF the heart.
There is q man IN New YORK whose
memory Is so short that it only
reaches to his knees. Per cOnse-
quence, ne has not paid for his last
pair Of boots. q i-sH
Take away my first letter, take
away my second letter, take away all
my letters, AMI an still the sAms-
the postman- .....r 81. f.-.
A lsconie letter from = lady to her
husband 81 write you because I
have nothing to do, I conclude be-
cause have nothing to say"
Why is drunkard like bal poll
tician Because ne Is always pOking
bis nose into measures that spoil the
consultation. M rlI tse
In what meter should ''Up in q
balloon" be sang? ? Gas meter.