The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-25
NUMBER 81.
FACTS AND FANCIES.


Young man with flower on his coat 10
to marry the young woman WIN '"o
habit of saying "The ide-yah;"
A Pennsylvania named Wingert Guy
his toe off because of nm aching corn, ana
then hung himself because of the aching
of the amputated toe.
"A new mode of dispensing a mob has
been discovered to supcrsede the
necessity of n military forcc-it IL to pass
around contribution box.
Patti has 50 many diamonds that il
takes one man constantly to watch them,
either Mt home or abroad, and double
care is taken while travelling.
Miss Nancy Valentine, of Cumbcr-
land, Maryland was one hundred years
old in August last; and where II thc
man who wants Miss Nancy for his val
cntinc?
A Dutch assessor says it ispositiycIy
amusing how cheap property becomes as
he passes up or down street. 1t iallS
seventy per cent, whenever he enters
| house.
If your horses have the cpizoot, DIS
solve Il tcaspoonful Of crystal chloratc OF
potash in a bucket of water, this amount
making morning dose for four horses
A purchaser of riverside property
asked the real estate agent if the river
did not overflow its banks. wei,
said he, at isn't one of those slckly
streams that are always confined to lhelr
beds"
Various American artists who nave
been living and working abroad during
the past ten years have returned ho1c
convinced that American cities, nliorI,
better market for their work tlaU "'i
Europe.
TIE cruclcst Joke that happened this year
Was that Of the cheeky passenger
who passed counterfeit shinplnSccr
On nn innocent hOrsc.car conductor,
And then slipped out of the chr ~ thr rear
And round the corner wnltzcd oil on ms ear
The Rev. Henry Mortonsscrmon on
" Seventeen Reasons Why Men Don't Go
to Church " il likcncd by wise people to
that famous song with 400 verses. 1he
first reason why men don't 60 to chUrch
is because they don't want to, ana thc
seventeenth reason is the same.
Fer fifty cents Detroit astrologISt
predicts one husband and II moderately
hnppv life; for dollar she predicts
second husband worth a million dollars
and n house full of love and felicity Ana
that woman is fool who doesn't tpay one
dollar and take the second husband ilrSI'
The st. Louis Times rcviycs dear
old memories by rcmnrking:, There are
Young men who cannot hold SR'il! oi
yarn for their mothers without wihclliS,
but will hold one hundred and twenty
five pounds of ncighlnrlng family l"r
the best part of the night with n patience
and dociity that are certainly phc-
nomcnal.
The late eccentric Marquis of Water
ford offered a railroad company to,ouo
if they would allow him to witness thc
exciting spectacle of two engines dashIhg
| into one another at full speed from OPP
| poste directions on the same line; puI
the company could not see the matter III
sporting light, and the offer was res
pcctfully declined. -,
Always be courteous. Inc MAXIM
was uppermost in the mind of the lady,
who, wishing to say lively thing, cX-
claimed: "What a lovely boy! Just the
image of his father kneeling in slmu-
lated enthusiasm beside the cradle where
she supposed the babe was sleeping, whrh'
to her confusion, the cat sprang from lhe
cot and cut short her eulogium.
Edwin Booth has discovered some
thing new during his confinement from
his broken arm which he will Introduce
into hisnext impersonation OF Hamlet
II is that in Hamlet's time no such thihS
as velvet was known, and Hamlets dress
on Booth hereafter will be stripped oi
velvet. ,Ll
A young fellow entered church ana
took his seat, keeping his hat on An
elder noticing it requested him to take II
, off. His request not being compllen WIN
, he spoke to the young man second tlhc,
and seeing he still hcsitated, the elder
gently lifted the hat Oft, when, 10 MS Ms
chagrin, out rolled quart OF hickory
nuts, making more noise than was con- H.
sistcnt with decorum. " Man, quletly
said the youth, "see what you nave
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