Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-03-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

Does any one detect the odor of vio-
lets upon The balmy air.
A patent editorial stove, which. only
burns basket of poems day, is out.
They do say that this winter closely
resembles that of 170l. Remember il.
Hints to the managers of poultry
shows-Exhibit some henpecked hus-
bands.
Divorce in Maine is annually increas-
ing. Last year 4S7 divorces were grant
ed.
A suitable and permanent monu-
ment to Oakes Ames will be erected OF
the line Of the Union Pacific railway.
Il always thought 1 should never
rear that child seid an old lady of 80,
on hearing of the death of her son, age
10.
A humorous apothecary in Boston
exposes case of soap in his shop win
dow with the pertinent inscription
Cheaper than dirt
When Florida Indian is likely to
die, his friends place him where an al
ligator can take him in, and thus save
burial expenses.
| The tailor relies on measures, not
men, when garments are to be fitted;
but wheu the bill is to be paid, then he
goes for the man.
Your SON died rather suddenly, yes
terday. of throat disease is what an
Idaho Sheriff wrote TO a fond mother
in Indiana the other day.
A Michigan granger who tunnelled
through the snow a week or two ago
and got out of that State, is now in
Tennessee and trying to wade home.
There! there's that very mitten l
lost this morning' exclaim ed Rich
mond man as he quit spooning out the
pudding to hold up the lost article.
This is good. There are two reasons
why some people don't mind their own
business. One is that they have no
business, and the olher is that they
have no mind.
Patient to doctors after consultation /:
Tell meehe worst, gentlemen; am /
going to die? % Doctors: we are d.
vided on that question, sir; but there is
q majority OF one that you will live
The New York HearId says Nine.
Ristori. at the conclusion of her engage.
ment in that city, will proceed to San
Francisco, and thence to Australia and
New Zealand. This is positively her
farewell TO New York.
Among the Grand Jurors for the
March term of the United States Dis.
trict Court sworn in at Baltimore on
the Sth, were three colored men, said
to be substantial and prosperous busi.
ness men.
So see very little of yon," said an old
gentleman at Louisville ball to O
young lady whom he had not met in d
long time before. II know it," wa:
the artless reply, "but mother
wouldn't allow me to wear very low
lecked dress tonight, the weather is sc
cold.
i A Pleasant Prospect.-Traveler lin
Ireland): 'Hi-pull her up, man
Don't you see the mare is running
away" Paddy: 'Hould tight, yel
Onor! For yer life don't touch tn,
reins !-sure they're as rotton as pears
I'll turn her into the river at the bridg,
below here. Sure that will stop her
the blagyard'
The fashion editor of a New Yori
paper Offers the following advice La
dies who wear bustles should fasten th'
thing down, and not meander th'
streets with huge bundle bObbing vi
and down, and wriggling from side tt
side behind. 1t looks ridiculous, and
besides with so many beads and bu
giles on it, is apt to make a person
walking in the rear cross-eyed!
A special of Tuesday says: Their
seems TO be no longer any donbt bu
been determined upon. Secretary Fisl
would receive the appointment if h
would agree to accept, but this he de
clines to do. II is not yet decided
whether q successor will be nominated
at the present session of the Senate
but the change will be made before
very long ii me.
Apropos of the Tyndall- Darwin thee
ries comes in one of Gen. Schenck
ldtooG SlOTit5 ttdl uo lOiu " tic WIG
a British Cabinet officer, who assure'
him that England made America al
that she is" "Pardon, madam" salt
the General; "yOu remind me of, al
answer of the Ohio lad in his teens
who, attending Sunday school for tn
first time, was asked by his teacher
'Who made your Made me?' Yes.
why God made me about so long
(holding his hands about ten inche
apart, but growed the rest