National Republican., 1876-12-13
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| CURIOSITY SHOP.
| o. Shaw is a Boston saw sharpener.
| -Evea catalogue colors are now cardinal
red.
-"The OIL President of Mexico is just
as happy as the piaz long"
The Dext census Of the United Ssstes,
in 1880, Is estimated ~ 100000.
| Will the ElectSrsl College be repre-
sented In the next uniSesaty regatta9
THE Broiled BaroL" is the fsshioas-
Bile cremation heading in tss Western papers.
| "A Michigan pottery men yearns for
the time when he shall cast OF thls cold essy
The snow was eighteen inches deep
last Monday at tAe Soldiers sFphan schO0s N
| Westmorsland county, Pa.
The Tayette Gazsts ans Union Id.
ssrfiser, Of Fayette county. Pa, 1FstiI In exist
| ense, having been started August 2, I7T.
Brace up and have some style about
your' said mes Ssboy t0tke gentlemar'who sud-
| denly sat down On the siesualk yesterday.
| "A young bulldozer, with long hair.
says, ''IIl be hanged If ssbmit to Reptolican
rule fernaps NOS he may prove an alba
1.-THE Khedive's Minister of Finance
was reported to have died oF oyer-drinkfng He
wss in fact, suffering from an overdose Of Sack"
The Short Horn convention lust held at
st. Louis appears to have been chiefly remartE-
able for the fondness Of Its members for long
horns.
"A buzz saw is one of the features ofau
Indianapolis esain factory. The establishment
is dull. =.
"A man of sixty and woman of fifty
eloped in North Carolina, not because anybody
opposed their marriage, bat for the sake Of the
"A man out West who offered bail for
friend was asked by the Judgen he had any
ineum6rance n & on his fhrm. "on, yes" said he,
THE wines and liquors of the sgri-
cultural exhibit have Been given to the Smith
sonian Institute" What VIII the Institute do
with them?
A Philadelphia shoe merchant wrote to
his wife that he had become q convert to crema-
returned @. o. d. to me-"
. Plymouth church congratulates itself
upon largely increased membership over last
prosper more than others.
The man who keeps the ticket office at
New Jersey skating rink aptly says that the
twenty -nve cents admission fees arc the best
kind Of winter quarters"
In English military circles it is ru-
mored that thirty thousand French volunteers
will join thu British army In case of war with
Russia, tempted blythe bounty antPay.
They had natural curiosity in Roches-
ter but it did not live long. The creature con-
sisted of three cats all united together in one
body, but hayIng twelve distinct legsSth heads
and three tails.
--Virgipia City, New, is being paved
With waste quarts which, being gradually
the.ton; and one street is estimated to contain
s1Saoco in metal
The editor of French newspaper, in
speaking of the dedication of new ocmetery
pleasure OF being the first individual who was
buried in this delightful retreat"
Betting Man, Ito his partner Look
ere Joe; ear you've been gamblin' on the Stock
EyClauQe. NOW. q draw - lin.
somewhere, and If that kind Of thing goes on you
and me will ave to part company
The most practical idea against intem-
perance has been started at Nottingham, where
the magistrates have determined TO ascertain
from drunkards brought before them the name
Of the publican who last supplied thems with
liquor. .- = H- ) 5-.'11-.
Fought the rum traffic or the nation
to die ~ was the question proPounded at re-
cent meeting In New Haven. "Why, the nation,
Of OF course, SAD S Tsd-nossd man & as he stepped
harder, won't your" ell. :
1t is q pitful sight to see heavy
ulster overcoat try to go home with weak young
barrel of water, and must touch on the sideWaIk
when the young man is breathing between heats
from one crossing to another.
"A locomotive engineer, who had Just
spite by saying that It was about fims he len the
company anyhow, for the sake Of his life, for
there was nc nothing hin leit & of the track buttWo
"A new town hall which has Just been
opened In New Milford, Conn, Is erected on the
lot where Roger Sherman had his home for many
Sested that tSs ID
hail." instead of "Union hall, the name 1t now
bears .als ..l-
-Attbe launch of the steam frigate
was BY Ons Of the Sudsrs Of the Vessel
that lo, 900 men were now at work shIpbullding on
the Clyde, and that the Clyde shipbuilding Yards
1NrTT0k NhrW haTa aNfN
In two years.
-"Vicar's Daughter-sWilliam Noakee,
does your mother ever comb your hair?' William
No, miss, nur Of doan' want 'er to, noitheri'
WiIliam-'WRoy? Cos father . stop out too late
at the "Three Tuns' tother night, an 'e's abed
neaow with the combin' ism gotr"
"A farmer at Genesee, N. Y, recently
cut seventeen cords Of four foot wood from a tree
and was 40 feet long and fye feet In diameter at
feet feet before it bfanched out out, and at tina. point R
was three feet three inches in thickness.
Many years ago, in Lockport, Granny
johnson, colored lady and nearly . hundred
brief walk. Soon there was fire alarm. Soon
thereafter friend ran up to the old lady and
said the a vtS sssa
"dats onpossible. De house is locked an Ise got
de key to de door in my pocket
We always did and always do enjoy
f5Pa1@ Tery amt oDs PPrb 0Iy
pleasure would be complete II we could only un-
derstand the drift of the solo sung by the hand
could catch 1t, 'ROck tin theak radalov thede
eep." We are not well enough versed in the
Norwegian language to understand what it
means. -.~
The reporter is the same the world
over, but in France he is not appreciated. re-
porter of the Figaro, who was anxious 20 get
called on a surgeon, DR.. Bonnefoy, who had ex,
amined the victim, and representing himself as n
police agent, obtained his report, which the
sentation he has been sentenced to ffteen days
imprisonment.
"A young man was teaching in q dis
trict school, when one day the following eonyersa-
sees weeping vfolently.) aWhat is the matter,
Fanny?'f Fanny, "Je-Je--Je-JOhnny,s tryin'
ny, were you trying TO kiss Fanny?' Johnny.
"No, SIR Teacher. "But she says that you
were" Fanny "N1-MHnno; M,dS,;; SIR he .Hs %.MIT-Fas
The paternal author of an heiress was
approached by g youth who requested a few
moments conversation in private, and began, 81
requested SI tS see yS sir s
interrupted the parent, briskly, "I don't know
what that girl Of mine is about. You are the
morning on the subject. i have given my consent
to the others, and give It you; God bless you"
"A rural young man visited New
York last week, and in less than an hour after
landing he was knocked down By dray, had the
tympanum of his ears almost split wide open by
the Babel at Courtland street ferry, and In the
evening made the acquaintance Of q couple Of
confidence men, who relieved him Of so and then
bounced him through q window into the street.
Then the young man repaired to . telegraph
Office and sent word home that ne hsu arrived
safely in the city and everything was as 'quiet
as nursery" .----,-'-- --. 80. @.
The company which has been playing
the sacred drama Of "Daniep has disbanded. Ie
seems that during the intermissfon Daniel and
BelshaZzar stepped out to get drink, and one Of
the Ohaldeans followed and wanted to bet that
Louisiana had gone Democratic. A discussion
ensusd, and when the curtain rang up the Cbal-
dean was unable to see out Of one eye, and Bel
sbazzar dropped out four front teeth In merely
kha incrn and ha hahn