The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-02-17
Columbus & Toledo RaIIrOad.-The

VOLUl
Columbus & Toledo RaIIroad.-The
Toledo Commercial says Of this road
and its progress OF construction
From the local engineer at Wsl-
bridge we learn that less difficulty is
had IN procuring the right of way.
Parties are disposed, in most cases, to
accept fair prices. Clearing and grub
olng Is going on rapidly between
Waloridge and PemOerville, Wood
county.
The resident directors express great
confidence in an early eomplstiOn OF
enIs important road, il the subscrio-
tons are promptly met as they are
needed. The following letter to Mr..
n. = Walbridge, indicates the imper-
atlve necessity that ali subscriptions
should be forthcoming when called
for:
1t is OF the utnostimportanoe that you
make strenuous efforts to collect every
dollar ofthe instsllments unpaid, as
well as those coming due under the
last call, snd remit the largest sum
possible by the 10th Inst. As you are
aware, the work Is In q most favOra-
bic and encouraging condition, and in q
remarkably forward state considering
tnat lt Is only about six months since
It was commenced; yet over 80 per
cent OF the grading and 40 per cent.
OF the masonry is done and much
more would have been accomplished
for the wet weather. all that is now
needed to insure the completion of
the road Is the money, which the sub
seribers have promised to pay, and
that Is needed, and mast be paid In
promptly, as called FOR, otherwise it Is
useless 70 talk about completing this
road. The company do not call for
q dollar which Is not virtually neces-
sary.
The contractors have concluded
their arrangements for rails, ties, &c,
and are pushing ahead vigorously
with q large force and every appIi-
anee for finishing the work, which
Will render our monthly estimates
mueh heavter than ever before, and
the cash must be forthcoming to meet
them or the work may be seriously
retarded, and the expense thereby
materially Increased.
| AnC nhN6 D6Gu Dalu
much more fully and promptly along
the line than at the terminal cities.
Our people here will do their best:
you must do likewise.
Please give the matter prompt and
continued attention, and raise as
much money as possible by the 10th
inst.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES A. WILCOX, Sec'y.
A farmer who owned a little, scrag-
gy, cantankerOus bull that could not
be kept inside OF any lot that was
ever fenced in Connecticut, one dsY,
just after the railroad between Hart
ford and Springfield was made, broke
out of his pasture and made for the
! railroad. His owner saw the tip-end
Of his tail disappear over the fence,
and "put" for hiLA the best he could.
Just as he reached the railroad, along
came the train at full speed. Aud
there stood his bull on the track, with
his heal bent down, and ready for q
fight with the locomotive The old
man shouted at the top of his voice
"Go it, you little euss 1 admire
your pluck, but despise your judg-
mentw
A applied to B for a loan OF 500. B
replied "My dear A, nothing would
please me better than to Oblige you,
and Ill do it. haven't 500 by me,
but make q note and I'll indorse it,
and you can get the money from the
bank" Grateful A proceeded at once
to write the note. ''Stsy," said B,
snake It $500; want 500 myself"
A did 80, B indOrsed the paper, the
bank discounted it, and the money
wSs divided. When the note was due
B was in California and A had to
meet the payment. What he Is un-
able to cipher out is whether he bOr-
rowed 500 Of B, or B borrowed 500
of him.
A gentleman on 8 visit to Wash
lngtOn very cOolly opened the Senate
Chamber door, and was about to pass
in when the dOorkeeper asked "Are
you privileged member ?" "What
do you mean by that ?n asked the
stranger. The reply was IA COVER
nor, and ex-member OF Congress, or q
foreign minister" Tue stranger re-
piled that he was a miDister.n From
what court or country ?" asked the
official. Very grsvely pointing up,
"From Heaven SIR" To this the door |
keeper bluntly remarked, "NOthing |
to do with this place. Go away"
How to Make a Nice GirI.-First |
get your girl On. B.-She mustn't be
an old girl, but young one, nice and |
tender.) Bring her up from early in
fancy on strict diet OF hot pickles, |
cold brandy and water, and Ouids's |
novels. Send her to a fashionable |
b0arding-schoOl to be finished off'' /
and when she comes home for the /
holidays, carefully develop her latent
love for dress, extravagsnt habits,
and fOndness for flrtstiOns. Buy her |
the slang dictionary, and let ner go
everywhere and do everything she
likes. By the time she is q she will |
be quite nice girl.
The associations connected with |
wreaths and flowers that have been /
placed upon the remains Of departed \
loved ones are such as to render them /
OF great value in the eyes Of those left
behind. But only too soon they fade
and witheT, to the inexpressible grief /
Of their pos5essors. By 8 new process
peculiar % themselves, Messrs Le-
MOult & Lsndgrsff, of New York, are
now enabled to preserve natural
flowers an indefinite period. The
process preserves them true to nature
in form and color, and promises to be
very seTvieeable.
The subject of impression at first
sight was being talked over at the tea
table, when the lady of the house said,
"She always formed an idea Of per- |
son at first sight, and generally found |
it correct" Mamma" said the |
youngest son, in a shrilI voice that at |
tracted the attention of all present. |
well, my dear, what Is 1t ?" asked |
the mother. 81 want to know what |
was your opinion when you first saw |
me ?" The question gave sudden |
turn to the conversation.
He came to his mother looking very
forlornly, with big red swelling I'M
der his left eye, and four or five
handsful of torn shirt boiling over his |
breeches band. "Why, where on
earth have you been ?'' she asked.
"Me and Johnny's been playin'. He
played be was 3 pirate, and 1 played
1 was q duke. Then he put on airs,