The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
The Virginia House of Representa-

The Virginia House of Representa-
tives has passed revenue bill levying
tax of one cent a drink upon every
| drink sold in every bar-room in the State.
If the returning boards" make an hon
est count the income from this source
will be very large.
Only few years ago man used to
put the seal of affection on her lips.
Now he has to put it on her back, and if
it isn't trimmed with otter she makes
trouble. The new style costs more, but
it can't compete with the other kind for
real comfort.-NorWich Bulletin.
According to a correspondent "the
wealthiest woman in New York is Miss
Pinkney, who owns 6 200 city lots, trans
acts her own business and keeps her af-
fairs in her own hands. She lives with
her aged mother in large stone cottage
in upper New York, in the simplest and
plainest style"
"A clergyman was preparing his dis
course for Sunday, stopping occasionally
to review what he had written, and to
erase that which he was disposed to dis
approve, when he was accosted by his
little son, who numbered but five sum-
mers: g Father, does God tell you what
to preach?" Certainly, my child"
Then what makes you scratch it out?"
About the sickest typographical err
ror we have seen for some time is the re-
cent announcement that certain gentle
man would deliver lecture on the
smallpox for the benefit of the poor"
The editor wrote "on the 9th prox. =
and the intelligent compositor will ac
company colony to Texas next month
l-NOrriSt0aon Herald.
"A London evening paper prints the
following extract from the Gentleman's
Magazine, Sept. "a, 1854: Robert
Phillips, Esq, of Wilmington, near Here
ford, brother of the celebrated Mr.. John
Phillips, the poet, aged eighty, to Miss
Anna Bowdler, aged near eighty, after a
courtship of sixty years, the marriage
having been postponed in courtesy to
some relatives who disapproved."
A hunter in Cumberland, Md, tells
: the following as a true story: He was
in tree waiting for deer to pass; raised
his gun to fire at one, but just then he
saw panther above him N the tree. He
dropped from the tree, falling on the
deer, breaking his back He then saw a
bear near by, and was about to fire at
bruin, when the panther sprang upon
the bear and mortally wounded it. just
l then he fired at the panther, killing it.
: and thus secured the panther, deer and
bear"
Few persons not familiar with geog
raphy will believe that the Pacific Ocean
boundary of the United States has q
greater extent of coast line than the At
lantic shore. The aggregate of our shore
line on the Pacific is ~, 1874 miles, while
7 on the Atlantic it is II $50 miles, and or
: the Gulf of Mexico 6,843 miles. 1t is
= the annexation Of Alaska that has pro
, noted the Pacific coast to a higher figure
. than the Atlantic, Alaska having $685.
e miles of coast line. These figures are
: taken from the Coast Survey reports.
In the way of short and eventfu
life Cleveland has the champion boy
Though but nine years old last Christmas
he has had the whooping-cough, Group
: measles, scarlet fever, chicken-pox, twir
: sisters and a step-father. Since his birth
: day he has had the diphtheria twice. HI
hdo OoSdpOi I"ACC las HCSl
o run over by a COW, and has fallen through
sky-lght. He has passed through
l.: vicissitudes too numerous to mentor
d and is still robust and hearty. He ha
t never been kicked by mule, but as hi
C step-father is bargaining for a team o
= those tractable quadrupeds his prospect
seem fair.
e "A young Bridgeport dry goods clerl
y out of job got situation in mea
h market. The other morning he stooC
IS thinking dreamily about his girl, when
d lady entered and said: care these steak
e good?" "Splendid, mum; wear you Xix
india-rubber, Nothing slazy abou
v our goods, mum; last you long time; il
r fact, you can't make any impress
e The recommendation of the absent-mind
k ed young man, who had got his two call
;: ings mixed in his abstraction, was Gu
;: short by the hasty departure of the Gus
toner, who was not in the boarding
~ house business, and therefore didn't re
4 quire so much durability in her steaks
g Brigdep0rt Standard.
(. Following is a copy of the verde
!. of an Oshkosh jury: /. We don't fin
a def't guilty of $3.50 for wages, as elaine
. by plaintiff. 2. We find defendant guilt
=. of 20 bushels of wheat, one pig not les
% than cwt weight, and one-half barre
20 of salt. for the year of 1877, commend
y. ~ ing Dec. 10, 1876 to Dec. 10, 1877.
4 We find defendant not guilty of dwell
r. ing and the use of 2 acres of ploughe
. land, the pasture and keeping of CO
6 and 2 sheep, and fire wood, unless tn
u plaintiff goes back to the place where
= was offered him. 4. We put in that d.
"a PENDANT owes plaintiff for the chopin
u of 81 cords at 50 cts per cord.
~ ..-. A Bear Story.