The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-02
VARIETIES.
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Mrs. Lincoln, the widow of the ex
President, is now in Europe.
Motto for fancygoCds dealer
"Now all men buy these presents"
The shade of adversely is better for
some than the sunshine of prosperity.
-Garnets stood the St. Louis hotel
flames better than any other gems.
"A leper has been discovered in the
San Francisco County Jail He is a
Chinaman.
They have figured up the prospect
i've peach crop this season at 100000
baskets.
The man who puts on a spring coat
with the most satisfaction is the house
painter.
Puck thinks the author of "From
Dawn to Noon" ought to be made an
A. NJ.
Song of sufferer from the tooth
ache" How happy could l be with
Ether" ....
Victor Hugo thinks that what is said
about man usually has as much effect
upon his life as anything else.
age long for as much as anything is a
bonnet that will make them look young.
Three ladies were put up at a rattle
in Kansas City, but when their photo
graphs were exhibited it put stop to
the sale of tickets.
After assisting to rcsuscitate wom-
an who tainted in church, he told his
wife, upon coming home, he had been to
revival" ..
When you strike a match and it
sputters and goes out, always put it back
in the safe The next fellow that gets
hold of it will feel good.
Being neutral, it is impossible for US
to extend helping hand to either Rus
STA or Turkey but either of them can
have all our arms-for cash.
Iron has advanced a quarter of a
cent per pound. The man whose physi-
clan recommended it to him as a tonic
says he can no longer afford the remedy.
The usual autumn military ma
neuvers Of the great powers of Europe
have been one and all this year adjourned
sine die. There are other fish to fry.
The Danbury Neaes gives out that
flour is getting so high in that place that
people of an economical turn of mind
prefer to bestow money instead Of bread
on tramps.
1t was an old, but very good, thing
said by French paragrapher lately, to
the effect that he hates girl when she
is trying to be woman, and woman
when she is trying to be girl.
"A New Jersey firm has lost 800, 600
in experiments to find out how to dye
plush for silk hats The best that can
be produced in America turns brown I'M
der the hot iron. Hence the high price
of silk hats
"A Mrs. Bachelor, of Scottsville, Va,
married when thirteen years DID, her
daughter, born year after, also mar
ried at thirteen; and few days ago the
daughter bore a son, making Mrs.
Bachelor grandmother at twenty eight
When you hear mother calling to
her son to Come here and shut the
shutter" and hear him respond: "It IS
Shut mother, and l can't shut it any
shutter" do you ever pause to analyze
the delicate beauties of our language?
"A lady in Burlington, Vt, received
day or two ago letter mailed to her
fourteen months ago The mail bag con-
tanning it was lost in the Salinas River,
California, March 1 1876, and was recov-
cred April "a, 1877.
Boys gather in sunny corners now
and play duck on the rock and make the
busy man who passes by feel sad and
wish he were back there again and could
get good shy at that stone, even if he
did hit some one on the shins.
When you are walking with a girl
under a close-dOwn umbrella in a spring
shower while she is pressing near you,
and she says PA, hold it little over
yourself, you may be sure that the pass
ers by will not know you.
"A sad occurrence has taken place in
the world of fashion The color of the
season is deep orange-a hue which is
only becoming to brunettes; and, some
how or other, no fair hair is seen any
where. 1t is supposed that all the
blondes have dyed off.
An Oshkosh girl made her lover
birthday present of a bottle of "Benson's
Boil Banisher." He wrote her thanking
her for the gift, but at the same time OBJ
OOlNCN bhuV hC SuC ldChCu bHOcC
spirtuelle traits of character essential to
his happiness.
"A Northern Iowa newspaper came
out last week and in double-leaded ed
itorial challenged any man to lay fin
ger on line that had ever appeared in
that paper that was not dictated in honor
and penned in truth; and the next day
the Sheriff came down and closed him
out.
The taking of the census in Indiana
is said to have discovered a child bear
ing the name of Lena Luella Josephine
Roberta Musidora Jones" The child
was reported to be as well as could be
expected under the circumstances; but
think of her having to carry such name
through life! .... ....
Statistics in possession of the Patent
Office at Washington show that during
the year 1874 the five companies com.
posing the sewing. machine monopoly
manufactured and sold over 410 600 sew
ing machines, besides $4,000 more that
were manufactured by other companies.
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