The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-26
The Republican.
VARIETIES.

Spring swells-Buds and leaves.
"A game that ought to be red-hot--
Cricket on the hearth. t...a.sl
What is difficult lock to pick?
One from bald head. 81.
Cold has been discovered in Leaf
Mountain, Northern Minnesota.
The author of book on etiquette is
described as collector of customs.
"A boy twelve years old is the most
voluble auctioneer of Owensboro, Ind.
The best days of mans life are
those in which he effects the most good.
The West should step carefully 1t
is treading on grasshopper eggs
Puck. .'..
The Sultan daily hopes to hear from
England: Hold the porte, for am
coming"
"A New Hampshire paper has an ac-
count of ca horrible tragedy at No
Weare."
AN English brides travelling costume
was of navy-blue silk with trimming of
silver fox.
"A Boston paper explains to be-
nighted correspondent that pour parIer
is a pow-pow. , ........ I'D. ....
An Italian paper says that the
people Of the United States are going to
emigrate to Australia.
-" i have pardonable desire to live
elsewhere" said a man writing to the
President for a consulate. sig.
In one part of Wisconsin the Justices
make the groom promise to love, honor,
cherish and obey the bride.
Why should doctors be less liable
than others to be sick on the ocean?
Because they are more used to see sick
ness. aE .r
=" Alive with poison" was the verdict
of the chemist of Harvard College upon
a marbleized saucepan subjected to his
tests.
They omit the word obey" from
the marriage service nowadays. 1t
probably does not materially affect the
result.
-" We're in pickle now" said man
in a crowd. " A regular jam, )" said an
other. +" Heaven preserve us!" said an
old lady. ...... .......
You may own 5000 mining claim
in the Black Hills to-day and sell it to-
morrow for $1,000. You may also sell
it for fifteen cents ..~" d"
"A New Bedford school-boy, to ex-
plain the difference between dear" and
deer" said that one is biped and the
other quadruped.
Bucharest, the capital of Roumania,
is pronounced Bucharest; Kischenetf is
pronounced Rish-e-nev, and Here
govina, Here go-Ue-na. ............ .
A Virginia girl only nineteen years
old has gathered "a ton of sassafras bark
this year for shipment. She is the sassa-
frasiest girl in this Union, ra'
There is at the present time in the
Mexican Treasury the sum of seventeen
cents in specie. 1t has slipped into a
crevice and cannot be got at.
The Cossacks, who may be brought
into prominence by the war in Europe,
derive their name from the Polish word
''c0za," which means goat. ISL. ....
-Parasols of ecru bunting, over col.
ored silk, with ivory handles, fastened
with bow and coral ornaments, are the
latest novelty in sun shades. t .
Somebody describes young lady as
person who kisses her gentlemen
friends till she is eight years old, and
thee leaves off till she is eighteen
In reply to the inquiry: whats in
a name?" the Boston Post rises to re-
mark that there are about twenty-seven
letters, in case it's Russian name. .-.i
--Parson Brownlow used to boast that
he had never played card, or used to-
bacco, or taken dram of liquor, or
gone to theater, or witnessed a horse
race. ...,t ... ....r... tgs ...... .,
A bill has passed the Illinois Legis-
lature authorizing railroad conductors to
stop trains and put off everybody play
ing cards for money or using obscene
language. M .HH ~. ..
"A poor, man in Jefferson, Tex,
offered his saw for. sale to buy food for
his suffering family, and took two.fifths
of its value in crackers and three-f ifths
in tobacco. .t
-" Small thanks to you," said petu-
liant plaintiff to one of his witnesses,
for what you said in this case" "Ah,
sir" replied the witness, but just think
what didn't sayI" -
"A man in Kentucky was found dead
with several bullet holes in his head, and
the astute jury summoned to hold an in
quest returned verdict of death from
undue excitement" n. r...-..
There are two ways of going through
the world. One'is to make the best of
it, and the other is to make the worst of
it. Those who take the latter course
work hard for poor pay. aHs f.7'
"Old Dog Trays ever faithful" .j.I'
So | have heard people say; .. r
But if he were so true,
How does it happen, too,
That the old dog could be-Tray? f.
.. st. Louis Journal.
Paul Morphy, the noted chess player,
who is now practicing law in New Or.
leans, wishes it distinctly understood that
be is not insane, statements to the con-
trary notwithstanding. ,.- .4f 1.,
"A visitor at Philadelphia being asked
whether he preferred pictures to statu-
airy. said he preferred the latter, as "you
kin go all round the statoos, but you
can't see only one side of the pictures"
The ruling passion: Farmer McGrab
-Dochter, all gle ye "a hummer pown if