The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-16
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Boston, Post.
Arthur Bible has just been pardoned
in Massachusetts.
Texas has never yet punished a
man for killing woman.
"A couple at Wareham, Mass, have
Just separated for the fifth time.
The majority of mankind use their
first years to make their last miserable.
Extensive gold placer discoveries
are reported at Cassiar, British Colum-
bia.
Every dog has his day, but the
nights belong to the ats.-Phi!ade'phjo
Chronicle.
"A woman in Chestertown, Md, fell
down and died at the sight of the dead
body of her son, who had been killed
by an accident.
Surprise is one of the principal
elements of wit. This is why it always
makes man laugh when he sits down
on pin. Hawk-Eye.
-"What's the use of your trying to
lie about it so clumsily?' said the Mag
istrate, benevolently; "hayen't you
lawyer?"-N Y. World.
The fertile soil and genial climate
of the United States induced OSLO Ca
nadians to emigrate during the year
ending June 80, 1873.
"A pretty girl down East is g mind
reader" She said to bashful beau the
other night: ola! l believe you are
going to kiss men' She was right.
Its odd that, according to news
paper reports, all men who run for Of
flee ought to be breaking stone for the
State for their heinOus crimes
Graphic.
Men may come and men may 90,
but we want to see the man who will
come to town in a two-horse wagon and
not 60 to a crossing to stop his team
BroobU5Ne Democrat.
They were having a family set-to,
and she asked him if there was any
thing in the past that he would like to
recall, and he heartlessly said: YES;
the day you first refused me-"
AT great shoe mandatory in
Lynn, Mass, recently, a pair of kid,
side-laced wOman's boots was made
from the stock in just eleven minutes,
in sight of visitors.
"A cat finds its own tail by looking
around for something to play with.
From Just such trifing causes the great
est discoveries of all ages have been
made.-NeW Orleans Picayatne.
If you wish to know how bad
person you are, get somebody to consult
the man who owns the barking dog next
door. He knows all about your moral
vocabulary. -Graphjc.
"A citizen who has bet on the
eastern war came into the office at a
very early hour this morning, and
asked if 1.-the Acur of Meebal had
driven the British out of Gifkhanastin?"
The whole number of postonices in
the United States on the 30th of June,
the last day of the last fiscal year, was
30,258, showing net increase of ,913
during the year. Most of the new post
offices were established in the Southern
States.
The penalty for cutting down one
of the giant sequoias of California is
only fifty dollars, and the big tree groves
are being gradually eliminated bf van
dial showmen, who require a small sec
ton at the base,
The latest New England mob dis
graced Harwinton, Conn, by trying to
lynch German offender. He escaped,
and the mob vented its wrath on his
horse, which they sheared, tarred and
feathered.
"A local society is endeavoring to
have the name of Lake George changed
to Lake Horizon, which is James Feni-
more Cooper's modification of the early
Lake Hiriconi. The Indians called it
AcanaderOiX.
"A workman in Troy mill was
guiding red-hot rod of iron between
two rollers. He stumbled forward, and
the rod entered his mouth, passed out
through his cheek, and coiled round
and round his body. He was fright
fully burned, yet will recover.
The latest conundrum, and we
don't know who is irresponsible for it, is,
(Which is the hardest to kiss a girl
leaning from you, or climb a fence
leaning to you?" There is no answer,
as only one side Of the problem has
ever been tested.-Haa0k-Eye.
The Paris Exhibition bestowed five
different grades of premiums, viz
Grand prize, gold, silver, bronze,
medals, honorable mention. Phla-
phia granted one uniform bronze
medal to all exhibitors, thus leveling
their merits to the same footing.
Political economy-At Serajeva a
water-carrier was moving up and down
among the men, crying, "Water for
one piastreH' when fragment from an
exploding shell knocked one of his
buckets to pieces. water for two
piastres" he instantly began crying.
The nights are growing cold and
frosty and you never think about lock-
ing the front door till after you have
put out the light and crawled into bed
And then--it would shock burglar to
hear your remarks as you stand SILVER
ing in the hall feeling for the key.
lis your life worth ten cents?"
Solemnly inquiries an accident insur-
ance company. Well, we don't know
really; life isn't worth very much in
this country, but that sounds awfully
cheap; couldn't you make it eighteen
cents and we agree to live couple of
years longer?-HaDk-Eye.
An exchange sneaks of 81 wooden