Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-11-13
sCIss0RGRAPHs.

A Bull-fght-That between Cabul and
John Bull.
A silent school-house makes noisy
bar-roOm.
Label for dice box-Shake well before
using.-Boston Post. roo s-E4B
How can man who bets be worse
than one who is no better.
All the lay preachers in the world will
not make eggs cheap in cold weather.
A ear conductor should make con-
sistent politician. He always stands on
his platform. -a-- 30
The fact has not yet been ascertained
that the chestnut worm is inferior 10
the French snail.
1t has been ascertained, after patient
investigation, that courtships average
three tons of coal each.
A Chicago paper heads an article "A
Pig on his Mettle." The kind of metal
is not stated, but we presume it was pig
iron. Is fsi-i Ir
Robert Burdette is out on the Colora-
de frontier, near the Utes, and writes
back: "Havs no fears for me. l shall
not harm these Indians"
Will the coming man walk? If he
will he is likely to be murdered in cold
blood on the first lap amid the cheers
of the whole country.
After studying the weather charts the
Norristown Herald breaks forth with a
rash prediction that the next winter will
be colder than last summer was.
The most novel joint stock company
yet formed is that at Chester, Pa, where
fifteen stockholders own an animal said
to be the best coon dog in the country.
The man with new tight shoes and
an .ingrowing nail seems to be the one
who is always selected by fate to be
compelled to run for a train.-N. York
Star. III
The Ute Indians are mean, treacher-
Gus lot; but none of them wear their
watch chains dangling from the top
outside pocket of their consolidating
Sunday Leader.
Pupil-"I know how many days there
are in year-S651." Parent-"Is that
sof Where does that fourth come in ?"
Pupil-"Fourth of July."-Rome Sen.
The baseball manager man reads the
accounts of the gate money taken in by
the pedestrians. and wonders how the
public can aeheld sleh-a beastly sport.
vsaisfsba Hid . new made Granger to
his Hiifes en- have lots Of pumpkins
ndxt fesE. piahted about farty had
to hdig sYfllr big hsles to pHtc'em in,
though t.-sssss.ss - Tss=za
%Landiady, /" said he rsthe coffee is not
settled" No." said she., shut It comes
as near it as your last months board bill
does:;ns and bat mani never spoke again
during the mealIsa10 IE,-9 S.aE
Sometimes we are at loss for an
ounce weight when, perhaps we have
three eadrfasbioued copper cents, or Eve
of the present two-eent pieces or ten of
the present lnickefe cents, and we have at
once &gV5ieounce weight 81. ss9ills . .'s5
New TIE aged fiar is happy again. He
can sit around in the ,eeFReE GroeeTy,
WHISTLE The sugar and salt barrels and
lietab9at tne hesAg So eN Sterns they
used e tefA eaz il AIgist when be
wass bogoz CITY Derrick - -
An sxehafes ss5s 81 Il la.Its Is said that In
dian babies ReYeE eisy..5. This Is because
they sre never taken to public enter
tsipRents.e We believe an indisynb;S
Der babF would yelE frightfnB If 1t
wepetaken to a place of amusement.
They ALI dGaitz-fa sa'aE sss;iia Jsllsa W.
he;Pswnees have taken the WarSpath.
MercifeB goodness good cpeUple dent be
alarmed. It ism t. the rIndia tribe of
that nanle We have reference, te; it's the,
men who sponted their eyercoats early
in the spring.and caa't now get them -