The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-28
Gbe Mtllingtou Gntrrpriss.
J. W. H0UGHT0N, Publisher.
WELLINGTON. OHIO.
VAKIETIES.

VARIETIES.
styled spirited contest. -
1t is not definitely known where
Cetewayo is spending his summer.
"A wood man is q great deal rarer
than q wooed woman.-Los0eu Courier.
The blind should go to Holy Land
where even the Dead Sea.-Salem Sun
beam.
H. Sudds is cashier of the Gouver-
ners Bank. He handles the soap:-Rome
Sentinel. -aa
The best thing in the long run.
Not honesty, but good stout pair of
lungs.-PsIck.
The proverb "fair exchange is no
robbery" didn't refer to church fairs
Boston Post.
"A rich uncle's heir, who waited
long was finally worth his wait in gold.
~ p. Herald.
"A young clergyman won q boat
race at Lake George by practice and
not by preaching. -..
If blood will tell, amusquito should
be confessing nearly all the time.-Phil-
adelphia Sunday Item.
The picknicker who can't tell when
codliver oil is mixed with ice cream de-
serves to be made sick.-Free Press.
1t amt SO mutch what q man kan
shows hiz aktual strength.-Josh Bill
tngs. ..-..-
The Chicago Tribune didn't think
much of the dead prince, who once had
a chance offered him of living in Chi
cago.
We hear of men sowing wild oats,
but who ever heard of women sowing
anything but taresP-St. Louis Times
Journal. -..- ....f
The Yonkers Gazette has an article
entitled, "What do We eatP" That
depends. If you live in a boarding
house no human being can tell.-N Y.
Express. Hp -r.r- .-ls
"A Western paper says of the loss
of q vessel: T" The Captain swan ashore,
SO did the chambermaid she was in
sured for $4,000, and loaded with
| IRON"
An Irishman who had on a very
ragged coat was asked of what stuff it
was made. "Bedad, don't know (;
think the most of it is made of fresh
air."
| Diamonds, it is said, attract the
lightning to a dangerous extent. Dwell
much upon this point before buying
your girl an engagement ring.-Boston
Post. 't't. -. .
| 1t is estimated that a dry goods
merchant having a capital of $4,000
would sink every cent of it in two years
If he told the exact truth to every Gus
tomer.-Free Press. -
"A Nevada bedbug bit man on the
lip, and both bug and man died from
/ the effects of it. The doctors didn't
know which to post mortem on.-N. r
Commercial Advertiser.
"A Pulaski boy recently swallowed
penknife. Although not quite out Of
danger, he finds some consolation in
the fact that the knife belonged to
another boy.-Fulton Times.
"A lady said that woman was the
only sincere exponent of Christianity.
Sniflen remarked, "That is the reason
why SO many young men wish to en-
brace the faith"-&. Louis Spirit.
-Solomon's wisdom was never more
apparent than when he warned parents
not to lose sight of the rod. Misplaced
switches have wrought great evil to the
race in these latter days.-Philadelph phta
Times.
Not one single paper in America
has this year had an item about paying
an outlawed and forgotten debt. Fact
is, we are all pretty well satisfied if q
man will pay his debts of last week
Free Press.
| He was inclined to be facetious.
What quantities of dried grasses you
keep here, Miss Stebbins! Nice room
for donkey to etintor' Make your
self at home," she responded, with
sweet gravity. ~2- = f7e s
81 know l shall 90 straight to
heaven if hung" remarked q Virginia
murderer, "but yet I would leetle
rather be pardoned by the Governor" :"
Few men would throw away such fine
chance.-Frec Press.
"A young lady's graduating essay
was entitled, "Who Will Be NextP''
From which it would appear that sh Q
intends to engage in the barber business
become q tonsorial artist, we mean
Norristos0n Herald.
Ma" said little girl. edo men
want to get married as much as women
do?" "Pshaw! what are you talking
aboutP' "Why, ma, the ladies who
come here are always talking about
getting married; the men don't"
The Boston Commercial Bulletin
says: Talk about Cleopatra's Needle
on the banks of the Thames! Just wait
till James Gordon Bennett brings back
the North Pole and sets it up in Gen.
| trail Park. What's the needle to the
polepn-F ~ - = = - t-f<
Two railroaders saw a fashionably
dressed lady coming up the street. She
had on a very long train. which caused
the soberest of the two to remark: "
say, Bill, she'll never make the hill
without a header. The track won't
hold her. Gregor Nesos.
"A Marshfield man, who lost his
good character some time ago, was Sc
verely handled by some of his former
friends. 81 know il, boys, know my
characters gone-lost entirely. And,'
he added, rather pointedly, "it's toe
confounded bad; fer it was the only
one in the place worth saving"
"A gentleman in q draper's shor
had the misfortune to tread on lady.
skirt. She turned round, her face
flushed with anger, but seeing the gen
tleman was stranger she smiled com
placently, saying, al beg pardon, sir
l was going to be in dreadful passion
1 thought it was my husband" -Frencl
Paper. A -
The foolish man takes his wife to
church sociable and spends $5 for ics
cream and cake. The wise man allow
his wife to serve on the Refreshmen
. Committee, and when the evenins
. comes he goes to that church sociabli
with q market basket If his wife ha
improved her opportunities, he come
away ahead of the game.-Huntingt