The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-27
Persons and Things.

AFGHAN grapes are the size of walnuts. |
"Down in front"-An incipient mus
tache.
Motto for milk men-To the pure all
things are pure.
Strasburg is bright with revolving iron
clad towers.
Twins are the paro-pets of the house.
Prince Alice was buried wrapped in an
English flag.
Two "young men are pretty" female
tramps are doing South Carolina.
Sitting Bull is first in war, first in peace
and first in the hairs of his countrymen..
A young lady in Detroit called her dog
st. Bernard dog Taffy, because dit was Civ
en- to her.
Some people never mind anything, for
the very substantial reason that they have
no mind.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips has been impell-
ed, by the illness of his wife, to cancel his
lecture engagements.
1t is said that Garibaldi's daughter-inlaw
is now acting in the pantomime at the Sur
rey Theatre in London.
The young woman who can peel pota
to in five seconds, is as useful as the young
woman who speaks five languages is orna-
mental.
"All men were created equal" says the
Declaration of Independence, but indging
from the size of their feet, the assertion ap-
pears to be q falsehood.
II is estimated the Henry Ward Beecher
has received 100000 in salary, ETC.,
since becoming pastor of Plymouth
Church, some thirty years ago. The scan
die cost him $4,000.
A YOUNG man in Peoria is called a hero
because he married the daughter of a
mother who has killed two trapms, annu-
ally goes deer hunting and saws the winter
wood.
"What" said an inquisitive young lady
"is the most popular color for a young
bride?" We may be little particular in
such matters, but we should prefer a white
one.
Dickens, it is said, used TO tell story
to the effect that Goodwin and his friend
Holcroft determined one day that they
upon it and swoar it.
Ex-Vice President Schuyler Colfax is
lying at his home in South Bend, Indiana
suffering from q severe attack of the cry.
sipelas. The disease is acute, and it is said
that there is danger of his sudden taking
off.
The Emperor of Austria and his wife
> are wise people. They are preparing te
celebrate their silver wedding, but as the
, empire like other countries, is suffering
from severe depression, thay have declar.
ed that all costly pomp is to be avoided.
> The King of Siam has body guard o.
, female warriers. 1t is composed of 4OC
girls, chosen from among the strongest and
most handsome of all the ladies in the land
At the age Of thirteen they enter the ser
vice, and remain in it till they are twenty
five, when they pass into the reserve. Theil
weapon is the lance.
: The Boston Advertiser tells this anac
dote Of the Hon. George s. Hillard: "Ml
Hillard was always depended on to draw
up resolutions ON the death of member O.
the Bar. On one occasion friend found
f him thus employed. He looked with SAD
8 smile and said: Il wonder who will Dc
this servece for me when am gomez They
cannot do better than to take some of your
resolutions was tho reply"
3 At Waterbery, Conn, twenty pound tur
. keys are awarded to people who, with theil
, hands tied behind their backs, most rap
+. ialy consume blackberry pies and prize
, are offered for the man who, in the leas
space of time, can identify their own shoe
> In a barrel containing ten pairs Of footcov
erings, and get them on.