Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-04-15
miscellany.


Chief Donslass's wife's name trans
lated means aPall HAIR
President Hayes always walks to
church and walks home'again.
Young ladies who dance wear short
dresses. escaping the door sll around.
Senator Davis, of West Virginia,
is said to be the wealthiest man in
his State.
Mr.. William A. Stuart, of Virgins,
has bought the White Sulphur
Springs property for $4,000. saA9'
A Marathon young man has COM
menced exercises In drawing. He
sits down by his girl and draws her
head over on his shoulder.
"rm a moderate drinker," asser-
ted an old topper: II only take one
drink at time" W
The Boston Post says the way to
retain your footing when goat
charges is to sit down.
Longfellow has declined three
times foreign missions offered him
by the Government.
Horatio Seymour is chiefly noted
in his native town for his love of
sirloin steaks and rib chops.
Two sons of the Prince Of Wales
are to be In Quebec at the grand
review, of 5000 troops, May "a. n =
Jones calls his wife Nihilist be-
cause she is always SO anxious and
willing to blow him up.-ISten6eapiile
Herald.
Deadwood has become so civilized
that refusing an invitation to drink
is not considered an insnlt.
The pursuit Of politics is full of
chances. Some in the business will
get turkey and others must ca. crow.
The first swimmer drowned this
season is an Ohio man. How that
State hangs on to everything-Bos-
ton Post.
Stylish table covers are in Turkish
designs, into which much tinsel is
woven. 1850 s
When q man has no mind Of his
own, his wife generally gives him
piece of hers. " p .
He who has no opinion of his own,
but depends upon the opinion and
taste of others, is slave.
A weak mind is like q microscope,
which magnifies trifing things, but
cannot receive great ones.
Winchester, Adams county, takes
the belt on names. She has citizen
named Tusnipseed.
Mrs. Supreme Judge johnson, of
Ironton, is the Original of the once
popular song, ''Lorena." tT
The Oil City Derrick has dropped
''fifteen" to wrestle with this conun-
drum: "Why will women close
every door and window in a house,
when trying to drive q cat out Of
doors"
Willis Scott, the oldest settler in
Chicago, has just celebrated the an
niversary of his birthday. He went
to Chicago in 1896. when only five
white families lived there.
The man who will wait two hours
for his turn in the BARRIERS chair,
will get mad and thrash and scold
if shirt button isn't sewed on in
just ten seconds.
A lecturer on optics remarked,
"Let any man gaze closely into his
wife's eye and ne will see himself
looking SO exceedingly small that"
-[Shouts of laughter.
Jack Ketch, the English hangman,
said that black-eyed men always
made the greatest fuss over being
choked to death.
Mr.. Edison has sold his patent on
the electric photograph to the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for
$I00, 900, according to rumor.
At a great international pigeon
match, held at Florence, Italy, on
the 21st, Frederick Sands, of Rhode
Island, has carried of all the honors.
"Sarah" Furnace, Ironton, has not
had her fire ont for two years, and
has not had an accident In that
time.
Difficulties, by brscing the mind
to overcome them, assist cheerful
ness, as exercise assists digestion.
Bonnets are more costly than ever
this season, because of the quantity
Of gold and Oriental colors used up
on them.
A robust countryman meeting a.
physician, ran to hide himself behind
wall. Being asked the cause, he
replied: at Is 50 long since l have
been sick that am ashamed to look
a physician in the face.'' GAO
Of gentleman recently deceased,
friend said to a news gather: "He
was in the Legislature one year, I
believe; but I wouldn't say any,
thing about that. Otherwise his
lite was free from blot ."-Boston
Transcript. a gg II s
Pennsylvania is the place for re-
tributiye justice. A man killed his
wife, and while escaping, was run
over by locomotive. Everything is
very handy in Pennsylvania.
sLie2 well, guess he does lie"
said his neighbor Jones. "Why he's
SO fond Of lying that he won't let q
clock strike right In his house"
Rochester E1press. ~4Y rs
A physician told q Chicago man
that he could cure him Of his love
of whisky, and the horrified man at
once notified the doctor that he
should employ another medical ad-
wiser.