Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-08

chul ches at that. Could that have
been done a year ago? No, SIR
We didn't have the wherewith. If
we had the amount OF money neces-
sary to do the business Of the great
mass Of people, what could Mt we
do? Not much. The lively times
are stimulating both man and beast:
Recently one or two OF our neigh
bors were hauling grain to your
market, when their horses, being
fed hlSn and feeling pretty good,
having, perhaps, lmblhed II hlliy,
ran off, cOliiding with the cross.
roads and running Il bridge over toe
wagon cross ways. When the men
were found by the nejghbors, they
had their coats off wanting to tight
the fug r-board; but when they
. were lhawed out, their breath had
no particular bad smell. The hor-
scS did it all. But we shouldn't
: wonder at anything these holiday
times, for all is life and lrolic. We
have youngster here in this vlclnl-
, ty who have not had both eyes shut
at once for over Il month, and all
: the rest they gc' is by roostng On
Il pole like a shanghai puiIet.
A secret rumor says that Thomas
Il Lilly, infant son Of Mrs, Lilly, is to
be married to u young school marin
= at the expiration Of her term OF
: teaching. Thomas is Young man
of about thirty Summcrs and the
same number OF Winters. Weighs
e about the tenth part of ton, with
snuff colorcd whlskers, and would
|. be red.hcadcd if he wasn't bald
II Rather homcIy but so good natured
no one could think hard Of him for
1t. The wOmun who gets Tom will
be happy for she will never be out
of lilies. | should not be surprised
to hear of several weddings when
his school term is ont. The school,
,c are pretty evenly divided between
male and female teachers. District
<. No. Lady teacher; (engagcd)
~ No. ., Mr.. IIookcT old enough anc
large enough, but rather backward
= about marrying. No. 3, Lady; good
, enough for amy man and, l hope
Ia willing. No. 1, Gentleman; George
III Washington Hodge Doty Davis
cs So oppressed by uamo he never
grew large, and so when th3 big
, iris rccilc he stands on a bench
o. ., Young gentleman; attentive
ID watchful of his pupils. If tn,
Gather is inclemcnt it is said he cs
'orts the larger females to their
nomcs. No. 6, Mr.. Wallace; non,
n Of the family were ever known to
~ marry and that's what the girls ar,
all mad about. No. s, Farmers
10 ville) Miss, | don't know her name,
but don't care how handsome 1t is
at lIl bet she would like to have il
V, changed.
oil Now, this night is the second day
b. OF next year. Some things hay,
: transpircd since we commenced lhi,
rt { pislle. Among other events th
ks CRISIS has arrived. The bible vii
Is. rest until it is pcruscd. There il
but little difference between the tw,
books. The bible advocates & cred
it system, while the CEIsls fayors {
cash system, which we think woull
be the best for this country. In rel
erence TO the CRISIS we think It j
improving all the time, and nov
u has become frst.class paper. ]
Iy has the.right implements of warfare
IN Undeniablc facts are deadly wcap
" ons and will finally gain tie victo
IT. ry. 1t seems 10 us If the various
IN doctrines Of the different political
g. parties were thoroughly understood
rs there would not be man, woman
d. or child outside of the asylums, who
Tx would not be Groenbackcr. Tht
n word FIAT scares many of our inhab
lis itants. Fiat has a rough sound, bu
A II smooth meaning. We care no
le what gold or silver is worth in the
ST mountains or dug out, but when il
v goes through the pinch ers, fat tell:
Cd you what it is worth; and could dc
&C. the same with piece ofpaper with
e; a little green ink on it. But"we
er couldn't go to Europe" We could
ou pay our taxes, however, the princi
ia pal Use for money by all poor cusses
who never saw bonds. Balance oi
m this article excluded for want OF
"a spa@.-Ed.
" PETER PISDAR.