Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-08-12
Miscellany.

Miscellany.
No qtiarter-a twenty cent piece.
Neytr kick thermometer when 1t is
down.
Doctors, cheer upi The peach crop
Is not failure.
Public debt reduction during July
$5, SOC, 900.
A good line of business-the fish line
Cheap drapery-the curtains of night.
Living on excitement is very expen-
sive living.
Two heads are better than one, but
not on the same pin.
Retiring late at night will surely
shorten mans days.
The battles of the union-hght be-
tween husband and wife.
Time is money, and many people pay
their debts with it.
American residents in London pur-
pose erecting an Episcopal church at a
cost of $4,000.
The Emperor William is now in ex-
cellent health and appears to be gain
ing strength and vigor.
sLoye," says the Philadelphia Chron-
icle, "makes many good right arm go
to waist"
Governor Geer says Iowa will give
Garfield 10000 majority, and plural
ity of 5000 to $4,000.
The Pacific States are coming up solid
for Garfield and Arthur.
A man is supposed to be In his prime
at forty, unless he knocks his printing
out before that time.
Hancock's letter to General Sherman
is about as innocent document as any
patriot could take as beverage.
An unhappy marriage is like an cleo
trio machine-it makes one dance, but
you can't let 60.
A sermon should never be so short
that the women will not have time to
take fashion notes.
A citizen of Louisville, bitten by a
licensed dog, brings suit against the
city for $4,000 damages. The point
evolved is one of interest.
Cronin's nose will not figure in
Oregon this year. He Is dead, and the
principles upon which his nose rested
In 1876 are dead also.
Accident Insurance companies have
decided to issue no policies on the lives
of Republican candidates for office In
the South.
Mr.. Charles E. Perry, teacher in
the Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asylum, has
been elected Superintendent, Uice DR..
Fay resigned.
The campaign is warming up all along
the lines, and Republican prospects are
steadily improving. The Waterloo of
the Democratic party is not far distant.
1t is almost visible to the naked eye. s
1t Is generally conceded that Hancock
wrote his letter of acceptance himself.
There is no reason to doubt it. The
only question is why he waited so long
to say so little.
A dog at Carson, Nevada, joins hearth
ly In blind mans buff. A bag being
tied over his head, he chases and usually
catches one of the boys, relying solely
on the scent.
David Ramsdell, formerly a Demo-
crat, of Fulton, New York, who en-
ploys 700 hands, has thrown out a
Garfield anG Arthur banner.
j. L. Wells writes from Erie, Pa,
that there are no Republican soldiers
from that Part of the State who will
vote for Hancock and the solid South.
The planting of the eucalyptus tree
in the malarious districts of Algiers,
Italy, and the south of France has
rendered the neighborhood healthy in
every case.
Flies are evidently the disciples of
Matthew Arnold--they are invarlbly at
tracted by sweetness and light.-[Bos-
ton Advertiser.
The original wagon in which John
Brown emigrated from Pennsylvania to
Kansas is to be presented TO the State
Historical Society.
The most harmonious Congressional
district In the United States Is that of
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia. !.
Nobody contests his nomination or
election.
"You never saw my hands as dirty
as that" said petulant mother to her
little girl. ''No, but your ma did,
was the reply.
Col. Vance, late of California, Is en-
tering politics again. 1t w0nld have
looked better had he kept out a few
years yet. His record is very, very
bad one.-Iront0n Register.