Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-08

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more of tobacco the present season than
ever before.
"A man can borrow all the trouble
he wants on his own personal security.
--Nel0 Orleans PicGyaae.
"A Pennsylvania man has ahOg fifty
wears old. The Oil City Derrick thinks
S'this must be ancient grease"
The Sisters Of Charity in the United
States numbered recently 1,l79, in
charge Of 1O6 establishments.
The Swedish army has a corps OF
skaters. 1t must be q beautiful sight
to see an entire company strike an air
hole.
A man hates to own up that he
isn't as smart as a hen, but he's got to
allow that a hen can sit on an egg and
not get mad.
Old bachelors are credited with
having miss-shun in the world, but it
is very rarely you find an old maid who
has a man-shun.
-AnacreOn was killed by a grape
seed. There may be many men nova
days who have gotten away with the
seed, but the juice has 6Oored them.
-"Can a man marry his widows
sisterP' He can-prOvided he is a
"California WidOwer," and his wife
sister is willing -NorrtStO1On Herald.
Money" says Mr.. Talmage, sis
a golden-breasted bird with silver
beak." Yes; and it's kind of poultry
that most men are particularly fond Of.
Chicago Times.
The Washington Capital says;
"Some of our slow subscribers who
may not find our paper in their mail
can understand that its absence is due
to their unremitting kindness"
"A long housewife article has been
written on How to Make Rag Rug"
1t is long process The quickest way
to make rag rug, is TO knock !" q"
letter out Of the rag and put SUI in the
middle.
Never eat raw eggs, as the little
distoma oVatums therein contained
must be cooked. IN Y. EgpTess. Or,
in other words, the chicken feathers
may stick across your throat. -Er-
change.
"A New York girl having received
q dozen of the most exquisite handker-
chiefs as a present, the Boston Post is
mean enough to believe that she is anx-
ious enough to acquire a cold that will
last all winter.
-Arabella ION her toes in chair,
clutchinp conVllsively at her skirts) I:
40 Bridget A mouse, mouse. Come
and catch it, quickl' Bridget: "Sure,
mum, there's no hurry. If this one
gets away, / can catch plenty more for
yer, num-"
-One-third Of the gold that is mined
goes TO wear and tear, 0ne-third goes
into circulation, and one-third into the
arts and manufactures. All the gold,
in the world would make only pile
twenty-five feet wide, forty.fve feet
long and twenty-five feet high.
Another evidence of The advance
ment Of our country is proudly alluded
to by the Detroit Free Press, which says
"n0w american jumping-jacks and
wooden horses are sold in every cOun-
try where the children don't have,to
play with their big toes TO have fun. "
Paper as substitute for wood in
the manufacture Of lead pencils is being
attempted In Germany. The paper is
stepped in an adhesive liquid and rolled
around the core of the lead to the re-
duired thickness, and is colOred after
drying, when il resembles an ordinary
cedar pencil.
"A distinguished and long-winded
Paris lawyer lately defended q criminal
unsuccessfully, and at the end Of the
trial the Judge received the following
note: "The prisoner humbly prays
that the time occupied by the plea of
the counsel for the defense be counted
in his sentence"
"A poet says: Glove holds me sol
/ would that / could gol / hutter up
and down, and to and fro. In vain
Love holds me so." Eat a raw onion
just before you 20 TO see her and she
will loosen her grasp and throw up
window. Paste this in your hat.
Peck's MlUaabee San.
"A rich snob, who married a lady Of
brilliant genius, said at q dinner party;
When we were married my wife de-
clared, with oil my worldly gifts /
thee endoW,' when she hadn't penny
in the wOrld.n "But then there were
her splendid talentsp' said a lady.
a0p exclaimed q wit, "but she
didn't endoW him with themr'
"A tenant has been dancing oil
night over the head Of his landlord. At
six in the morning the latter comes up
stairs and complains bitterly Of the an-
nOyance. "What annoyanceP" asks
the tenant. "Why, haven't slept
wink all night +" Neither have /"
says the tenant "and yet don't make
any fuss about it.
Mark Twain's sketch about Azure.
LAS lover, who went gradually TO |
pieces by meeting various accidents, Is
here rivaled: A man In Madison Coun-
", KY, went through the terrible or
deal Of having q bUmbshell burst in his |
hands Just after the war. He was
dreadfully mangled BY the explosion,
but recovered from his wounds Some
tim8 after that he was shot through the |
body with navy revolver. Recently
be was driving a wagon with a heavy
saw-log on it. The wagon upset and /