Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-02-13

To enjoy a thing exclusively is com
monty to exclude yourself nom the tru'
enjoyment of it.
A colossal flower has been lately founC
In Sumatra forests which has an averagl
diameter of thirty-three inches. 1t i
called the Titanum.
However things may seem, no eyi
thing is success, and no good thing i
failure.
What a man knows should find its ex.
/ preston in what he does. The value of
superior knowledge is chiefly in that il
leads to performing manhood.
Two acres of sunhOwers will supply a
family with fuel through long winter
/ The wood of the stalks and the oil of
the seed make roaring and cheerful fires
4 good advertisement in a newspaper
pays no fare on railroads; costs nothing
for hotel bills; gives away no boxes Of
cigars or merino dresses to customers /;
drinks no whisky under head Of travel
ing expenses, but goes at once and at all
times about its business free of expense,
A beautiful English woman was walk
ing in the Rue de la Paix, when q
French puppy greatly annoyed her by
perunaclOusly dogging her and glaring
at her. She turned upon him and said !:
Really, 1 have not single sou to give
you"
a German paper charges English man.
ufacturers with being profitabiy engaged
IN the fabrication of idols. The artistic
designs and excellent workmanship of
British made idols make them very pop-
ular with the heather, who are willing
to pay literally for them in preference
to their own make.
A correspondent advises planting
black Walnuts, as soon as ripe. a foot
apart, IN rows four feet apart let them
grow without trimming for three years
giving good culture then cut down close
to the ground, and 'the next season a
shoot will strike upward as straight as
an arrow, and at least ten feet high.D
At this age, he tells the boys, "the trees
viii be worth $40 a hundred, which is
better than to eat the nuts"
A you physician asked permission
of lass to kiss her; she replied, "No,
sir; never like a doctors bill stuck in
my face"
The grand anu awful difference be-
tween a tree and bore is-the tree
leaves in the Spring, and the bore-why
he never leaves.
One editor advises another to gather
his ears in folds on the top of his head
with a back comb, whereat the other
seems quite earitated.
Charitable lady-aPoor mani If it
were possible to procure work, what sit
uatiOn would suit you bestP' Tramp
'Lady's companion, num-"
At a temperance celebration, little
lad appeared in the procession bearings
flag, on which was inscribed the follow
ing !: "Alls right when Daddy's sober"
'Dere vas only a leedle difference be-
tween Us" said burly Teuton who had
Just horsewhipped another: 81 vas OK
hided, and he vas cowhided-dOts all"
Many persons sigh for death when it
seems far of, but the inclination vanish
es when the boat upsets, or the locomO-
tive runs off the track or the measles set
in.
little boy" said a woman to boy
who had been impudent to her, "Have
you g motherP" "Nol but pap wouldn't
marry you if there wasn't a housekeeper
in the whole dang land"
''In choosing a wife" says an ex-
change, 'be governed by her chin"
The worst of that is, after having chosen
a wife one is apt to keep on being gov
erned in the same way.
"Ma," said little girl, ''if you'll let
me buy some candy, I'll be good" ''My
child" sOlemnly responded the mother,
you should not be good for pay; you
should be good for nothing"
''Is the bowling of dog always fol-
lowed by death 2" asked little girl of
her father. "Not always, my dear; be-
cause sometimes the man that shoots
misses him" was the reply.
Women are said to have stronger at
tachments than men, 1t is not so. A
man is often attached to an old hat; but
did you ever know of a woman having
an attachment for an old bonnetP
A Buffalo bride got married in pair
of stockings valued at $500. One hun
dred and ninety-nine dollars worth of
bonnet and one dollars worth of stock
ings would have made more show to the
public.
'fWhat I want to get at is the animus
of the transaction" said the judge.
''But, your honor" said the complainant,
''there wasn't any at all. He came up
quiet like, and grabbed the coat, and was
off with it before saw what he was at.
No, sir, there wasn't any muss."
An Indian came to an agent in the
northern part of Iowa to procure some
whisky for a younger brother, who he
said had been bitten by a rattlesnake.
-Four quartsp repeated the agent, with
surprise 'as much as thatr Eyes" re-
piled the Indian, "four quarts-snake
very big"
81 want to find out who is the master
of this house." said a man with book
under his arm to the vinegary- looking
woman with a pointed nose, and very
small top-knot, who opened the door for
him. well, stranger" she said, with
arms ak1mbo, "you must walk around
into the back yard and ask a spindle
shanked deacon you'll find there fxin'
up the grape-arbor, and he'll tell you If
I don't boss this ranch he don't know
who does. New, what do you want with
me2o