The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-12-22

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q tree, waiting for her lover, o grizzly
bear came along, and approaching from
| behind, began to hug her But she
thought it was Tom, and 50 leaned
| back, and enjoyed it heartily, and mur-
| INJURED Tighter" and it broke the bear
all up; and he went away and hid in
the forest for three days to get over
| his shame.
A late judge was a noted wag, A
| young lawyer was making his first
effort before him, and had thrown him
self on the wings Of his Imagination far
into the upper regions, and was seem
ingly preparing for a higher ascent,
| when the Judge exclaimed: "HOld on,
hold on, my dear sir! Don't 90 any
higher, for you are already ont Of the
jurisdiction of the court. "
So I must say that very much dislike
this ostentatiOus furnishing, remarked
the elderly Miss Pringle, as she looked
about her in the new home Of the Span
kingdoms. ''NOw, look at that great
acknowledgement mirror. I declare,
I can see nothing beautiful in it. -
"YOU shouldn't expect impOssibilities,
Miss Pringle, " remarked FOgg, the vii
lain"
Your husband requires res" ," said
the doctor as he came from the sick
chamber. 'He will soon be well; he
has q bad attack cf tickerOsis." " Click
erOsi5, doctor! Why, that's a new dis
ease, isn't it?'' Eyes, quite new, It is
caused by watching the tickers in the
brokers' offices, It affects the optic
nerve and the spinal column"
A clever sell is perpetrated on the
guests Of Glen Mountain House, Wat
kins Glen, n. Y. On a tree, fronting
the Glen, was hung q cage earthly
covered with calico. Upon it was
printed the following notice: "Blind
red bat from Havana. Raise the cover
carefully as the light might injure his
eyesr' 1t is fun for the Initiated RtO sit
there quietly and see victim after victim
cautiously raise the curtain and disclose
suspended within the cage-a briclbat!
Parable from the Persians One
knocked at his belOveds door, and
voice from within said: ''WhO's there?'
He answered: 'It is I. :" Then the voice
said: ''This house will not hold me and
thee. And the door remained fast
shut. Then went the lover into the
the desert and tasted and prayed
in solitude. And after a year he
returned and again knocked at the
door. And again the voice asked:
WHO is there?'' And he said: ut is
thyseIf" And Immediately the door
was opened.
In the year 171O the weight Of fat
cattle in the London market averaged
only $40 pounds, at the average age Of
five years. in 1795 this was increased
to 49, pounds, nearly double that Of
171O. It is probable that the average
weight at one year less age. (say, four
years old is at the present moment
fully three times that Of 171O, and tie
beef-OWing to the superior quality OF
the cattle and the better methods Of
fattening-fully fifty per cent more
nOurishing and economical to the con-
sumer.
a widow in Philadelphia who keeps a
shoe store owns a parrot who repeatedly
cries: Say, come over here and buy
some shoes This amused the passers-
by, but two rival shoe dealers on the
other side of the street thought the par
rot was alluring away their trade by his
Oft-repeated entreaties, and they
brought suit against the widow and
caused her to be bound over in the sum
of $500 on the charge of maintaining Q
nuisance. And still the parrot cries:
"Say, come over here and buy some
shOes.'
The following brief paragraph from
Miss Collins annual report Of ''BOfhus
Bower" ," in Boston, tells the story Of
YEARS good work: "Out Of 1910 girls
and women found places for $40 in
families between the 30th of May, 1880
and the Both of May, 1881; furnished
stationery, clerical work and all that
was necessary, without one cent Of
charge to either party. Many were eX-
ceIent families and could pay good
wages; others were very poor and could
only afford to pay q S1.00 or S1.50 q
week. Thirty-fve hundred free dinners
were served during The Winter months
to girls out Of employment.