The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-07-29
Odds and Ends.

Some men are born great, but they can't stay
Man proposes; woman discloses, and then
the whole world says, Il told you So" Bur-
| lington Free Press.
You can prevent milk from souring In a
thunder storm by drinking it just before the
storm begins. Boston Post.
Long days may answer very well for people
who 90 on picnics but the lover prefers the
long nights. philadelphia Call.
Fish is good brain food, except in instances
when it doesn't find anything to assimilatc
with. burlington Free Press
City chaps who 90 counting country girls
should practice with dumb bells for at least il
month in practice. New York Journal.
Among the wedding presents to a Kentucky
editor was a pocketbook. He keeps it under Il
@lass ease as curiosity. Grand Rapids Telc-
| gram.
"Womcn's work Is never done" This sllg-
gc>tS a marked similarity between womens
work and the undcrcruSt of some women's pie.
| y. \. Graphic.
The latest craze is to collect statistics about
your ancestors. Many aristocratc families find
the results of their researches exceedingly en-
barrassin@. Life.
This is a world of disappointmcnts anyway.
Some people are disappointed in love and a
| good many more are disappointed in marriage.
| Bonneville Journal.
Mexico is still sunk in barbarism. Seventy
bushels of corn to the acre is the average yield.
and not a pint of good whisky in the republic.
| Philadelphia Call.
The force of habit is so great that should any
| one 20 into New Haven store and buy it en-
tire, the proprietor would ask, ''ltny thing else
to-day" New Haven News.
No, dear CIarinda, Il little powder Oh an
| eligible young mans coat on Monday morning
is not a sign that he is engaged. lie has pro
badly been engaged in supporting weary head.
! Evansville Argus.
\ New Jersey mosquito. when properly
! trained. will clear any room OF corkroache>
The only danger is that it will clear it of every
thing else that has any blood in it, Fall River
Advance.
"A Young man. desires the Times to give
him a good recipe 'for fattcning his thin
! legs. = Dung man" is informed that milk j.
usually the best thing to fatten calves on
Whitehall Times.
Smith '.That dog Of yours keeps awake
nights bowling" Jones : "Why. | have nc
dog. 1t must be my daughter singing" Smith
is that 50: excuse me: am sorry. | don't
y Massachusetts man has been sentenced tC
six months imprisonment for kissing a MaSSa-
chu>ct> girl. lie is lucky to get off so easily
Many man has been made life prisoner just
by kissing girl. Hartford Post.
4 correspondent sends us an article entitled
"lloW TO Manage Wife" The manuscript
ha, a NeXed and disjointed look, as though the
writer had broken off several times to dodge 4
hroomstick. Burlington Free Press.
Because he had been coming to see her for
three months. and had never offered to kiss hei
foolish Philadelphia girl gave her lover alum
Waterto drink. She thought that when it made
his mouth puckcr that would be her time
| philadelphia Herald.
Love letters written with type writer don't
seem quite so romantic. Of course. but they are
much easier for the young man in the seat be-
lIlnd to read over the shoulder of the sweet
young maiden who peru>eS them In the open
horse car. Somervillc journal.
Two aged cows of peaceful character were
seen chasing man all over field in Illinois
| the other day, much to the establishment of the
| honest Old granger who owned them. Inquiry
| revealed the fact that the man was Il drummer
| for Chicago olcomargarinc factory. Lowell
! Citizen.
| In this kind of weather even the patient cow
| pcrsplre>. the hullfr0g turns temporary pro-
| hihitioni>t from Incidence and ceases to de
mand ''jug-O rum instead Of the tcpid fluid
of his native marsh. A lazy calm pervatlcs all
nature, and mankind at large approNimates TO
! the normal condition of 4 well organized police
force. Indianapolis Times.