Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24
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| The world moves. 1t probably finds il
cheaper to move than to pay rent-Boston
Transcript.
A Chicago man has applied for patent for
a bathtub. He seems to think it a new idea
Omaha World.
| II is said that a McCook man has a nose %
red that when he opens his eyes slowly in the
morning he imagines ne secs the sun rising
| Omaha Herald.
II people who mean to begin to read should
| read an the advice to readers about reading
they wouldn't have time to read anything
else.-Somerville Journal
Isn't it curious that the men who are al
ways telling how many thousand dollars can
be saved by not smoking are, in nine case,
| out Of ten, poor as church mice.-Burlington
Free Press.
A woman in Newaygo county, this state.
picked and sold enough blackberries this fall
to buy her husband a fiddle and shotgun
She is only a sample Of what We have left
Detroit Free Press
In the police court, the other day, . flushed
female eIcitedly emerging from the door:
There, she told Judge Pyper l was a COM
mon street walker. l said I'D make her prove
1t, and, by glory, did Exit triumphant
ly)-Salt Lake Herald.
"Worthington made a convincing speech, v
said one young man 10 another ~why do
you think sor We'll, when l went to hear
him I had almost made up my mind to
vote against him. When I came out / was
certain Of it."-Peoria Transcript
A man in West virgini. reports having
seen a snake forty feet long in the act Of
swallowing sheep 1t Is believed that about
two more drinks Of the stuff would have en-
sbled him to sec a sheep forty feet long in the
act Of swallowing a snake. - Norristown
Herald
The msanest church organist lives In Phila-
delphia- He is all bent with age, and the
other day, at the wedding Of an antique
Philadelphia belle, whom he knew many
years before, he astonished everybody BY
playing fantasie on the air, When You
and Were Young. Boston Traveller.
as any ono waiting on your inquired the
polite salesman Of q Westville maiden. We'll,
can't hardly tell" she blushingly replied.
Sometimes l think there is, aid then again /
amt certain, but Wills so sort Of funny. you
know" and then she blushed again and asked
to look at some Lace coliars-New Haven
News.
In Potter county, Pa, slim youth was BE-
ing married few days ago to q stout,
healthy country girl The r1ale was per-
fumed, wore frills in his shirs had his hair
curled, and presented such feminine appear
ance that the clergyman said: ~ don't want
to make any mistake about this business, so
which Of you is the bride, anyhowr'-Boston
Globe.
First Commercial Tourist from Charles
tonl-Earthquakes have become so common
in Charleston that no one notices them. Sec
cond Ditto from San Francisco)-Yes, one
soon grows &C ustomed TO such things In
San Bernardino, for instance, you call for
sherry flip, and the bartender, having pre-
pared the ingredients, waits for an earth
quake to come along and shake EN- Rural
Passenger (much unprecedented, swami
Exchange.
A newspaper man In Minneapolis ene day
caught a young woman as she was falling in
the street. They were introduced few days
later, and after marriage, which occurred in
a few months, he learned that she was worth
SIS, 900 in cash. 1t is said that 1t Is now i'm
possible for young lady to walk in the
streets Of Minneapolis without being followed
by q dozen newspaper men; and some Of
them arc caught strewiDg the sidewalk with
banana sEins.-NorriStorn Herald