The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-02-11

Ter on ice In summer.
The Organe des Mines state
that the paper r; lis now being
made at St. Petersburg have
proved TO be extremely durable.
while they cost one-third less
than those made of steel.
When you 60 home at nights
and find that your boots are soak
ed thro' by tramping in the snow
or water, fill them with oats and
they will be dry in the morning.
Even Bohemian oats are good
for this purpose.
There are 10000 Poles in Ber,
lin. What lay our for the bean
crop.-Feuilleton.
There are many millions of
poles in America. What's the
reason the hop crop cannot have
a lay outg
We have it on the authority of
Ben White. that Jake Weaver is
not a member of any coal oil
gang. He AYERS that when John
Bunz put the coal oil can in the
stove, Jake escaped from the
room by climbing out of the
transom.
Phil Slishcr calls attention to the
new arrival of fresh Oranges, Fruits.
Nuts, ETC., also,
To his Baking department, where
his customers are supplied daily with
fresh Bread, Buns, Rolls, etc.
His Lunch Room and Bar continue
to be attractive features az his business,
and all who favor him with their pa
tronage go away well pleased.
The recent snow storm in the
South was one Of the heaviest that
has visited thai section for yea rs.-
Snow fell to the depth of two and
one half feet in tennessee. and rail
rods were blocl AIDED and trains de
tained eight and ten hours. EX-
changes report ten inches of snow
Iii the Southern Part of the State.
The storm missed US entirely.
A Marion iuminary says it will
not do to squeeze the young lady
while dancing. Ifit is necessary
to your happiness to embrace
her, it is better taste to choose a
retired part of the conservatory
after the dance is over. The
swapping of ribs around a ball
room irritates the musicians.
Mrs. W. Ii. Haines desires to in
form her many customers that she
is now osing out her large and ell
egant stock of Millinery Goods at
the very lowest prices. She wants
to make room for her Spring Stock
which she expects to put in, the COM
ing month. Persons wanting bar
gain in this line, should not fail TO
call and ee her.
Isaiah Voris had a valuable
horse crippled out at Oakland,
Monday last. The driver Of the
team, Henry Davis, was taking a
load of coal to one of Mr.. Voris'
customers, and when passing over
a siding piece ofroad: the wagon
sheered from the track and passed
down a steep bank, fell upon the
horses. It is thought the horse
injured can never be used again.
The approach of St. VaIentin's
Day, which falls on Sunday next,
can be seen in many of cur show
windows. This much degenerat-
ed festival. judging from present
indications, will he more gener-
ally observed this year than for
some time previous. There is a
brisk demand for the finer class
of cards, and a big trade is eX-
pected during the week. The
cheap colored valentines which |
caricature all the physical de-
fects and mental and moral fol-
bles of mankind are not so pop !
ular as they used to be.
Not long since a man by the
name of Jones, hailing from
Chillicothe, o., was IN this town
ship, representing himself TO be a
Bohemian Oats agent. He went
around among our most promi-
nent farmers, making the same
windy, tlattering promises that
have been made in other local.
ties; but so far our farmers have
refused the "oats," for the news
papers have too fully advertised
and exposed the plans of these
humbugs, TO catch with the old
bait Adelphi Border News.
If we are to credit a cores
pondent of the Adelphi Border
News, the pious people of Salt
Creek township are troubled with
a veritable ghost, ob-goblin or
devil, as you please. That paper
states:
"Durlng service at Macedo-
MIA church, in their recent revi-
val, the devil appeared in person
before the altar, and when spoke
to would not answer or leave till
prayer was offered. He was
giant in size and had hands with
claws like an eagle, and head
and horns like a Texas steer, and
as black as coal.