The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

Blocks of ice cut at Memphis conN
/ tained catfish, some Of which were 4
foot in length. ~ .' - Y
There is New York man who fre-
quently gets into difficulty through a
habit which he has. when hard up, OF
pawning his wife's cork leg for money
to buy drink. 'N'9''''h #
Texas is excusable for feeling big.
The State contains 274, ,356 square miles,
which is more than double the area VI
England, Scotland and ireland COM
bined. fosnns nii ~ Ali
The American syndicate is said to
be again reaching forth to grasp Chi
mas pig-tail. Some one has given It
the "queue'' when to act, no doubt. -
ST. Paul Globe. aTN I
Some of the shepherds in the noun
tains of Bulgaria live for ten and fifteen
years attending their flocks. and never
knowing what it is to sleep in house
or to enjoy any of the comforts OF CIV
ilization. ttnf THrtr
An Indiana judge did not know
the body of jackass with his, the
Judges head and face attached as q
specimen, and was promptly fined s25
for contempt of court. .re
z "A very curious toast, the apparent
irreverence Of which disappears upon
reflection, used to be common thirty
years ago at commercial tables on Sun
days. 1t was, Rusty swords and dirty
Bibles.'' 3e
An artificial limb maker said
recently that latter the war it was
thought that the wooden arm and leg
business'was at an end, but the locomo-
tive and labor-saving machinery have
continued to create augmented de-
mands.." ,UIEa pT
An old log-cabin that was built by
George Washington and occupied by
him while surveying part of the Shen-
andoah Valley, is still standing in fair
state Of preservation few miles from
Winchester, Va.
Miss Gushington-"Do you not
find DR.. Smalltalk entertainingp He is
such a mimic. Mr.. Sneerington (who
detests the doctoD-"I have often
noticed that the doctor takes people of
clever!y. ."--Town Topics.
-.Smith-I see you are keeping
company with Miss Jones yet?" Brown
"Does it mean businessp''
Cant tell. wouldn't be surprised,
though. if l received proposal soon"
-Bingh0mton Republican.
The Graphic tells of wealthy
Western man who was about to visit
New York City for the first time, and,
wishing somebody to show him around,
telegraphed in advance to secure the
services of "an experienced bunko-
Farmer Bascom-"I do wish the
threshing machine would come around
this way" Johnny Bascom-"O pa,
that reminds me. Teacher wanted me
to tell you he was comm to our house
to board next week. - burlington Free
Press.
In the Office of the Recorder of
Deeds, Philadelphia. is preserved a
Justices docket over 100 years old.
One of the entries in the volume is as
follows: Commonwealth agt. Stephen
Blunt, July "a, 1878. Charged of drink
ing Damnation to General Washington
and all his Army. Defendant held in
f20O" ''.'t 90 '"Il@2hf if"i1
"A woman in Newton, Kan, who is
80 poor as to have become an object of
charity, kicked because can of baking
powder which she received was not ac-
,ompanied by prize, and another
female beneficiary of the benevolent
society sent back to the grocer
quantity of bacon and beans with which
she had been supplied, stating that she
wanted turkey and some cranberrics.
The failure of the potato crop of
1887 was the worst that has befallen
he country since 1881, when the aver
age yield per acre was only 5a5
bushels. The disaster is attributable
20 two causes, opposite in operation but
lniform in their ultimate result. The
crop in the Western States was stunted
or want of sufficient rain, and that in
he Eastern States was rotted by sur.
,lus of it. 'R
Illicit ''cider brandy" distilling, it
claimed, is indulged in by some OF
he farmers in Litchfield County, Conn.
The cider is boiled in copper kettle
With tight cover, and pipe conveys
he steam outside which condenses into
'randy in the winter air. If spottsr
lrrives the pipe is disconnected and
he cover removed; the spy only finhs
he farmer boiling cider, which is per-
ectly legitimate.