The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
MISCELLANEOUS


"A shade OF pink scarf worry much
affected by Harvard boys is CONNER
cislly known as "raw veal"
Russia has more holidays than any
other country, and yet the Russian al
ways objects to aknOuting. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
Mistress Ito butler) )-"Well, John,
Ihear you have come into quite lit
tie legacy. | suppose you will be
thinking of getting wife nowo" John
"Lor' bless yer, mum, not If knows
it! I've seen too much of married life
with missuses, beggin' yer pardin,
mum. Life.
--Cripple-''I am entitled to PEN
sion, but I'm not going to apply for
one." Friend-"You are generous"
Cripple-"No, I'm not. I'm on the
make. In a few months an ex-Federal
soldier without pension, even if he
isn't u cripple, will be such rarity
that I'll get a thousand dollars week
in a dime museum as u freak. Texas
Siftings
"A gentleman of Marietta, Ga, re-
Gently had some improvements made
on his residence. He noticed out of
the four carpenters at work three were
left-handed, and the man who came to
do the painting was left-handed. A
few days after that he bought door
bell and hired another carpenterto 10 put
it on the door. and he, too, proved to
be left-handed.
The most gratefdl man in the world
died lately in a South African town.
After his death the following notice
appeared in the local papers: Oiled
At the Albany Hospital, March 3, 1889,
Ebenezer Pike. aged thiity-two years.
i. Pike wishes to express his thanks to
the superintendent of the hospital and
the many doctors who attended him in
his late illness"
Combination locks are daily becom-
ing more and more popular. This was
especially noticeable on the Boston
and Albany railway the other day.
when. as a train was emerging from
tunnel near Beckett, Mass, the red
locks of a pretty school girl were dis
covered in inseparable combination
with the long brown beard of sedate-
looking theological student.
"A man of Oconee County, Georgia,
has very smart dog. He says this
dog will carry water to his hands at
work on his farm half mile from his
house, and will assist his wife in cock
ing by bringing in the stove wood; also
gather the vegetables from the garden.
He can send him to the neighbOrhood,
store with n note, and he will return
home safely with any article entrusted
to his care.
Here is an essay on Decoration day
by little Philadelphia school-boy:
decoration day is for to decorate the
soldier grave. Some year the flowers
are full and plenty, and have great
many buds on. They don't have only
flowers, but have icewater and have
lemonade to comidate the people. In
every ilower-pot they stick a flag in.
After the flowers are put on the soldier
grave, they shoot over the soldier
grave, they join them together, putting
four together, and leave them there
till shoot again. Then they go and get
drink aNd go in shady place apH
rest themselves" r
"A Berkshire farmer recently lost q
valuable cart colt from a most extra
ordinary cause, says London Tidbits.
The colt had for IL long time suffered
very much from difficulty of breathing
An operation having been performed
on its throat to no purpose. it was
finally decided to have it shot. On tho
carcass being cut up and the neck sew
cred at the shoulders, to the great as
tonishment of those present, afair-sized
toad crawled out of the opening in the
windpipc, and the extraordinary cause
of the poor animals sufferings became
at once apparent. The toad was al
most red when eXtricated, but gradu-
ally assumed its natural color.