The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

A man in Nebraska vaccinated his
hogs for cholera He experimental on
3O7 head, 290 of which took the disease
in mild form and died.
"A thief at Dubuque stole barrel
OF eggs, but because the warrant did
not specify that they were hens eggs
instead of goose, or bird or alligator
eggs, he was turned loose and allowed
to go.
You did not pay very close at
attention to the sermon, | fear, this
morning" 80, yes, did, mamma"
"Well, what did the minister sayp"
"He said the picnic would start at ten
o'clock Thursday morning, and, o ma,
can go?"
"A contrivance has lately been in
troducec on the railroads in Russia to
indicate the next station at which the
train will stop. 1t is dial, the index
Of which points to the station. One is
set up in every car, and the indices of
all are moved at once by electricity,
working from the locomotives.
-Customer-"Say this rifle you sold
me yesterday is no good" Dealer
"What is the matter with itP" Custo-
mer ut shoots too accurately"
Dealer--"Why, isn't that just what
you want?" Customer--'I guess not.
I'm the proprietor of a shooting gal
lery, and give prizes to those who
score the highest number of points. y
Yoplxoa Rln6a
Mayor j. II. Stine, Of Washington,
is making a collection of branches
from trees that grew on great battle
fields of the war of the rebellion. He
has just received from friend of Vir-
ginia cedar from Mine Run, pine from
Chancellorsville, cedar from Hancock's 8
winter quarters in 1864, and cedar
from Slaughter's Mountain.
"A fellow in the South, where trains
stop at frequent intervals for the en-
gineer to sleep, has fitted up box car
as a theater. hitched it to u freight
train, and whenever the train stops for
an hour or two to unload box he and
his little troupe of transformers give
the rustics dramatic performance at
ten cents head.
Mrs. Winks-"Hold the baby q
moment, there's a dear. / want to put
back these pictures l got out for Mrs.
Minks to look at. Such a tiresome
creature as she is. She was here
for nearly half an hour this afternoon,
and did nothing but talk about the
baby Mr. Winks-"Bless his little
heart. So the ladies come and sit and
admire and talk about the little cherub,
do they? OF course they do; they can't
help loving Mrs. Winks-"Gra-
cious me! 1t wasn't my baby she
talked about, it was her own. "-Phiia-
delphia Record.
A man of the humber classes en-
tered a public library in London and
asked for a book, saying in reply to a
question that he wanted "Omer."
The next inquiry was whether he
would have Greek text or transla-
ton. to which he gave the following
reply. IL don't know nothing about a
Greek 'un; what | wants is to read
WudJ hE. ulduSIOut Ecdus. AlucI
half an hours reading with his fin
gers stuck into his ears to insure
against interruption) he said he
thought it was "rum sort of stuff" and
went out, He has not returned to fin
ish it.
"A little boy in one Of the Brooklyn
public schools, encouraged by his
mothers assistance, had worked for
month to get the honor medal, which
was to be awarded on Friday last. The
lad was an inveterate breaker of rules
in the class room, and he made a great
effort to get perfect marks. AT the
last moment, however, he received one
bad mark, and his rival took the prize.
Reporting the fact to his mother he
said he did not care particularly for the
old medal, but it was the clear waste
of goodness that he regretted. His
mother has abandoned further ambi-
tion for him for the present.