The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-01-08

was asked of the Professor the other day
"Withouta / doubt, should say, it is
the insidious and pernicious habit Of
punning," was the reply, and the speaker
then went on to relate conversation to
which he had been an unobserved list.
ener only short time before.
The reader may recollect that few
weeks since there were on exhibition in
the window Of business house on a
prominent corner, a couple Of little fig.
ures representing man and q woman
made entirely Of Indian corn. Their
bodies were made of cobs, the clothing
OF husks, the beard and hair of silks,
the buttons Of grains, in fact the repre-
sentation was strikingly true to life and
every part was made Of some product Of
the corn plant.
Several young cracksters were stand.
ing one evening looking at these curiosi.
ties when the conversation % overheard
by our friend. the Professor, occurred.
First Crackster. Its amaisin' how
these things are made. tt.t
Second C.-Yes, the man. looks as
though he was about to pop the ques.
ton. aeg es..
Third OIL eco she hes her ear open.
F. C.-I'll bet his.voice 10 husky.
8. C.-Yes, 'I-bilievs it would 60
against the gro;W 10 talk
T. C.-She looks shocked, don't you
think 30? ~
F. F.C.-It's because he looks seedy.
S.C.-Do you think he'll make mash.
T. C.-No, not with that bran new col.
lar on. es .,.
F. C.-That amt collar. It's ssock.
S.C.-She ssems 70 be spsck of trouble.
T. C.-That's because she's got corns.
F. C.-No il aint. /. It's because he
won't sheH ont. -
8. Giles nothing but cobbler any
way and she don't care shucks for him.
T. C.-No. nor she wouldn't be n,ealy
mouthed about telling him 90, neither.
F. C.-she can wear 1lks, can't she.
She's got sweet smile but its cultivated.
s. C.-And such eyes
7. C.-Yes she can cereal we'll, but I'll
bet she can't walk.
F. C.-Pshaw, didn't you ever see
corn stdlkf
s C.-Keep. your hands off. You
mustn't touch her. : 'sN-
T..C-Pone my word and honor -.
The Professor could stand it no longer.
He staggered on up street and heard no
more. .ias
! + +
Entering Cincinnati by way of Mill
Creek Bottoms and the old canal bed is
like going in by bach gate. There
isn't anything very imposing or elegant
about the scenery that greets the eye.
Yet one who is accustomea 70 living in
the country always experiences q pecu.
liar sensation a. he feels himself draw
ing nigh unto great city. The ap- \
prcaches to Cincinnati are not apt to
overcome one with ublimftya but after
all there is q. sort Of, awe ainsith mere
presence Of this swarming profusion OF
human life which presents itself Id quick
succession in all its myriad forms and
phases to the eye of the passenger
through the window of the rapidly Hy,
ing car. As the train swiftly rounds the
curve on the big Mill Greek fill, the city
of Cincinnati, with its roofs and spires
dimly seen through an atmosphere of
smoke, lies off toward the left, while
far beyond across the riveTrise the sum
lit tops of the Kentucky hills, contrast.
ing strangely in their barren, rustic in
nocence with the smoky turmoil of the
valley. On speeds the train around the
curve, past the Big Four elevator, be.
meath the great Southern bridge, now
checking up for moment as it approach.
es thronged crossing, now lunging for.
ward as the fagman cuts off the stream
of passing footmen and gives the signal
that the way is clear.
Now itstrikes q rattling switch, and the
switch-target gives spiteful slap at
your window a. you pass. Now it
jumps with daredevil recklessness into
labyrinth of interlacing tracks where
it seems certain the wheels must become
entangled and lose their footing. Now
the train dips under low, dark bridges
one after another, but the engine keeps
its tall head erect while its flowing raven
plume Of smoke grases the overhanging
obstruction. Dingy stone walls now be.
gin to raise on either side and the train
seems TO be diving downward into
tunnel. Gradually they rise higher and
higher. till the light il shut out and the
eve, glancing upward through the win.
dow, catches kodak glimpses Of rickety
tenements, with windows, doors and
stair-landings richly festooned with Cor