.'. H l (VAST XKWN.
A coin mill was at work i
I'ortland last week drafting a game
law,' to lie urged before the i.ext
I egislatuic.
The l-'ra wants two additional
night watchmen fr Kal I'ortland.
Lieutenant Wheeler's I . S. Set- j
entitle Expedition were to leave j
Salt Luke on the 3d, for Northern j
Arizona and Eastern Nevada, l av
nig an extensive outfit.
7'he I'to Indians have bougre. i
gated to tlie number of 2,000 in i
the Southern part of Ftah, and a-1
pear hostile.
extraordinary clLrts were be
in made at f'a't Lake last week,
to unite the anti-Mormon and apos
tate vote on General Maxwell hi)
delegate to Congress
Trot'. 1). C. Gillmau of Vale lift
telegraphed his acceptance of the
position as President of the Uni
versity ot Califurma
Washington com y is turning
out good crops.
Salem hotel keenrs are out o'
torts custom rearee.
A house belonging to Mr. Joint
poll, living one mile north of Hills
boro, took fire on Wednesday from
fume burning brush, and burned
down with al that was in it. Mr.
Johmoit was alisent Irom home a!
the time. It is a severe loss, as
Mr. J. is in rather straightened cir
cumstances. 7'hc Quarterly Jeeting of the
M. K. Church at Ilillsboro wil
tke lai-e on ratuf lay and Sunday
10th and 1 Ith iust.,al which wili
l taken into consideration the
feasibility of dividing the Iillsboro
Circuit.
7'here are surprisingly large
numbers of stock being driven over
the mountains to Eastern Oregon
It is estimated that 40,000 hea 1 ol
cattle have boon driven over tin
Lebanon and Ochoco road this sea
son already. Mr. Fuller, of Par
risbiirg, passed over the road with
1,800 Inad of sheep last week.
7T.c denizens of Boise City are
now paying .ril) cents per dozen for
green com.
Olympia is overhung with clouds
f smoke, and seeing is limited U
short distances.
A, Heed, of lUiise City, has been
p.ii it ed business manager of the
Ada County Publishing Company,
in place id W. W. didder , re
signed. Dr. Parish, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed siccial Commission
er, to visit the Kiowa camps in In
dian Territory, awl Mr. ILK. Al
vord, of Virginia, baa been associat
ed with him.
Thomas P. Morris, engineer on
the Pacific Division of the railroad,
advertises a reward of two hundred
and fifty dollars for evidence that i
will prove the death or recovery ot I
the body of Henry Stoclman.
The Olympia Tribune of the 1st
y : "The woods on both sides
of the Chambers Prairie road are
on fire, burning down the trees in
every direction, to the danger ot
travelers, and almost preventing
the use of the road."
A Justice of the Peace, io Salt
Lake, has ordered a liquor dea'er to
pay a fine ot $300 for refusing to
pay a license oftfcat amount, or
ninety days in the chain gang.
Ex-tiov. Minsqn, of Salt Lake
ffity, is much better and will prob
ably recover.
ticwrai iaiik-s pronounced tori
6'reeley, Aug. 1st.
It Is proposed to introduce into
the penitentiary at Salem tho man
ufactore of pressed bricks. 7b do
this it will cost about $20,000.
Over 500 has been raised to
improve the projierty of the Moth
odist church at Empire City,
Mr. Sylvanus Coudid, near Sa
lem, liad his log broken above the
anl le last week, by a team which
ran away With a reaper.
Mrs. Carrie F. Young is reported
as intending to establish a Hygiene
HotoeatJlood river, Wasco coun.
ft is proposed (o lay oflrthe land
at Canny, iriucJihaa been donated
to the M. E. Chorch tor a Confer
wja M)i ground h,to lots and
t4T-.IUTlt
blocks and offer them for sale to
those who may wish to purchase
aud'tniprove them for the uses rbr
which the land was dedicated, bv
g radii
totting out shade trees,
etc.
A'nerameiito has adopted
tlil
Holly plan fur water supply.
AW Jox.co lias decided against
j tree schools by a vote of 87 for, to
j 5,07(1 against. A good place tor
I Lemocrats,
Extensive fires were still raging
in the woods of Washington Ter
ritory on the 2d.
In an Indian light at Tubac,
j Arizona, on the 2.3d ult., three
j white men successfully defended
I themselves against thirty Apaches,
j killing seven.
; Mr. W. ('. jVyer is exhibiting in
Douglas county, two colts, of four
months of age. that weigh respect.
ively 618 and 517 pounds.
i Two or three new town sites
! have beeli recently laid out near
i Wapato l ake, Vamhil county, and
the fever of speculation is running
j 'dgH
The Jacksonville Times says that
in many places in Jackson county
oats will turn out fifty to seventy
I five bushels wt acre. Hay is sel
ling at $15 to 620 per ton.
There wire eighteen hundred
and thirty marriage licenses issued
in San Francisco during the past
year.
J. J. Wynatt, of Hosoburg, kill
ed two deer at one shot, not long
kiiieft
Counterfl'it half dollars are being
circulated quite freely through
Southwestern Oregon.
Dr. Smith of Salem is now cham
pion blackberry picker in Oregon j
he snatched ninety-two g.ilhus from
the bushes recently.
The Oregon ( ity Enterprise, of
Aug, 3d says: '-We were shown
a day or two since a singular seci
men of rock blasted out where they
are working on the Locks. From
the somewhat porous nature ot the
rock it would seem as though water
had peiiOt rated to a great depth and
formed over the natural nek a lay
ing of quartz, aid upon tlie surfifco
of this deposit , when examined un
der a glass, there is presented the
appearance of pelrilied vegetable
1 1 g.owth of a light yellowish brown
color. The sieeimeM is well worth
examination by parties, interested in
I goo og.cal studies.
I Salinas City, Cal., was visited
by a very heavy earthquake on the
night of the 4th.
I The Sa'em Statesman says that
! several of the most influential citi
j zeiis in that city are talking about
! building a new hotel there.
Salem is to have another book
store soon.
Hay is scarce and sells for 810
per ton in Pmtqua Valley.
Counterfeit half dollars arc in
circulation numerously in Hose-
hufg-
Tho grain crop at Walla Walla
Valley is much larger than was
supposed a lew weeks ago that it
could be.
A little boy at Olympia, who was
vaccinated, scratched his scab, then
scratched his nose and inoculated
that member. He has a very sore
nose.
.flany "sea-side loiterers" are
now at falmoii river beach. A
steady stream of people tills the
j road, going and returning.
On July 14th a terrible water
stout occurred near Golden City,
Colorado. The torrent of water
struck a carriage containina G.
" wvann, kPier aiww !$iHiiarQ.
cil lilook, who were returiiiilfr
home. The two latter were drown
ed. The body of Jfiss Yicrdcn Was
found some three miles below the
Bowie of the, tluterjjOoered .with
said 'ami dcbrk" Tli 'road was
badly washed out and rendered im
passable. A man named Shipley, from
Tennessee, committed suicido at
f trtrflWf Nevada "on he 5th,
by taking twenty grains of strych
nine. Causa, impaired mind.
7'he election in Corinnc, Ftah,
on the 5(Ji, resulted in a large ma
ority W Gen 'ttrJrj.'r JTalwell,
'entile candidate for Delegate to
Cow orroo
It is generally conceded that ilc
Ghmia, Democratic Delegate for
i.tK, is flatted try a large ma.
jvruy.
I Tlie Liberal press of Salt Lake
j asserts that the school of propliets,
j by direction of Krigham Young,
! instigated and assisted the outrages
" " raininy mgm,
1 he election in I tali passed on :
pencwDlyiu all pans, mo wor -
inoii eatididatewas elected (leu-
tile ladies voted tor the first t.ine.
.
m . 1.. ii logins nn o.xo ..pjni.m
ed Superintendent ot C onslruetloii
r . ,r i .
of the I . S. I'ostoihceand Custom
House in Portland eiee K ft
John, resigned, savs tl. Oraio-
nian.
7'here are plenty ol olid s and
rover cases in l'orllaml.
An East Portland man drove
nvf-r n kl-nnk lot, Ibinr since. Wntlfl
out witl. his latmly or an airing,
n the aiiiiuagc ot his wi.e, tl.ev
'haveii'i(or by that smellyet."
I'urglarics are still hvejuent in
Salem.
The Spanish bark, Manilla, ar
rived at Portland, Monday, from
China, with lour hundred and
twenty-live Chinese passengers.
The Olympia Tribune gives an
. . i . i ,
.tol a fight between a sherill
accoui
ami posse of live and the three
'Fuget Sound Pirates," near Fort
lllakely. One of the fiosso and
one of the pirates were wounded,
but the latter got away into the
hush.
Demcerats generally, of Salt
Lake, refuse to accept fJoo, Q.Can-
unit nu lifimiima nf rhoir ( niivnntii ,n
as delegate to Congress.
l a Grande is organizing a lite-
rary Society.
J lie convicts ot the Male prison
entered upon the occupancy of the
new iiemtentiary bunting last
Thursday.
A man in Jackson county re-
ceutly avenged himself on his
neighbor, with whom he
l ad some
difflctll'y, by catching a half bush- the Marysville jail, Cal., last Sat
el of potato bugs and emptying i urdav, for the murder of Mr. Huch-i
them into his neighbor's garden.
J. V. Mossmau has been elected
Mtirshal of Olympia, an office to
which is attached a salary of $1 per
dav.
From a Puget Sound pajx-r we
learn that a Mr. Gallon has discov-
ered, on the headwaters of Skagit
river, placer gold d'ggings paying
from three to ten dollars a day i to
the rocker.
1 he surveyors have completed
the location ot the North Pacific ,
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Kailroau on tho lute ot the Snake
, ,. . !
river to low I reek I rehmmary ;
J I
lines are now liemg run Irom Cowl
"
Creek to Hangman s reek, near j
its junction with the Mjokanc river.
Dog days are coining on.
nu-m.iia I... h.i.1 ulrn,
. . ,
fights the past week. In one of
litem a scitooi readier spread one oi j
his patrons on the sidewalk. I
The Oreifaaian says: A litt'e
SOU of Mr. lionnctt, who resides
about fifteen miles east ot East
Portland, while playing with a feed
cutting machiiK! the other day,
severed the first three fingers of his
right hand.
Summer complaint is quite prev
alent in Portland.
The Olympia Tribune records an
accident which happened on 7'uos.
day last to Mr. J. H. Hramwell,
engineer of the Port lUakely steam.
cr. He was at work making a
journal, and had his metal at a
liquor heat. Pouring it in the box,
leaning over at the same time, the
metal unexpectedly exploded, flying
up ami striking him in both eyes
and falling on his head. One eye
was entirely destroyed burned
outarid df'tlte otlier there k little
hope, it being so much injured as
IP cause the loss of his sight. His
scalp'was burned through wherever
touched by the metal: 'hc explo
sion is supposed to have been caus
ed by dampness in the box. .
7110 Idaho Statesman says :
"Dendoy," with his tribe of In
dians, has gone to Wciser valley,
to fish, hunt and trade horses with
the Cayuses, who are expected
to be there two thousand strong.
Dendoy and his tribe saved two
white men from the scalping' knife
ot Lain tack Jim, not long suae.
II also swnired band of herses fbr
tlie same party. The Indian Chief
and his men should receive the
consideratWn ofthc wMfesfi.r this
mark of friendship on their part.
Haflnack Jim bar goae back to
Camas Vwm
:. KSA .vi a ti I
In Pritish territory the Indians
are five to one compared with the
j white.
Victoria has a nomination of 'over
! four thousand
l-ritish Columbia has boo, di-
j ht0 ,i0 districts, w;t,, a
; Kimx. n ea(,., tj rjrJ t,,e
1 . .' , .
births, marriages and deaths.
7'llO W'llln W'lll-i tail in .......i..
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with the exception of one convict'' We are informed that who., the
t , ,,, , u ... i ...... . ...
who wouhlu t leave when he hai ; other day, Mr. Meaeham, candidate
, a chance. A local paper announces
i that it does not report the above
(act with pride, silica the
re are
: several outside who ought to Ik?
in.
From the h
egonum e rea.l
that John fonway, tail sawyer at!tW,vass ot Kastcrn ().vg
Douglas' saw mill, Portland, while
at work accidentally brought his
hand in contact with the circular
saw, cutting it off at the wrist, and
lacerating the muscles of the ami
in a terrible manner. It was found
necessary to amputate the arm.
The patic t was doing as well as
could be expected
T, , ,'
Portland has a canine weighing
2o0 pounds.
The diamond, ruby, etc., sensa
tion had broken out at Salt Lake on
the 3d inst.
Liberal I'nion meeting at Salt
, Lake, Ftah, in (rout of the Salt
I Lake House, was broken up by a
.'1iinnoii molwtn I.Iia nttrl.f; ..I thn
j 3d
riieOentiles were much exas-
...
j pe rated, ami but for cool heads
tlrre would have been blood shed.
j i ne ponce ravomi the moo.
j 7'he Mayor of San Francisco
, lias given notice that neither politi
I
I cal par,y will be permitted to fire
' salutes during the campaign within
j the city limits.
Charles Marlow was hanged at
ana. i about a year ago.
Two new cases of small
have lieen develoiied at Fi.ion
'
llidge, Clarke eou dy a Mrs Al
vin whose hit-band died about two
: weeks ago, ami a Mr. Doan. Mrs.
' Alvi" has also died.
1 110 cnterjiiHers having devavtat-,
j e(1 '"""' orchards in Oregon have.
; -M mo t oluniDia river, and
I l,c t',.eir. aplrance in Wash-
tiigiott CTtiwry.
0ltWflb,sll(yofl.stTOk Mj,
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ueent, the lierer ot thejail at
... . . , , . .,
Olympia, was locked in the inside
. ,
of the institution by oiks of the
. .
prisoners named rjriuhlarn. After
,ie j(K)r wa fai,tei,ed by
Ouihlare, ho lett for parts unknown
i and has nut been heard of since. He
' was in prison awaiting trial on a
i charge of attempting to commit
j
7'he Mountaineer of Saturday
says : "Tlie party of Germans who
we mentioned last week as having
gone over into Washington Terri-
tory in search of a place to found a
colony, returned well pleased, and
one of them has started for Iowa I to have hi thoughts alwut
for the purpose of bringing out the ! I,ira 1"d at fm.nd """J!
. .,. , , . occasions. " I was, said a pobti
sixty tamilK who are tlicre await-, eiaM) . 011CC opeilin a Rtl(1
ing his rcsport. The place selected
is about eighteen or twenty miles
north ot Mr. K 8. Joslyn's farm at
White .Nalmon."
Tlie cabbage in Polk comity are
"buggy."
The iUcMinnville West Suit is
now owned by G. W. Snyder.
Marion county lias eighty-one
school.
This year's crop ot wheat is raid
to be of excellent quality.
A little son of James Ritchie, of
('amp Cretfk, Lano county, was ae-
. , ... . ... ... .
week. Itis feared tlie limb will
havo to lie amputated.
A' Partial) journal says it is in -
formed that R. It. Thompson. Ksq.,
4i . . i ii ,i
ot that cty, has purchased the
(arm of W. L. Adams in amliill
county, paying $25,000. The (arm j
i A l :
is located about seven miles west of i
Ijttayctte, ami comprises 1,00 j
acres.
7'le Oiwkmi Partner thinks
there is no imwect that wool
cidentaliy shot iii the right arm iast"w ""ww a
growers iii this State wi l receive Asparagus is said to be a valuable ' Ihm,v '""' 01,1 mertlng-hwis know
mr a, good a price, fer this year's medicu.al agent in S?-
clip they got for last yean, ;
Mr Samiu-1 I Nesom of Mar-
r. csaraueu. wewsom, oi ivisr
ion t'oaiitv. received inte'lieence,
ou fttfhrday, of the outbreak of tlie j
Snake Indians not far from where '
lKMbkWotlrl1.wadW
!"'. oTf heailwaterB "of the
Deschutes river.
I The 77.w says : " Terrific fires
are raging in the mountains sur.
. . .
rounding Jacksonville, and the1
i 1 .1 1. .
KM UIU sul,r
and unlieallhy. I bo tires have
Uvn and are making great head
way, destroying much timber. A
heavy
shower ol rain would lie a
irvi,.. I I .,.., lit
for rresidential Elector
on the
. , , , ,
Kepiibl caii ticket, passed through I
the Dal.es, on his way to Fmatilla, i
. ,,, ,r.. i .
hO cared niwn Mr. Ontes, .who is;
one ot the I'emocraiiccaiiiiioaieson
. the (ireelev ticket, to make some
,,,,, .,, . B,1,mil;,r
in. .Mr.
1 . n
Cates declined, sayiiigthatKcdtdit't ! well."
want any canvass in his. Mr. I "Not a very gootl look-out for yon,
Meacham orgetl that the isople i il 1 '; '? ''ow; would v....
,, 1 , ', ; like to im into business with me
won d expect a canvass, and he , .,.,, "l)lW ,,erplexisl I
won d like very well to go out and ,.yw the Colonel curiously,
talk a little, but he didn't want to ! "I Ihiiik we might strike up a bo--go
alone Finally Colonel Rates 1 , 'ou wine lo the Oitera Hon
chd the colhKpiy by WtoxffiffiZJ&f:1
ell, I may conclude to speak a( ,t II o'clock the boy was their,
tew times; if I do, Til abuse Orant , ijuite. curious to know what the OA-
like h II, but I'll be d-d if I'll
say a word in fiivor of Crccley."-
Oregon Skitemmn.
7'he Maker City tcmormi says j
that a large band of Indians are oft'!
their reservations, and are annoy- j
j inB "W n'iglitoirti.g the settlers ana
. , , ,
" I T" T "L2. Zffiffi;
OciKlay, one of tlie chiefs, recently
CMOtped a
short distance from
V"1 ' . ' " ' . til I
drunk on bo.se City whisky. UeJ
it... 'i.. ..-i. i... i
warned the whites to leave there,
! as the Indians wcro "letting ready
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to kill everybody,
. , .
Corv allis has purchasou a tire
eii'dne tor S2 000.
pel
IWV, C. (. St rat ton, of Salem,
! has started for Salt Lai
City,
where he will remain to preach in
one of the .If. K. Churches.
The Portland linlli tin says that to pay any part of the money lo him
tVolin. M,.flf!.ii ,l I tr t.H, ' self, ' Wlier. Col. Fisk died llicre wn
1, .in, l ..lirilllU ifc.i'l I, ,,J. mil' ,
I
the A raid reporter, were severely
injured last Friday evening by 1
, mg thrown from a buggy which had
. .
collided with a truck near the cor-
net oi -iiituisoii aim rioni buna.
e f-.i: i i' . 4
Four (Jiiaker visitors were in
Portland lastweek from the city of
"Brotherly I.ove "
The Legislative and Senate Hall
ttre linj, hxel up for biz , say
km Htatuwm.
the
I A dispatch last Jonday cveitiug
j announced the sad news that Artptiv
Channan, son of Col. Channan,
was dn)Wtf4 at Oregon City that
lay. inc .an was aisiui sixteen
years old,
Two young girls raised $112 in
Jacksonville the other day for
J
Sunday School library.
Cornelius Gilfi.y, fir the killing
of W. II. Wales, at Portland, has
l)0en tc.ieed by Judge Fnton, to
the Penitentiary for lite,
DlSOONVEUTIXti AN OUATOU
ft is tin asloiiishiinr tliinir bow little
j a maUor win disconcert a man who
j is accustomed to speak in public,
was Itcgimiing to warm with my
subject, when a remarkably clear
and deliberate voice spoke out be
hind me, saying, 'he wouldn't talk
so hifalutinatin, if he knew his
trousers were bust clean out behind.'
From that moment I could not get
on. The pcopkt in front began to
laugh ; and there was a loud roar
in my rear, and I dared not reverse
my position for fear of having new
beholders of my condition. I made
or rather invented an excuse tor
delay, and sat down. Tlie ma!i.
cions scoundrel ! " tontinued the
r4t. it ,.l...4 m-.,. iM
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, a" """" ",ar 'HwaVtZwai XEESXZ
f mv unmentioiiables. lv-!uci, lie was rathar shocked m
. ...
1 Hishop Morris, ef tho Methodist
?KIa,5b mar,ri f
-Viss Gallic A. Bmscup, of Leek-
otoTltariw. Uw 4
j i,mo
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till nsvtva in. u mini 4iv in i
., -. , , Amh(Mt
tntrt-fit, fbr this reason : "if you
fW r you is ;
nt if you gits Wowed, up ou the
" " " .
JZJSSJXLSJl !
' V. T 7. : ,: . -"V" !
. - . ,IIO0tti,l-4eijl1M1,
.;i mum dtramt, muel. .'
relieve.!, especially if Uhj iiatient
avoids all acids, whether in tls-I or
- ., MUM
1.1
Wlatevtr wet !aVfo and
f;im-ts, there were traits In Cof. FMt'
character, cm H table, lp the htgmt
degree, to his head and heart,
iiisiii,otpiitatiousclwrltlrsan(?ipn-
liwnllj L-fitit-infrriinJ Al illn.rill l,i
'.,. to
,ire Worthy ofeniulatiou. A little h
iilcnt which occurred a few month
before his death Is erhaps one of iho
iiiimI louehiiig thai has ever been iciv
cu to the pubTJc. This one Mr'. Ki-'s
take's esjieflal pleasure in recalling,
illintratlng. as it does, her ItirtbaiKl's
kiudiies-i of heart and readiness 1
sympathy and help to thon who nf I-
; - WpW ('ol. risk had olten uoiic"t
ut i went v inirii Mn'ei a nine. erii-
,,,., newsboy, and one day he spoU
Mj )" W blutT. olf-haml manner :
"" ''II. niy liov. how is business.'
-Xot very good, sir," was the r
ply.
'"'hat Is the matter?"
"Why. yon see I lame, ami I can't
. i-iiii. and th ntliiT omh iiiwun of
; . .....i I ain't uM mr nanuu vri v
: onei vvanteii.
llullo, hoy; you're a good one.
Xow see here do yon know a gout
plai for a (inner stand "
"Ves, sir. tip top."
"Where is it?"
"Down here at the corner."
"How much will a stand cost?"
. . t . . i. an
i.hi- di ioiior ; ti u ;is iin v or
; (U,lar,.r.
HIM ma,,, there
I "les, I do. Ir.is a flnt rate place."
"iveu iiiireta carneiitcr to makn
the mini and I'll stock It ; then you
iiMiiik.Il iSk iMtHtmJLt.
; uea ; von and I will iro into the naii
i hudness."
t ...1 1.1! .1. .1... .L.
. VA" 1 lu,'"l xu
! hoy what part ot I he profits he should
iveeive, told when the stand should ls
rewty fend sont hhnon lils "wajr rejoie-
r .oi .n ,vei oi.woif.
'Trade was kikxI. and every week ti
iiiji. i no piau was very succc-skoh.
hoy earrhsl his share ofthemnnev n
his oar. ner. Si ehiir the hnv's delnrml
nation, Col. Msk quietly put tlienton-
ey aside, nnd one day gave it all fo lis'
noy, releasing lilm trnm his coiitrui
, , .....
, nttwliere a smcerer mourner than Hits
llttlb newsboy, and a little stand on
; er -
! the many kind deed oftheCot:. don..
!...!.... 1 1.1 i .X..Ai.J.. ..
'i"" "y aim wiuunn, oiicnuuiou. a
i lilnst ot Ins r ii m I vvot-L-s u-iiii iin.l it 1.
- . . ... . . . . ' .
by hundreds that he lias helped, son'
ol' vyhoin he had never even seen, that
he is .sincerely mourned ; and many h
heart blessei the uietnory of the mini
who llei at rest In lite quiet graveyafl
of the lovely Vermont village. .
The girb of IJvansylUp, lift., am
eqiiestrianwiiug man rashioii. The
are opposed to sitlesadtllclsm. antl fr
! '
for woman's rights s.uare to the bae'v-
A Chicago dry goul dealer adverti-
es: "ine most alarming wtenfle"
sine! I he days ot 'Abraham and Isaac.
A l.'ticn girl at the proper houri.nJI
! a siring which re versus a picture on
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aitl,e lw,t'k which aps-a is in hup.
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my bedtime." and her admires tain
the gentle hint and depart.
A Kentucky editor says a ncighl'ir
of his is so lazy tint wlien lie works lu
the ganlcn lie moves about so slowry
Ihat the .-hade of lib broad-hritiuiK i
hat kills the plants.
"Landlord," said a traveler, at
table of a country tavern, "this iori
is a little weaker titan I am used to: I
wish you'd just let that chicken of
yonrs vvatle through it once more If
you p'ease."
While a Waterbury (Ct.) former
mowing his dooryard, a sly puppy hM
in the grass and then jumped out to
take tlie seytlte by surprise. But It
iippy (iirnwl out to be more siu-nrl-
, i hi i KM, i ill, iiiiiii-. Jill UVK1I41-
ed than the scythe, lor lie found bioi-
seii m two places at the same time.
Walter, a live-year old. was surpris
ed at breakfast by the presence of a
diminutive egg, served tor his espectil
delectation, lie thus accounted ft
tlie egg's smallues : "Mamma. 1 think
the cmckcu was learning to lay."
A gentleman ot Chesterfield, who
had missed hfs umhrella for son
time, a day or two ago found it in a
conspicuous place on his premt
with the following Inscription pbuvM
ujion it : "This uinbrallar lis pnsk
on my konshens ever sin I stole tiinti.
W. K."
. A? .e,,ltor rote tending artUCv on
Hie l.ur sex. lu UK" course of w hk-h h
snmi "xina or seventeen or ngtMen
i. . ... - ir i qr
di eoverthatan imfortuniitetjixiaiaua-
icai error nau matte lilm says "tiirN
or seventeen or jeighteen are fond of
bean."
Up in Vcrmint there lived a repro
bate family named Ransom. Oner,
however, they were induced1 to alters?
a meeting during a revival. TTieji
came late, and laid hurdly take?.
P" 0,,t. h?mn
in. ii fvaut witen uw norson
. "Itetorn.'
jypS, fflM
ye ransom simier, home." "All
in a rnge ami elabning on his h,u
I 'H ionic along, ole woman ami gals :
I we'll co home fast cnoturh. and everT
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nniwiy oi a may witness remarkin
.hntu-M, mt aicmt t
nisl her Iw-ml. and with a took maii.
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