The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-17 00:00:00

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CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS
Although one swallow will not make a summer, still
a single Ma Inserted In a chair will make one %slug
" Music SW tender as the flesh of an infant," is the
expression of an enthusian.

A man out West, remarks an American cditor, who
always pap for Ws paper In advance, writes that he has
never had a nick day In Ws We.

There is a family in Vermont, United States, con-
sisting of flre slatere who are all over *0 years old, ani of
tree others all over 10 years old.

They have an eighteen-year-ohll_ay preacher out In
Indium, whose sermon. " exceed for wonderful soope of
thought, eloquence of tilcUon, and perfect oonamand of
language," anything ether before heard Is those parts.
A Chicago man, the other day, hearing a very elo
qgent charity sermon, egclalmed—.. This sermon strongly
prove. the Leceeslty of alms. I have aimed a mind to turn
beggar."
An American paper says that Felix Arbon. of
Indiana, looked down a pistol barrel 0 see if It was loaded,
while playing with the trigger. The coroner's jury was of
opinion that it must have hem loaded.

An American vendor of a universialmedicine declaree
that II hte prem.:elution be buttoned literally, a cure Is certain
"Me medicine la to be taken In ternally, ez-tenially, nod
e-tentally,"

This is the style in whi,h irreverent Chicago an.
Docile. a great revivaltst :—" Elder Kapp tnvlrg 0 ll-
',erred three .inners In 7 24 will 'natio with the Eked uext
Sunday."

Mr. Fowler, of Indiana, a pedagogne, has eloped
with •14 yeer-old girl pupil. Ml.n her fabh, heard that
she was in the shares of the Yowler, be put a double charge
of buck-thot in his gun, and, packetiug tea day.' oinked
rations, went fowling.

It was recently rather spitefully said by an obstroo-
tive gentleman at a meeting on Women.ltights lhut there
Is no frlend.hlp between women so strong tbat one good-
looking young maul, not able to break up." A taint effort
to put down auch nonsensical observation. was ineffective—it
wan felt to be really too true.

The Loninille Democrut announcee that that jouinal
has been sold to a now prnprietor. In tie same rum her the
retiring editor takes leave. lie sale, The worst sin I have
upon my c-insclenee is helptrg to make great men out of very
small matoriaL"

A story is told of a young couple in Hartford who
wanted to hear Dickens read. They could hardly afford it,
but screwed up their extravagance to the necessary pitch. Al
they had concluded to Invest, they bethought themselves of
• poorer family near by who were suffering from a lack of
work. So tbey gave up litokeus, and mild the price of two
tickets to their Impoverished nefghbours. The poor people
took the money, IKtught tickets with it, and attended the
readings

Toe CREAMY:4 Or W,41.1/4.—A poet in the Kane
Republican, Lelebrating the w..rks of Dame Nature, bag an
toes whicn comes very near b3ing original—
She next made Woman—eo the story gem—
With an Improv.o material and art:
Gave her storm, the choicest one of those
That make aught brantlfnl, and to her heart
A power to soften man—and forced the rose
. . . . . .

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Its blushing tint to her soft cheek Impart—
Then ehopy'd the rainttote up, anti with the chips
bhe wept to work, and finished off her ups

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In New York, John Murphy was arreeted for being
drunk. Ills wife appeared before the justice with two One
looking children, end appe&led for his liberation. "Are
thme your children?" asked the justice. " Yes," shereplied,
they are Cornelius Vanderbilt Murphy and George Wash.
ingtou Murphy, and I have left at home James Fisk Murphy
and William M. Tweed Murphy, who were bore with these
two." '' What! asked thej ustice, 'four at a birth?" She
mid it was true, and the effect was so great that their father
was released at once.