The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Some boys in an American city dropped an anvil
weighing 200 pounds out of a fourth.story window en
the head of *negro who was passing, and he had them
arrested. lie said he was willing to let the boys have
fun, but when they jammed a gentleman's hat down
over his eyes and spoiled it in that way the law must
take its course.

Neck-tie puties are the popular amusement in the
rural dintrkts out went. A neck-tie party is nue where
each lady makes a neck-tie of the game material an the
dress the wears, all of which are taken to the place
where the party is to be held, and placed in a bag.
When the gentlemen arrive, each one mugt go to the
hag and take out a neck-tie, and it is his duty to wait
upon the lady, during the evening, who vo are the
dress corremponding in material with the neck-tie.

In the Sandwich Islands it is death for a man's
mother•inslaw to visit him without his permission.
This means, of course, she knocks him down dead if
she visi,s him without his permission, which must have
the effect of making the Sandwiuli Island husbands
very polite to mamma-imlaw, keep her constantly
invited, and is a worthy example to Englishmen.

Mrs. Goes, of Orland, Me., haa just died at the age
of 107 years. All that we know about her ia that dur-
ing her whole life she wag greatly addicted to to-
bacco. The New York T,ibune thinks that if it im to
be one f the result., of tobacco that ite t,taties may
livo to the age of 107 yearo, every eenoiltle man will
at once refiw3 to run the rick of becoming a nuisance
to humeelf and Lir fellow creature.,.

Conversation beta ern inquiring stranger and Aram•
boat pilot:—" That is Black Mountain?" 'Yee. air;
highest mountain about Lake George." "Any story or
legend connected with that mountain ?" " 'Auto of 'em.
Two lovers once went up that mountain and never
Caine lack again." "Indeed; why what became of
them ? " " Went down on the other side."

NEwsPAPER BOAST! —Prentice, of the Lois medic
Journal, thus "taken oil" some of his contemponries,
who are constantly boasting of their " immense bturi-
nera " :—"The daily cireulation of our paper—to
actual bond lide paying subscribers—is just five million
six hundred and twelve thousand and forty-two
sheeta. We have employed npm the paper five
hundred compositors and one hundred and eleven
editors, nine hundred carriers, three hundred laud
twelve mailing clerks, and other alders too numerous
to mention. We have taken special charge of the falls
of Ohio, and use them exclusively for • wetting down'
our paper. We have eleven paper mills constantly in
operation, the arnallest of which turns irm. two hundred
thousand bundles of paper daily. It requir,s seventeen
nine-storey Hoe's pressen to work off our vast edition,
and we are compelled to engage ad the coal that is
mined in the Lehigh valley, as well as contract for all
the coal that comes down the Ohio river, to supply our
engines with fuel. Our correspondents are all gra-
duates of the first universities and colleges in the
world, and are s•ationed in every city, town, and ham-
let in the habitable globe."