The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-08-02 00:00:00

glisteffantatlS Intelligente,

ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

" THE PASSIONATE PILGEIM."— Enthusimilie
Petkatrian. "Aml on the Right Road for Strettor,l,
- Shakepeare'a Town, )ott know, my Man. Yon 'ye
often heard of Sholumeare ?` Rustic. " Eed. Be
you he ?"—Pu rack.

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IaktiTIGNING THE RIPENING OF REABB.—Mr.
Stall, an American cultivator, removed the earth
about an early pear-tree .ight weeks before the ncrmal
peni. dof e tang, for a space thirteen to fifteen feet
in di.me'n, and to mach an extent as to leave a deph
of earth over the roots of only two inches or so, which
could be thoroughly warmed by the sun. He was tour-
prised not only by the ripening of the fruit in the
middle of July, but also by its superior jueiness and
flAvour. In another experiment, the, earth fom the
mutt side of a tree alone caused the fruit on that
side to ripen several days earlier than that on the south
side.

A STRONG-MINDED HORSE.—A great crowd
war lately collected in one of the princip .1 streets of •
consider Lble German town in older t see a we-11.to d
citizen brought borne by his own home. The worthy
man hwi etarn .1 in gallant trim, but had not pr-ceedrii
far on his way when a difference of opinion arose be-
tween hiensef and his steed, which 'sided in the latter
unarasug his rider. The noble animal then proceeded
to carry out liiv original inteotion of retinning to Ins
stable a ith all cone, nient speed. Feeling some scruples,
how. ver, about deserting hie; master in this uccere-
monions manner, he determined to take him home,
thouBh not in the usual manner. He therefore applied
his bead vigorously to MA master's back, and thus pro-
pelled him through the streets, resolutely circumvent-
ing any disposition on his part to dive into sidecalleys, by
POKIrd and thrusts of a perfectly irresistible nature.
Tana escorted, the luckless owner of this vety strung-
inind,d horse arrived at home more dead than alive.
DARING ATTEMPT TO Ruh • BANK.—A bold
attempt was made by three men to rob the bank of
Decker and Jewitt, at Marysville, California, on the
11th inst. Frank Whipple, one of robbers, entered
the bank and pre,rn.ed • pistol at Mr. Jewitt's head.
Jewett fell down ant made his way to the desk where
Mr. Bingham, the chief der, , was writi g. Wcipplo
leaped over the counter, followed by Hingham, who
instantly allot Whipple in the neck. A desptra, e and
general fialit then ensued. Several shots were fired,
when the combatants chilli d their pietele. Finally
Whipple turned to run out of the bank, when Biughani
and Jewict simultaneously fi,d upon him with double-
barrelled shot guns, and he fell mortally wounded on
the sidewalk.

THE ARMY el WRlTERB.—Solemnly I cau-
tion this vast crowd of young and red that literature
in Linety-nine cases out of a huunred is a forlorn hope
(sap a writer in the Gentleman's Atctgazine) It makes
my heart ache to are the pale f. lin. anxious eyes,
that haunt the mrer pra.ss,es of editorial ream, and
the uffices of publishing houses. Everylesly seems to
think not only that he can write, but th tt he can live
by his pen. Ilse young aspirant is jostled by an army
of parsons, barristers, and gen,lemen in Goreinmett
employment, educated men not wholly &pendent upon
journalism and literature. As a rule, this active and
clever army writes well; its industry is enorun,na ; it
makes the profession utterly impossible for thousands
of other outsiders who swarm up from the country in
the hope of taking • place in the tanks.