The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-20 00:00:00

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A California hotel consists of the hollow trunks of
ten immense trees, idaudisig In a group_a f_ey tee: apart.
Nine of the hollow trees duly papered and uhltena.shed, are
used as bedrooms, and ills tenth as au.ollice and bar room.

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The sexed conundrum propounded by Haruki in his
soliloquy as t..'' who would fardels bear basal last been
stolVed is a satisfactory uwlher. The widow of aSian namtd -
Pardele, hung for horse stealing in Texas, has just emu
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birth to t-ZZ

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A man in Wilmington, Delaware, whose feelings
havo beeu disturbed by the impertinencies of the local press.
writes to the Commercial of that city to know if he has a
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right to whitewa.sh his chicken-coop.
A south Caroliwt e3itor otters Lis palter tree, Or
year, to the man who brings him the hirgert water:mann of
the season. In the meantime he intends to live on the melons
that don't take the prize.
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The Mobile Register publishes the folloerins, personal :
A young lady who has bean greatly annoyed by lilot of young
simpletons who stop under her wiroloos at night to bins " It
ever I cease to love," wishes us to rimy, if they, will cease
their foolishness, come in and talk •• business, ' they will
wafer a favour." _ -•- • -

An Ohio man's wife end wife's mother died about
the same time, and were buried shin by side ; and the tomb-
stone man botched the job by putting each marble slab over
the wrong woman. And thus, horrible to relate, this Ohio
man was led to shed tears for three months upon the grave
of his mother-in-law. Yet there is no law to compel LIM
punishment of the tombstone man.
A HINT Ti) TOPERS.—The barkeepers of La Crosse,
Wis., conjointly present their compliments to the mothers,
wives, daughters, and sisters of that community, and beg to
say that if these ladies will hand to the chief of police the
names of any male relatives to whom they do not wish liquor
to be sold their denims shall be strictly carried out.

MRS. MALAPROP IN AMERICA. Mrs. Malftprnp
flourishes in the States it seems. A man applying for the
place of overseer on a Southern plantation presented the
following letter of introduction ant endorsement Mr.
Sir, I am aolieited by my friend to end:Tee lie
ulogy above which 1 do. Bin habits are temperate, his dis-
position congenial to social fluency in business. His
comprehension of agriculture Is exquisite at tful. Ills firm.
lien. in his capacity equal, his sobriety in habits. Also, have
never been mous, d, he leads a life of celehrary. So I think
all the characteristics relative to yeomanry are centred in
him."

A FUNNY LOVE STORY.—The Fort Edward Gazette
gives the following as one of the funny incidents lately hap-
pening in that town Two young men were both in love
with one rf the village liamsels. Roth started for her lIMIRO
Inn an errand of courtship tines area night ; one entered the
door just as the other came In sight and saw him enter. The
one thus left in the cold contented himself as acting no
sentinel and throwing stones all night at the house. The
one at the house was so scared at the stones whioh were con-
stantly rattling against the door that he did not dare to
leave the house. The question is who got the best of it the
one who threw the stones, or the one inside, who was ecar.-,1
so badly as to stay all night.