The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-03-31
WHOLE NO. 677.

into tho wagon to bid adicu 10 her uA> 2
happy son, ,,lhe horses started and she was &
thrown on the ground md her back
broken. She lived but few hours
afterwards. bN
A scotchman who. lately put up at
Quebec, was asked the next morning =
how be slept! "'Frotb, mon," replied 2
Donald, "nae vera weel either, but ! was
muckle better alf than the bugs, for deal
ane o. them closed an e'e the hale nicht..
The first cold cut nail in the world was
made in l771, by Jeremiah Wilkinson, Of ,
Cumberland, Rhode Island, who is still
alive. A few years ago we saw the old
workshop where the thing was done. II
was "standing on its last legs" 0aaom
The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court of the Unied States, in the case
of the McDonough will, secures 10 the
American Colonization Society about
thirty thousand dollars per year for forty (.
years.
On Thursday of last week, two little
boys at Hollidaysburg, Pa by some means
goi hold Of bottle Of whiskey, and drank o
a large portion of.it. Both were taken
sick, and one died il commissions the next
day. s,5 /,
To prevent crows and black birds pull 2
ing up corn, keep good supply on the
ground for them TO eat, as they won't
work for a living if they can get il with
out. ! have tried il with success for ?
several yearG. i
A bill has passed the Massachusetts
Legislature by which county, city and
town officers can be elected by plural
ity of votes; heretofore i, has required
clear majority for an election.
] A travelar agked Bob Tipple, if he
had ever been round the Horn. ''No,
SIR" replied The innocent Bob. 81 never
goes round the horn, amt ashamed TO
luke it, no matter who's BY"
The NIilerites in Portland have reuew~
ed their zeal of late, and confidently pre-
dict The end of the world this year. Some
FIX the time on the 26th Of May, when
the great eclipse occurs.
The Wall Street Reporter says that
the Emperor Louis Napoleon has lately
invested between seven and eight nils
lions Of francs in various public securi>
ties in New York.
The Boston Chronicle says tha. one
hundred and twenty members OF the Le-
pisIature, besides those from Boston, go
home every night, and that only ninety
remain in the city. .rr
The illustrated London News, speak,
ing OF Nebraska Territory, says il is
trac, of several million Of acres, recently
IA chased by the Americans from the
King Of Mosquito.
The block Of marble sent by the Pope,
for the Washington Monument, was de-
s'royed by some parties unknown, and
ne fragments deposited on the; banks OF
the Potomac. 7e
Dr.. d. Carpenter relates in the Med
ical Times two cases Of tetanus success
fully treated by the application Of ice to
the head and the whole length Of the
spine.
A politician, ffom rural region, being
told in Washington, last week, that cons
sols' had declined, asked TO be. informed
which consul, for he might like The Office.
Charles Dickens computes that cne-
:, sixth Of tine English people gain their
livelihood from the trade with the United
States.
$ Brandy punches have tendency TO
make the sidewalk slippery. They also
make ones head heavier than his heels,
and his purse lighter than either.
If we may believe the census, every
, fifth person in the United States owns a
, horse, every tenth dog.
The custom house valuation Of the se-
gars imported in the United States last
year, was $3,Sll,Ss5. ar' aa
4 John Charles Gardiner, brother Of DR..
$ Gardiner, who has been indicted for per-
: iury, declares he will stand trial.
Gov. Bigler has been re-nominated by
e the Pennsylvania Democratic State Con-
vention at Harrisburg. 90
No man who has once heartily and
y wholly laughed, can be altogether de>
I praved.-Cdrlyte, a5 . s11 81
l> The Virginia House of Delegates has
k passed the bill for the suppression OF
= small notes.
The population Of California, il is said,
IT has not increased to any extent during
d the past year. i hsoe6
: The,e is race of women 10 Ethiopia,
! according TO Leplond. who are heavily
bearded. & s's's .,
III Nicholas L., Emperor Of Russia, was
al born July s, 1926, and is nov % years years
n. old. is a 3