The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-09
XARIOCs ITEMS.

VARIOUS ITEMS.
From statistics gathered at recent State con-
vention at Madison, Wisconsin,, it was learned
that the average yield Of syrup through the
Stste last year vas about l1O gallons TO the
acre 1t IL Inferred that the culture Of sorghum.
not ONLY 10 W sconsin, but other Northwestern
States. has become permanently established, aud
that hereafter it will assume front rank in the
agricultural interests OF this section Of the Un-
ion.
The English postal. order system will probably
be adopted in our country this spring. 1t so,
you will be able to send from three to thirty
dollars any where By mail, without the lisk Of
its being stolen e., route.
One Of the most eligible pews in 'StOne Chap.
y" OF Jston, was lately sold at auction, and
So spirited aas the competition for it that il
brought FIVE thousand four hundred dollars. II
belonged 70 an estate, and was bought by one
Of the " solid men" The church is one of the
Oldest aud wealthest u Boston. We doubt il
there has ever before been sold a single pew in
any church in this country at so high price.
The clergymeu Of New York aud vicinity have
published a solemn pro:es. against rafting at
fairs, g., because. /, R4hng is contrary to
Gle fde SAFE G ada rhe G'EsEy to the laws
lied world condems all resort to the lot"
The Nashville Dispatch tells of an occurrence
which took place at General Changers quarter:
last week. A negro had been waiting in the
Provosts Office for some tine without making
/ known his desires, when one Of the clerks asked
his business, to which the negro replied that he
/ had the email pox. and wanted psss TO 60 "a
the hospital We need not say how promptly
that dArk KEY was attended to, and no " furder
! questions axed"
While Uaiou soldier was bathing in Elk rv
or, Eve Of Bags soldiers came to the bank
and took aim at him, one of them shouting
GONE here, you ID Yauk, out Of the wet
The poor fellow felt quite sure he was done for
but obeyed the order. "You surrender out
prisoner, do yous" "Yes, Of course l do
That's kind. Now wen surrender to you =
And the FIVE stacked arms before him, their
spokesman adding, We've done with them,
and have bid old Bragg good bye. secesh i.
PLAYED out. Now you surround US and take u:
into camp"
A crusty old bachelor not liking the way Lis
landlaiy's daughter mad of sppropratng his hair
oil. filed his bottle with Spauidipg's glue the
GAY before ball to which the girl was invited,
/ aid she staid at home in consequence. II was a
dendish revenge.
Lord Ceniors housekeeping vas not liberal,
nor lis temper good, and JekylI summed up
both facts 10y saving, 1t is Lent al. the year
round 10 his kitchen, and Passion Week in bis
parlor'
A firm in Cincinnati has received an order
from large plantation n Louisiana for seven
hundred plo1ghs, forty wagons, lot of harness,
thirty carts, ore Thousand barrels Of pork, three
hundred tons Of hay, besides quantity Of black.
smiths aud carpenters tools, &c. That looks
like business. II is turning the sword into
plougbshares aud bayoness into reapiDg hooks
Four thousand volunteers have been raised in
Rhode Isaud within the past six and half
mouths Little Rhody is as true as steel TO her
patriotic duty.
The application Of castor oil to new boots
render them as soft as a buckskin glove. Il is
also the best application that can be made to
render uev boot water proof.
Prot Agassiz says that grasshopper's organs
for bearing are his legs. OF course, when in
doubt as to the threatening danger, be lie ena-
Died to jump TO a conclusion aud a safe position
a. the same time.
The T mes Washington special says hat Gen
Butler has issued an order forbiddiug the sale OF
LIQUOR 10 be drank on the premises in his depart
nent, under penalty Of fine aud imprisonment al
hard labor; also an order that all estates 10 his
department. abandoned or occupied by rebels be
taken possession Of BY the Superintendent OF Ne
go Affairs
Il l. questionable whether there IS an instance
in the history OF the composition Of our army TO
match the following. which We fnd in the Port
land Advertiser: a zidow in Union, who has
tSelve children. eleven OF them boys. has just
s.1t the elsrsnih son into the army. On the &C.
sion OF bis euHs,iag. some oSceIs and friends
made up purse OF 500, and presented it 10
TO this patriotic m.tron, Who said she vas sorry
that her other child vas not boy, so that she
might make still another Offering TO her country
Owing to the advance in cotton, caused ~
The war, It's cultivation mas bscome so profitable
that the ne~ treasury agent in LOUISIANA has
raised the regulated wages Of the freedmen to
s2s per month.