The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1865-10-04
INTERESTING ITEMS.

himself of freedom of opinion than Of the
features Of his face.
On Seventh street, from Pine to Carpen-
ter, in Philadelphia, distance of seven
squares, there are ffly.fve houses in
which liquor is sold. The proportion is
one tavern out of every four houses.
In the days of the draft good looking
but boor young man married rich old
maid to get money to buy substitute
That fellow married as military necessl-
ty.
l! is proposed at Lewistown, Maine, to-
have an exhibition of the different styles
of bonnets worn within the past twenty
five years. A very large hall will be re-
anired 'V-'Tr7--'
W. L. Barry, Of Lebanon, Tennessee,
now 81 years Of age, is said to be the old
est printer in the United States, having
been cOmpositor for sixty years.
A woman in Charlestown, Massachu.
sets, has family Of tame toads in her
yard. She feeds them, pets them up,
dresses them On Sundays with velvet, and
on other days in drab, kisses them and
otherwise tenderly cares for them.
AS the battery was going into camp at
New Haven on Monday, an old battery
horse grazing in lot, hearing q bugle
call, jumped the fence, took his old posi-
tion in line, and moved out to camp with
the battery. So much for force of habit,
A few years ago there was newspaper
published at Niagara Falls, the editor Of
which was blind man, the compositors
were deaEand dumb, the press work was
performed by the blind, the papers were
folded by the blind, and wrapped by the
mutes.
The newest thing out is "plumpers" for
hollow-c checked damsels. The plumper is
made of porcelain, pea-shaped in form, flat
on one side and bulging out on the other.
They fit on the inside Of the ckeeks, CIV
ing.a round plump appearance; hence,
doubtless their name.
The standing army Of the United States
now consists o! 49, 900 regulors, 10000 col.
ored and 100000 white volunteers. Of
these, about 1901 are now in the field ;
the others are absent on leave.
1t is said that Pithole, the great oil city
in Pennsylvania, was thus named in con-
srn that exj an extraordinary pit or cav
\ o;,v In fists about three miles from the
= -. 100 this pit stones are thrown, but
not yet oes1 fat6o,na dror r7~'''-- l+'sr-
A Nashville letter says that the late
rebels, Henry S. Foote, John Bell, and
Neil S. Brown, are all residing in that
city. Brown has returned to the practice
of law; Bell is in feeble health and, keeps
very quiet; Foote is active and bustling
as ever, and says that he shall hereafter
eschew politics and devote himself to the
Law.
A swamp in Tewksberry, Massachusetts, has
been on fire for some time, and the combus-
tion having worked into peat-bed eighteen
to twenty iuches continues to advance. The
roots cf the trees are burned off and they top
pie over, adding fuel TO the flame. Gangs of
men have been at work in various places
trying to check the fire, but without success.
Harrisburg paper tells ofa man who has
failed in business four times was burned out
three times; was robbed five times; was up
set in stage coach and thrown down an en-
bankmcrt distance of sixty feet; fell head
foremost through a. hatchway in store at
Reading; has ileen merried three times, and is
the father of twenty one ceildren. He ''still
lives, land is engaged in business at Harrisburg,
Nearly half million (495, ,592) people in
New York live in tenement houses and cellars.
There is story ofan inspector who found four
families living in one room, chalk lines being
drawn across in such manner as to mark out
quarter of the floor for each family. elbow
do you get along here?" inquired the inspec-
tor. Every well, sir" was the reply, "only the
man in the farthest corner keeps boarders."