Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-12-23
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"A Tilted damsel in Ashland county,
O., has been made "a. 900 richer by the
law for being Tilted.
A woman describing her runaway
husband says:~sDaniel may be known
by a scar on his nose-where i scratch
ed him."
The only diamond cutting estab-
lishment in the United States is at Bos-
ton.
Those who have their mouths Oft
enest open have their minds eoftenest
shut.
Lucy Stone says sstI,e cradle is a
woman,s ballot box95 Then we've
known some unlawful voting when two
ballots were deposited at time.A
The Chicago postmaster has placed
girls instead of young men for clerks at
the ladies' window, to save time and
stop Irritation. Ye-r-a ywe-
Three men arrived at st Louis, last
week, from voyage of 2, 700 miles down
the Mississippi river in skiff.
On the post norton examination
of the late Lord Palmerston it was found
that an abscess had formed on the kid
neys, which was the cause of his death.
Mrs Ramsey, Of Charleston. S. c.,
a lady 81 years of age, and grand
daughter of Henry Laurens, still retains
the table ON which the Declaration of
Independence was signed.
The young lady possessed an imE
mense water power who had canal In
her stomach, cataract in her eyes, q
creek in her back, and waterfall on
her head.
A clerk in music store was lately
overpowered by fastidious young lady
who wanted to purchase t'Mr. Thomas
Hood 's-a-song If the---a--gentle-
mans under-garment = The clerk is
still alive. sia- tF~
The Springfield Republican COM
putes, from general sources, that Mas
sachusetts paid upward of $50,OO0,00O
on account of the war.
The whole amount of naval prize
claims already adjudicated is so, 000,-
900 in round numbers, of which over
So, ZOO. 900 have already been paid.
- flock of wild geese kept pace with
O train of cars on the Hudson River rail
road, going about thirty miles an hour,
the other day, for ten miles, when they
changed their course. rs M t
Many public men consider them
selves the pillars of state, who are more
properly the caterpillars of the state,
reaching their higk position only by
crawling.
Josh Billings says "Save the
phools, and don't let 'em run out, for
If it warn't for them wise men could
not get a living" No danger. Mr..
Billings was in good health at the last
accounts.
-Quibble, on hearing it remarked,
In discussion of certain facts in an
cient history, that Noah made the ark
of Gopher scood," said immediately that
Noah "made the antediluvians 90 for
rood to build it with.
Tt has been noticed that two reb-
els, Lieut.. f. A. MOffitt and Jefferson
ID. Howell, were recently arrested at
Portland, Maine. The former is n son
of Captain Moflitt, of tho Alabama, and
the latter is a brother in-law of jeff.
Davis.
Mrs Sarah j. Holmes, aged sixty
four, and Esquire Larken, aged sixty
eight, residing near Beliair, Maryland,
recently ran away and got married.
They ran away from their children, who
opposed the match.
The celebrated Eastern traveller,
Mr.. Layard, in excavating the ancient
city of Nineveh, discovered the name
of Jonah inscribed upon the ruins -
That prophet, as our readers know, was
sent to announce to the people of Nine
veh the destruction of the city for its
wickedness. -
"A little girl in Pennsylvania was
lately reproved for playing out doors
with boys, and informed that, being
seven years old, "she was too big for
that now But with all IMAGINABLE
she replied; "Why,s grand
ma. the bigger Wa grow, the better we
like EN-. Grandma took time to think.
Everything is very cheap in Japan.
A first class house can be purchased for
thirty and servants work for fifty cents
q month. For the use of "a horse and
groom, one dollar and fifty cents a
month. A person can live there very
for two cents day, or
fourteen cents O week. -a'+ 81
"A wedding party in Vienna, was
very much disturbed by mysterious
stranger, who handed the groom a
packet, securely sealed and bearing on
the outside the inscription: -. Enclosed |
is the tender correspondence of your
wife and the actor W." 1t was signed, |
"Your sincere friend On the exam
nation of its contents, il may be easily |
imagined the unpleasant effect it bad
on the bridegroom, bride and friends.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THE LEAsTr Use
FUL.--It is said that theresa of Florida,
the most beautiful of flowers, emits no
fragrance; the bird of Paradise, the
most beautiful of birds, gives no song;
the Cypruss of Greece. the finest, of trees,
Yields no fruit; dandies, the shinieSt of
men, have no sense; and ballroom
bellies, the loveliest creatures in the
world, generally ditto-7only more SO.
-Artemus Ward says shooting isn't
as popular in Nevada as it once was
A few years since, they used to have
a dead man for breakfast every morn
ing. A reformed desperate told meE
that he supposed he had killed men
enough to stock a graveyard. "a feel
ing of remorse," he said, sometimes
comes over me! But I'm an altered man
now. / han't killed man for over two
weeksl What'll yer poison yourself |
with?" he added. dealing @ resonant |