Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-01
STATE NEWS.

New PoRK-CURING PKOCEss.-The
Ohilicothe AdueTtiser says 4 Mr.. Bart
lett is curing pork by new process.
After the bristles Of the hog are taken of,
before the entrails are taken out, the ven
trieles Of the heart are opened, and AL the
blood in the animal extracted. After this
is DONE strong piekl8rfis injected into one
of the ventricles, which permeates the en-
tire carcass, curing it in a very few mo-
ments The brine leaving the heart cir
eulates through all the veins of the ami
NAL, and passes back to the heart and
out of the second ventricle. The entrails
are then extracted, and the pork is thor
oughly cured.
SoLD.-Tho Toledo Blade says thst
gentleman of that city, not exaetlya young
man nor vet an old one, overheard an
Irish servant girl at the house which he
hOnored as a boaTder, discussing with
fellow servant the propriety Of investing
a dollar in O'Brien's Chicago Gift Enter
prise. She declared she had had
idhrame,p and that in said dream she
purchased No $780, in lottery, and that
number was the identical one which drew
the big prize, and she was determined to
try her luck if she could get that partieu-
lar number, to test whether dreams were
really warnings for goodior evil, or not
The drawing took place some months
after, and the gentleman was surprised on
reading the list to find that 1891 was in
reality the lucky number, and that it had
actually drawn the frst prize of $4,000.
Suppose he should marry her. The idea
pleased him, and that evening he took the
preliminary steps He proposed, she as
sured herself that he was in earnest, ae-
cepted, and the next morning they were
privately married.
So far so good. The next thing to get
hold of was the $4,000. He deiicately
told her of her good fortune and asked
for the ticket that he might send it to
Chicago and realize the greenbaebs there
on. Mary was astOnished, and not only
astonished but sorry She informed him
that she had written letter for the ticket
and inelosed the dollar, but after sleeping
on it over night concluded that she would
be throwing her money away, and so tore
no the letter and re-pocketed her dollar
The gentleman took the disappointment
phiIoSophieally, and at once sent his wife
&c 2 fem Sle seminary in Michigan, Yhere
she il now getting the polish on suitable
far tbs pew sphere in society to which she
has been introduced.
Coop Story ~ A CONeREssIoNAL As
P1RANr-The Mar sfeld Herald relates
the following on GeHerssl Sam. Bestty, =
Democratic candidate for L2ngress in ne
18th District: " Among the democratic
candidates is our old army friend, Gen
Samuel Beatty, who, though good fight
er, is not considered very much on the
spell A story used to be told in the
army about the General, but whether
true or not, we are not prepared to say,
but it ran in this way: The Generals Ad-
iutant had made out the official reports,
which required the Generals signature,
and presented them to him for signing.
The General, with true Democratic disrs-
gard for orthOgraphy, wrote his nameivery
plainly Samiel Beatty. The Adjutant
mildly suggested to the General that he
had better spell Samuel with a. but
the General insisted upon the correctness
of his way The General, however, after
that always wrote his name simply Sam
Beatty, and his official papers all show
this signature
An INTELLIGENT CUsToMER-A few
days ago a man called at a drug store in
o., and asked for an ounce
of laudanum. There is a law making
it the duty Of druggists to record the
name and description of the party pro-
curing poison; and the druggist had pre-
pared a book with proper head lines for
name, age sex, etc, of applicants for poi
sonous drugs Having recorded the Eams
and age, the druggist, in mere pleasantly,
now, what is your sexl''
The fellow looked puzzled a minute, and
then replied-"Goll darn it, I forget But
it's in the Bible at home, and Ill see
when I go home. You can just leave
that open till come baekR