The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-09-05
"A New York paper notes the hll-
ing Of . child from 6fth.story window,
and says the little unfortunate was stse-
riously injured" Quite likely. =

and says the little unfortunate was stse-
riously injured" Quite likely. q
The New York Times says that
"Mejia is suffering from a severe attack
Of the intestines." We believe that
man was never known to recover from
this disease.
They have had 30 much rain in
Boston during the last two months that
it Is said Washington street looks like
Il funeral procession Of mushrooms in
mourning" 80 many umbrellas arc car.
ried.
"A negro living near Madison, 1od.,
was sunstruck few days ago-the first
instance We have ever heard of the
kind. A..
The New York World wickedly
says that Bancroft threatens to destroy
our friendly relations with Prussia BY
insisting on giving to the :m,gnani-
nous and fortunate Herr Won Bismark"
a copy Of his history.
William Richardson, cf Paulding
county Ohio, is one hundred and four
years old. He is the survivor of I've
wives, and is now living with his sixth.
He is the father of twenty-five children
by two of his wives-twenty-one are
living.
A butcher at Jackson, Mich,
wants to bet 800 that he can kill and
dress beef quicker than anybody else.
His best time reported is thirteen min.
utes twenty seconds.
"A couple in Adams, Mass, are
"a years old, have been married sixty
two years, and have had eight children,
all OF whom are living. The oldest is
si1ty-one, and the youngest forty-6ve.
"A correspondent of the Maine
Farmer says: 'Many housewife may
be glad to know, when she has a piece
Of fresh meat she wishes to keep few
days, that it can be successfully done
by placing it with buttermilk. I have
practlced the plan for years."
The newspaper war between the
manufacturers of the Steinway and
Caickering pianos, as to which had the
higher award at the Exposition, Is still
being carried on to the great benefit of
publishers.
The man who is attentive to the
ladies is bssu-but When they don't
like him he is : bo-er.
-"1saac, my SOD, let the Good Book
be . lamp unto thy path" "Mother,"
replied the thoughtful Isaac, II should
think that wss making light of sacred
things"
-"What would you be, dearest"
said Richard to his sweetheart, s:if I
were to press the seal of love
upon those waxen lips ?" II should be
stationary"
Under the head of positively
the last Of the Long Skirts this Season."
Punch gives the following: "Hostess
Oh, how tiresome! Somebody must be
standing on my dress! Would you
just run down stairs and see Who it is,
MIR. Brown p"
An 1rishman's friend having fallen
iondiv 81, *Ae Irishman called
latter, Who vas busily engaged in cut
ting q log, aud wished to procrastinate,
inquired: "How deep is the gentle
man in" Cup to his ankles" )" 'sThen
there is plenty Of time" ono, there's
not" rejoined the first. II forgot to
tell you he's in head first"
Somebody says that the best way
ta got rid of weeds is TO always put
your cigar-case and It's contents at the
service of your friends. Jones says
that the most effective means he ever
tiled was by squeezing the hand Of
plump young bereaved in black. Tho
next day she was in half mourning,
and second kindly pressure resulted
in pink COVE, with white bonnet.
An English newspaper says that
man in Wales actually wheeled his wife
in a wheelbarrow to the holy well Of
St. Winifrcd, = distance Of two hun
dred miles, in order to have her cured
Of rheumatism by the sacred waters.
TO set the minds of our lady readers at
ease about this model husband, We may
add that his wife recovered.
The subscription list for the erec-
tion Of a statute to Voltaire, to which
15O, 900 persons have already subscrib-
| ed, will be closed on the 30th Of Sep
| temper. The commission to decide on
the character Of the monument includes
some Of the most eminet literary men
in France, such as NJ. de Sainte-Beuve,
III. Prosper Merimee, and NJ. Ccquer-
el, il.
We imagine that it will require
teven more than the shrewdness Of even
firm Of mercenary New York brokers
| to show the people why they should
|pay for more than they ever got, OF
What consideration there ever was fol-
those bonds beyond the value Of the
roads foreclcsed on by the State any
more than an individual should pay
PAPER given without value OF consider
,tion.-Rochester Post.
/ The Neo York Gazette says; "a
gentleman of this city, sho knows
. Charles Reede, Gays that the suthc'
of Griffith Gaupt' has { habit Of clip
ping from newspapers oil sorts Of para
. craphs-hair breadth escapes, strang'
accounts Of crime, bits Of wisdom-sne
pastug them in e scrap-book. When h
gets ready to crite new etory he goe
, over his scrsp-book in search Of 'goo'
!, things,' furnishes up the crimes and &C
cidents, rdreeses vit and wisdom, an'
we.ves al into his narrative with hi
own wonderful skiu,'
Il Two persons in Vienna, disput'n
4 whether men or comen had most van