The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-12-06
NEWS ITEMS.

until they get one.
pss- Melted snow produces one-eighth
of its bulk of water. Hence two feet OF
snow will produce three inches OF wa
ter when thawed. r.r.r.
nsy- The largest OK In America has
Just died in Manchester, n. Hampshire:
lie was seven years old, and weighed
nve thousand pounds--two tons and n
half.
~ The English language has 10000
words-in the dictionaries. Good talk
eps and writers use 5000 In all, ana a
foreigner can travel on 800.
ssy- A boy In Hudson, Wisconsin,
was sent out to catch horse, and while
leading him home, carelessly tied the
rope about his waist. Some hours after
wards the horse WAS caught with the
corpse of the boy still dragging after
him. .r rW
~ A MIR. Chas. Wooley, of Vineyard
Point, Ulster County, hought to secure
some $1,000 from all contingencies to
which National Banks are subject, and
buried the sum deep IN hole In the
woods. The next day on searching for
his bonds he discovered that they had
been dug up.
sJ- In icebergs only on'e-seventh is
out Of the water, and mary are seen 200
feet high above the surface.
tlr one of the negro delegates to the
Virginia Convention stole n horse and
rode to the election in style. The Con-
vention will miss him, as he is now in
Jail. ls.f lt .-a a,.,. ... .....
IsS- A panther which has been terror
to the people of Livingston pai ISL, La,
for year or more, has been shot by an
ex-rebel soldier. 1t weighed lS0pounds,
and one of Its paws measured six inches
In length and four In breadth.
Ss- A lady advertised, In southern
paper, that she has for sale one baboon,
three tabby cats, and parrot. She says
that being married she has no further
use for them, as her husband more than
supplies their places--requiring more
attention than the whole lot, and Civ
ing her less pleasure In return.
sar A modern philosopher, taking
the motion of the earth on its axis at
seventeen miles second, says thatifyou
take off your hat the street to bow to
frienu YOU 90 seventeen miles barehead-
oil without taking cold.
Ias- About the year 1898, Washington
NJ MIrtou, of New York City, youngest
brother Of Major Morton, of the same
place, ass brother of Mrs. Josiah
Quincy, of Boston, walked from New
York to Philadelphia Pa, In one day,
on wager which he won. He was ac-
conpanied by few of his friends on his
way.
SS- The new Jewish synagogue in
Nav York is nearly finished. 1t Is con-
strnrted in the Moorish style, and is
covered with tracerics of exquisite de-
sign. The building is one hundred and
sixty four feet in length, ninety-six in
hcixh. and ninety feet in width. Its
cost will be about s500,000.
Sy- A Cincinnati pork-packer told
friend who wished q little pure lard for
hair dressing for his private use, to send
u bottle as large as he pleased, and 1t
should be filled. Number two applied
to glass blower and had /. vial made
which held over one hundred pounds.
Number one fulfilled his promise, aud
the lard WAS then presented to an or
phnn asylum.
10y. A ,al!ow tree grows in Attakapas,
Louisiana, ana on the bayous of st.
Mary, rom which enough berries may
be gathnrei in a day to make eight
pounds Of superior talloW, much har-
der and purer than common tallow.
These berries grow on the wax myrtle,
but it should be called the tallOw myrtle
,r tallow tree, since II produces not wax
but tallow.
sdr A sad accident occurred ut the
new elevator in Erie, recently. Two
boys had got. into one of the bins, UNI
known 70 those engaged in running the
machinery, and shower Of wheat sud-
denly came on them. One of them,
named Brooks, escaped, but James
Hennees,ey was smothered TO death be
fore any one but his companion knew
anything of the occurrence.
~ 4 "lln" wedding was observed
ia Gloucester, Mass, after rather un-
usual manner. The wife eloped with
q young fellow, taking with her all the
'.tin" he had saved in ten years. The
discovery OF her ABSENCE closed the fes-
tivities.
~ At Hartford, Vermont, there is n
wealthy and miserly farmer who quar-
relied with his wife fifteen years ago,
and though they live in the same house
and cat at the same table, they have
not spoken to each other since. Two
daughters, well along "in their thir-
ties" complete this "hsppy family"
h3r A Peoria (Ill.) editor woos his
sweetheart in very practical way:
Early in the morning he steps round
fire, lays in a supply of wood and water,
and, after making himself generally
useful, departs stealthily.
~ In England, at least Sc, 900 tons OF
cheese are made annually, and about
10000 tons more are imported from
America. The consumption of cheese
in England is said to have increased
much more rapidly than the population
and for some years past the price there
has steadily risen, and the amount i'm
ported has steadily increased.
HeS- In Maine there live the Psssa.
maquoddy Indians, and these eminent
savages, in order that their light may
not be hidden under q bushel, are given
two Representatives in the State Legis.
laturc. The two distinguished Indians
Just elected to represent them in that
body are known by the sOnOrous names
OF Pea5pole Sabattus and Sockabesian
Swassian. We trust they will make
good legislators.
~ Rev. Theodore l.. Cuylcr sug-
gts,s that "on stormy Sundays every
one should 90 to the nearest church
thus securing to every pastor II large
audience even on the dreariest days
and to the people An opportunity to hear
Others than their own preachers, and
thus promote spirit Of Christian hor'
inony among different denominations ;
bse- gentleman "0f undoubted YER
scity" tells the Stamford Conn., Ad
rocate that few days since, at Green
which, an eagle or some huge bird, de
crnded In an open Acid where his dog
(which is OF considerable sizel was cross,
Ing, and literally took hold of h N by
the back and carried him up perhaps
sixty feet in the air. For some reason
II dropped the animal and followed him
tenaciously TO seize him again. The
dog escaped, and, what is remarkable
not ono whit the worse for his eria
flight
~ A young lady recently died al
Elgin, H., and ut her funeral, when hel
relatives and friends were taking q last
look at the loved face, a young man tc
whom she had been engaged, and wht