The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-05
Bulls and Blum ders.

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/ The Advertisers Gazette make5 the
following eollec,iou Of this class of lit
erary curiosities 20
I, A Wisconsin paper sassy During a
fierce thunder istofmAnear Mount Des-
ert, the lightning cana down through
the roof of house and a bed upon
which lay a husband and wife, throw
ing the man out of bed, thence ieto
the cellar and out through the drain,
ar d then plowed up the ground to the
barnyard, VIII r. it killed a COW.
a Connecticut EDITOR gives an ac.
court Of man who blew out his
brains after bidding his wife geod
bye with a shot gun. NH
The Salt Lake Fidette has the fol.
lowing "CorrectionIinsteadr of people
all worry lousy in the letter from
Crystal .Park the esber day, read, 'pco-
pie all very busy. ." -
The strongest man has just been
heard from. He was lectu,ine to fe-
male assembly at the West. and an edi-
tor thus describes the scene "Three
thousand la lies hanging on the lips Of
one man y-4. r-- .7s,.e ;
The Independent, in speaking of a
new steam brewery in the town REF
marks: "We are glad to see imported
articles man1factprod at home, at
greatly reduced prices" -
An account of the FIRE at Barnum's
which was tclegraphed from New York
congratulates-t country onxzfthe es-
cape of tho, female giaR tess " We
think a male giantess would be still
greater curiosity: ~ isdT,
pers, says: ssFor the effectsof intern-
perance SEQ our, ioside.sisb sGs ?
The Springfield Republieanstells Of
horse which ran away rin,G that city,
"throwing the driver out and cutting a
severe cash in one Of his hind legs."-
. The World says that sex Gov. An
drew was born 10 1l81s,s previous to-
which event he had twosstrokes of ap-'
1900" a D..
The classic London Spectator makes.
a curious slip when it speaks of Matil,
da Griags, who "was stabbed by lov-y
er to whom she had borne .asehild in
thirteen Places" s...,, -
A notice of a recent steambeat exe-
pIosion in western paper ends as fol-
lows: "The Captain swan iiashore.-
So did the cbambermaidE; lsheiwas in5
sured for $4,000 ard loaded with
iroD." #4 aa5 aeit =
An editor referring toa patent me-,
talic air-tight coffin, says: '"No person
having once tried these cofhns will ever
use any other" -. :
A political paper ia Minnesota, ia,
advocating the election of its candi-,
dates says that it's standard bearer,
Charles e. Flandreau, has twiee laid,
down his life to save Westerqd Miane-r
sofa from being devastated by the Ind:
ians. Its opponent thinks "deadj
corpse (?) after all a suitable candidate
for dead party. araijao9 iirE J,
From the Nevada Trespass, ,1Fe clip
an account of "a meeting held in San
Francisco by the poor citizens who,
were trying to obtain free. grants Of,
lasd from the State. "Judge4 Furner,
of Nevadauin addressing themeetins,
had occasion to say that .'if .thed bold
hearted, landless men of San Fancisco
would work together ana exercise the!
right-of petition and discusiOup they
would each of them. ere long, have a
little home for his children, Imagine
Judge Turner's consternation on read,
ing in the Bulletin the next evening,
when it said : 'If the bald headed laud-.
lords of San Francisco would, work to-
gether, they would chzaf them, ere.-
long, have little, more land for their
!" NJ -'1'F'O' -"