The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-07-03
MTSOELLANEOuS ITEMS.

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. -sss|
.o A WOODEN wedding Marrying block
head. tfii. .9iN' HaT
THE ties that connect business men with
the public--Adver-tize. aI l0.
DENTIST One who finds work for his
own teeth by taking out those of other
people.
Il A sUFFERER advises persons going over
the Union Pacific Railroad to take their
cold viotuals with them. Hh 4
IT is proposed to get up grand fair in
Cincinnati to exhibit the manufactures of
the Mississippi Valley,
On his deathbed distinguished humor.
ist requested that no one be invited to his
funeral Because, sighed the dying
wag, F" it's cjvility can never repay"
APARTY of Germans were fishing near
Lafayette, Ind, when one of them caught
large pike. The hook being fastened
down its throat, one Of them put in his
thumb TO get it out, when the fish bit the
thumb off, f ttll. aal.t sl9
A PORTLAND school.house caught fire.
the other day, and as the boys watched it,
one in another school said, enthusiastically
and honestly, to his companion, "0h
Johny don't you wish it was our school.
houseP" -4 a.g 4am W Ta,
A NEW BEDFORD juror, who left his
horse tied to tree on going to court on q
recent Tuesday morning, suddenly reCoh
lected the fact on the next Thursday after
noon, and hastily applied to the Court for
permission to go and look after his wei
fare.
SIR HENRY RowLINsoN, the distin-
guished arch@ologist, maintains that Baby.
| lon is the site of the Garden Of Eden, and
that the Babylonion documents now ex-
tant give an exact geographical descrip-
tion Of the scene of "man's first disobe-
| dience."
HENRY WARD BEEcHER invites Bonner
to come out and take an interest in his
farm. He says he has thirty-six acres OF
land, which is too much for himself alone.
| " We will carry il on Jointly" he tells
Bonner; al viii lay out and superintend
the work, and you shall pay the bills.p
A FRENCH duellist coming home from
his last meeting gave two NapoleOns to the
coachman. Many thanks; it is pleas
ure to drive you out al beg your par
don, it is not for driving me out that
| give you those two louis, it is for driving
me home again"
ONCE A WEEK reminds the world tina
this is the centenary Of the steam engine
A patent was granted to Watt in April
1859. 1t is also the centenary of Hum
boldt, Cuvier, the first Brunei, Yelling
ton, Soult and Ney, and the hundredtl
year since patent was granted to tht
spinning jenny.
DIR. TURNER, in one of the reports o
the Inebriate Asylum, speaks Of thre
children which were born to habitualll
inebriate parents, and were all three idiots
I, Afterwards these parents reformed, an
lived temperatelyI several years, durin
which period Of temperance two NOR
children were born, and were active an
, intelligent Finally, the parents agai
, fell into inebFiety, and had two more chi
. dren, both idiots. sa .5.,laa.s sn a
| A NEW HAMPSHIRE farmer, who ha
! an invariably good-natured wife, longe
/ to hear her scold for change, and wa
advised that aload Of crotchety flrewoo
| WOulU Bldhb #tCIN CIOH
. He tried it. When the pile was gone b
asked If he should get such another SUI
. ply. "Ohl yes" said she, for tht
crooked wood you brought before does i
. around the pot so nicely"
Il A ctryER old dame who +es;des
sbcrt distancai from New Yoyk5 citv ",
rlacs recsntIv astonished nv her husband vb III
. aonSe y burriedlv With the ren,ar2 q
d have pot a present for youp IA prese,
/. for for mSe.5' saws she /; Swhat is III" a
: tooth brush,p responded the old gen
n "What good will that do me-you kno
y | have not got a tooth 10 my head 4
J. torted his spouse just the thing 7
y piled the venerable joker, there amt
y bristle in itF' ~
THE New Orleans PiCdytt1,e relat
i this book auction scene: "Gentlemen
Il cried an auctioneer at a book auction, Ia
3 evening, al offer you" "--seanning the tit
Il very closely" Shakspeare's works ho
n much TO start them Who are tn
byY inquired 2 Wag IA tne. CROWD. 1
le tell you In Inonnene, was the reply,
q before ne coulu reler, snouG OF laught
7, nom tne Dystanoers convinced hlm Oh
% Dlunoer. '4N
:. a GERMAN chemist has discovered tn
AZ ifmorphia, which is sometimes used efft
tually to allay vomiting, be heated wi
le hydro-chloric acid, it viii become I
le most powerful emetic known. The efft
% Il produced by introducing a small qua
g tity under the skin, and sometimes
ID spflling il on the skin, but the yomiti
soon subsidies, and leaves no nausea. 4
discoyerer calls the new agent ememc
phia.
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