The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-01
Miscellaneous Items.

By eating five ounces of sugar, one can gain
pound in weight each week. according to Bantling
theory.
Massachusetts has citizen who was a postmaste
under President Washington, seventy-sx years age
His pay amounted to but IS year.
1t is said that to catch rogue, you must emplo
one; but to catch pretty girl bristling young
or rich old one, is as good as anything out.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, who lives in New York, write
to Virginia, that . when they get money, they wi
ind they want nothing ese-lberty and power wi
follow as an inevitable consequence"
man named Death lost $50, 900 by the burning o
his distillery at Warsaw Illinois, the other day.
was the first time death ever lost anything by tn
1 wblskey business.
Nelaton, the great French doctor, who waits upol
Napoleon, only charges ordinary people three tbous
and francs visit. If he don't break up the diseas.
he is quite sure to break the patient up.
An eminent physician says the white rubber uset
for nursing bottles and infants TOYS is very poisonous
causing sore mouth, skin eruptions, decayed teeth
spinal curvature and death.
An exchange says that humorst in Des Moisnes
Iowa, put litter of pups into neighbours we'll anG
1t wasn't discovered until the family began to bark
Josh Billings says: "Give the devil his dues, reads
well enough in proverb;" but proceeds to inquire
very pertinenty, what will become w YOU and me /
| this arrangement is carried out?'
Senator sprague is now the esteemed parent of two
children--a boy and girl. 1t only the other day
that the girl put in an appearance.
LUCKY PRINTER. One of the attaches of the
New Orleans Bee drew the 100000 prize in the Ha.
vana lottery, lately Who says printers are not lucky
sometimes.
Goals TO NEwcAsTLE.-Tbe Brenham Texas) Ban
ner says that the other day quite number of wagons
started from the BRENNAN depot for the INTERIOR loaded
with hay in bales, which had been shipped all the way
from Illinois.
French satstcians assert that the mortality among
women has decreased 1871 per cent since corsets went
out of fashion, but that brain diseases have increased
among them at the fearful of 72a per cent since
chignons and other pyramidical hair ornaments came
into vogue.
The snperstrnoture of the railroad bridge over the
Bay of St. Louis is fast progressing large portion
of the bridge is already ready for the rails Messrs
poltevent Thompson, the pile-drivers, as well as
Mr. Putnam, the bridge builder are doing all in their
power to advance the work.
[Bay ST. Louis Gazette, 18th
At the Presidential election of 1864, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Kansas cast l,6075lS votes. In 1868, these States
and Nebraska cast 2,056,1 0S votes Estimating the
votes at one-ffth of the entire population, it would
appear that had grown from $40 to 10 $50 54O
or more than twenty-five per cent.
Bonner has got a new colt that beats any thing in
the way of horsefesh yet II is fve-year-od Ham.
bletonan horse, fifteen and half hands high, and
Mr. Bonner drove him in road wagon, the other day,
A half mile in l:ll4, and then jockey drove him in a
'uky mile in 2:l94, which is the fastest time by
hree seconds made on the Fashion Course by any
horse of any age.
We examined, yesterday in the office of the Com
missioner OF Patents, an invention which will no doubt
De of great practical beneftto the entire planting in
of the country, and especially of the South 1t
method of recaimin old plows by facing them
With pieces of saws, such there are plenty of about
Ill plantations. The is cut in the requisite shape
md fastened on the pillow point, making the latter
better than it was at FIRST and far more durable The
INVENTION is patented by Andrew B. Davis, ESQ.,,
PLANTER in Catahoula parish. N. O. Picayune, 10th