The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

RECENTLY lady residing in Boston had
occasion to correct her little girl, and was
somewhat astonished and amused q few
hours afterward, when putting her daugh.
ter to bed After her usual prayer she
added: "God bless good papa, and God
bless mamma, and make her q good NAM
ma"
In regard to the cancellation of revenue
stamps 1t would be well for all to remem
Der that the Jaw clearly requires of all
parties using stamps that the entire surface
Of each and every stamp shall be exposed
to view, and that each shall be cancelled
by writing or imprinting the name of the
user or the initials and the complete date.
a MAN who had been placed on the com
mission OF the peace in q rural district,
declared on taking his seat as magistrate,
that it would be "his most anxious en-.
deavor to do justice without fear, favor, or
affection. In short" added he, al will
take care that on this bench will never
be either partial or impartial"
A YOUNG man of New Orleans agreed
to become prize in a lottery at ladies'
fair, upon the understanding that it should
be arranged for very nice young woman
to "draw" him. There was some mis-
take, by which an elderly spinster claims
the prize, and talks of q breach of promise.
TIE PRoGREss Up
The oak tree boughs once touched the grass,
But every year they grew
little farther from the ground
And nearer towards the blue.
So live that you each year may be,
While time gides swiftly by,
A little farther from the earth,
And nearer to the eky.
A MEMBER of the late Connecticut
Legislature was solo, the other day, by a
fellow who told him it was "good day
for the race" what racer" said the
shad eater. "Human race" said the
joker. The shsd eater was tickeled with
the sell, and tried it himself on q fellow
member thus: ats q good day for the
trot" "What trot?" asked the other.
aThe human race" shouted smarty, and
battered himself he had said a good thing
AT q meeting of the Polytechnic As
sociation of the American Institute, q few
days ago, the chairman exhibited letter
which was certainly curiosity. The
letter and envelope were made of sheet
iron, and yet weighed less than the
regular letter rate, one-half ounce. The
envelope measures four and seven-eiehths
by two and three fourths inches, and the
letter is eight by five inches. Careful
measurement with micrometer gave one
five hundreth of an inch as the thickness
OF the sheet. Letters have been written
on sheetiron before, and an iron book of
three hundred pages which measured less
than one inch in thickness was shown at
the Worlds Fair. The book was printed
with elastic type, made especially for the
purpose.-AG1nyacturer and Builder.
EXPERIMENTS in France and Holland
have shown that sunfowers, when planted
on an extensive scale, will neutralize the
deleterious effects of exhalations from
marshes. This plan has been tried with
great success in the fenny districts near
Rochefort, France, and the authorities of
Holland assert that intermittent fever has
entirely disappeared from districts where
the spnfowers have been planted Though
the above facts appear to be proved, it is
not yet ascertained what effect the sun
flower produces on the atmosphere,
whether it generates oxygen, like other
plants of rapid growth. or whether, like
the cone-bes rers, it omits ozone, and de-
stroys the animal snd vegetable germs of
miasms producing fever.
AT the performance Of "Dora" the
other night in a Western city, when Mary
Morrison made her exit to hiring on her
little Willie of four years. she was shocked
to find a lubberly boy of at least IA, and
as he was the only Willie at hand, on he
must go, though he was well nigh as big
as his mother. The Farmer Allen of the
play, being equal ito the emergency, in
stead of inquiring "How old are you, my
little msnr" endeavered to remedy the
matter by saying, "How old are you, my
strspping boy?" But he failed for the
boy, who was instructed to say from" four
to six," said it in such coarse, sepulchral
tone as to drive the good-natured grand
father to exclaim, Forty six You look
it, my boy, you look it'll"
IN Hanover, Mass, the Rev Mr. Free
man was settled pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church and Society some if
teen years ago. Mr.. F. made himself ob-
roxious to some of the. young men by
strenuously opposing the use of the Town
Hall for balls and kindred gatherings
Thereupon the young men sought revenge
In a novel manner. Not having sufficient
grace to join the church, they applied for
admission to the parish, where grace is
not considered requisite for membership
They were received, and all went smooth
" until the annual parish meeting, when
the new members voted not to raise any.
thing the coming year for the payment of
the pastors salary, thus;virtually and sum-
marily dismissing the gentleman from the
duties of his Office.