The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-05-08

The manufacture Of beet sugar was
begun in a small way at Oshkosh, Wis,
and proved SO remunerative that an i'm
mediate enlargement of the works is con
templated.
h Cincinnati has developed new, sin,
terest, that of dog-packing. Deceased
specimens of the canine race are being
preserved for domestic consumption by
wholesale.
s.BoLD.-Nudier, the author, called
upon LATTE, the banker, one morning,
and said, "You'll think me very bold,
perhaps, but want to borrow three
thousand francs" "Yes do" replied
Laftte; but you'll admit I'm boldcr
than you, for l propose to lend them to
you.",s
+ Gov, Hoffman is not alone in the use
of the veto. Governor Palmer, of Illi-
nois, vetoed about fifty of the 1000 bills.
passed by che Legislature, and sent back
Fabout 150smore for amendment
NJ, .Du ,Chaillu thinks the nation of
dwarfs which he ran across in the Asian
so country are the veritablc Homeric pig
mics. They are from four to four aud
half feet in height, and live in houses
made of the branches of trees. They
ncithcrplant nor SOW, aud subsist only by
trapping game and procuring food in the
woods
An amateur violinist lately gave as
much latitude in choice of tunes as the
proverbial Hobson used to give in horses.
lie remarked, as lie rose with his bow,
"Well boys | can't play but one tune,
now which will you have?" Which
they all thought they would.
Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg, after con-
sentinS to sing in New York for the bene-
tit o. the Cuba revolutionits, rcconsidered
the matter, and refused, because the gen
tleman with whom she has contracted
her professional services had engaged
to bring her out at Havana next autumn
in which case any apparent manifestation
of sympathy for the insurgents here
would be likely to prejudice her popula-
rity.
A clergyman taught an old man in his
parish how to read, and had found him
an apt pupil. After the lessons were
finished he had been unable to call at the
cottage for some time, and when he did
he only found the wife at home "IIow's
John~ said the Clergyman "He's
canny, sir" said the wife. ''IIow does
he get on With his readngn' .Niccly.
sir" "Ahl [ suppose he'll read his
Bible very comfortably now ?" "Biblc,
sir ! bless you, he was out of the Bible
and into the newspapers long ago"
The late Chief Baron O'Grady, tried
two most notorious fellows ut the Can low
Assizes, for highway robbery To the
astonshment of the court, as well as of
the prisoners themselves, they were
found not guilty. As they were being
removed from the bar the jud re, in that
manner so peculiarly lis own, addressing
the jailor, said, ''Nir. Murphy, you would
greatly ease my mind, if you will keep
these two respectable gentlemen until
or halfpast { o'clock for I mean to
set out for Dublin at 5, and should like
to have at least two hours star. of them
Elections arc vc,y dcmoralzing. Dur
ing hotly contested election ut Shrcws.
bury, In the reign of George L., an old
halfway army officer, who was :, non-rcsi-
dcut burgess: was brought down from
London at the expense Of Mr.. Kynaston,
one OF The vu.,iidotes, and hospitably
entertained fer a week by that gentle
mans political supporters On the TO-
lowing day he recorded his vote for the
opposition candidates When asked why
he accepted the Inequalities of the one
side and voted for the other, he iauntily
replied that, following the advice of his
old general, the Duke of Marlborough
he had 'quartcrcd himself on the euemy.