The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Gross behaviour-Getting fat.

. CNObS D6uhNl ldb,
THE best substitute for silVer-Gold.
THE oldest woman's club-The broom.
stick.
THE Boston Post calls pillow sooth.
ing nap.sack,
FRENCH Democrats call the Prince I'm
perial " Velocipede ""
IT IS thought the wheat crop of Cali.
mia will be unusually large this year.
Why is a room full of married people
empty? Because there is not a single per-
son in it.
A CINCINNATI lady Endorsed on her tax
return, taxation without Representation
is tyranny"
A You've lady in California broke her
neck while resisting the attempt of a
young man to kiss her.
THE strongest kind of hint-A young
lady asking a gentleman to see if one Of
her rings would go on his little finger.
A CLERGYMAN who had been accused
of preaching long sermons, excused him
self on the ground that the church was a
large one.
A WRITER, describing one of the en-
gagements in the late war, gives the fol-
lowing interesting item. "In this battle
we lost the brave Captain Smith. A can
non-ball took off his head. His last words
were, Bury me on the spot where fell. ;"
MEYERBEER left several compositions
sealed, which, by his will, are never to be
opened unless his family has need of fur.
'ther resources. In spite of his great
wealth, he was always haunted by the
fear that his family would some day come
to want.
In one of Cooper's novels occurs the
following passage: "He dismounted in
front of the house and tied his horse to q
large locust" A French author, in trans,
lating this passage, renders it thus: He
descended from his horse in front of the
chateau and tied him to large grasshop.
per,
A MAN in Brooklyn was thrown from
his wagon recently, and seemingly died
He was laid in his coffin, and when his
friends were about to bury him, he awokt
with shudder, and walked about the
room. He said he was conscious of all
that was passing but was unable to make
sign Of life.
MEN often lose opportunities by want o.
self confidence Doubts and fears in the
minds Of some rise up over every event
and they fear to attempt what most prob
ably will be successful, through mere tim
orousness, while brave, active man will
with perhaps half the ability, carry the
enterprise to prosperous termination.
THE afternoon New York service
usual at Christ Church was on recen'
Sunday the scene ofa novel feature. Tht
organ suddenly stopped in the midst of {
hymn, and not another note was hearl
| from it during the entire exercises. UpoI
| inquiry 1t was ascertained that the organ
ist had taken ofense at something don't
by one Of the officiating clergymen durinj
the service, and abruptly left the church.
In Greenfield, N. H., few days ago,
man and his son, aged respectively abou
20 and 18, were called upon BY abou
thirty men and boys, and treated to rid
upon rail, distance Of about one AM
one-half mile, for the offence of abusing
the wife and mother. They were mad
to take turns; while one rode the othe
carried one end Of the rail, and OiSe ger8d
They were accompanied in their marc
by music from fife and drum, tin pans, 81
THE Vienna Medical Times tells the fol
lowing " Last week, at the clinic, in tn
presence of class Of students, an opera
ton of the stomach was performed b
Professor Billroth. The operation wa
gone through with and the stomach wa
properly sewed up. On the next day th
patient died A post mOrten examination
showed in the re-opened stomach a lars
sponge, which had been used in the operl
ton, and which the operators had forgo
ten to remove"
In may be important for some people
know that where a widow re-marries b,
, fore the issue Of pension certificate, Il
children, il any are living, are alone el
titled TO the back pension. If Wido
re-marries during the pendency of hi
claim for pension, she is entitled to Il
pension 10 the date OF her re-marriag
unless the soldier left minor children s1
viving him.
HEMLocK, to which Socrates and Phi
9 cion were said to owe their death, is no
! pronounced by eminent toxicologists.
be no poison at ALL Sixty grains Of tin
ture Of hemlook were recently admin
q tered to a young woman without any a
parent effect, and q person, after dose
"a grains Of the pure Juice Of the leaT
OF hemlock, only experienced slig
muscular numbness, which passed off ait
an hour.
A.ewARI Of bees and bountiful sto
! Of wild honey we're recently found In
tree by woodchoppers on the west side
; the Sierra Nevada mountains. The in,
dent Is recorded as the first discovery
E the kind on the Pacific slope. There We
4 no wild bees beyond the Sierras when I'll
/. portion Of the country was first oecupiI
i BY emigrants from the Atlantic Beaboar,
but Il was soon discovered that bees Ii
d ported from the States thriYed well, 81
r several persons who engaged early in u
9 business acquired large fortunes from q
production og honey for The markets.
!. NODDED bread, meat 0heega. or 81