Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-02-26

gentleman writes TO the NeH York TOst. i
use them 70 distinguish my eoachman's
hat from my own. We are both good-look-
ing men We both wear ten-dollar hats, aud
when we 20 cut for drive in the Park l
think it due 10 myselfthat the public should
know who owns the carriage and who drives
it."
A SYSTEM Of metalie ceilings, which con-
sists in the application to the joisting Of
very thin stamped metal 10 ornamental em-
bossed panels, has lately been invented.
These stamped panels are fitted for every
kind Of decoration in color, and if inserted
as plain surfaces, may be used as the ground
for every description Of cartoon painting,
combiuipg with lightness and durability ar
tistic and ornamental effect, at a compara-
lively small cost
general SHERIDAN has transmitted to
Gen. sherman eighteen or twenty pages,
| foolscap, Of talk which two big Indian chief
tains, had oD the first of January The
burden Of the discourse Of each the chiefs
was Ne mucby good hesrte-me belly
muchy emptyi" General Sheridan preached
to them, in effect, as follows; Let US have
peace. The Government will treat you
fairly, aud if you don't behave yourselves
you will get cleaned out Go"
TIE following conversation is reported
between two irreyerent little boys in the
streets of Portland, Ne. johnny, do
you see that game-looking old cock going
along there ?''-''You bet who is he p
That's Pitt Fessendeu. who is he?"
Hes tae man that kept EN- from hanging
the President, Ben Butler and his fellows
we're going to string Andy johnson right up
in the Capitol when Fessenden pulled out
big butcher knife and swore they shouldn't
do it unless they walked through him. So
they quit"
THE Rev. Dr.. McCcsh, the new President
Of Princeton College, is exceedingly sue
cessful in gaining the attention and con-
6dence of the young men under his charge
Heis not only one of the profoundest scholars
and ablest theologians of the Presbyterian
Church, but he also retains the hearty,
social usages of the Scottish clergy, among
which he grew up. He plays a capital game
of whist, and does not think a good glass Of
wine on proper occasions Is any more a
violation of the sacred law of temperance
than eating good beefsteak.
The Portage Democrat says:
Two turkeys went TO roost on the lower
rail of fence in the town of Aurelius,
Cayuga county, n. Y, on the evening of
December Sth During the night they were
covered wi.h about six feet of snow, and pre-
sumed, Of course, to be lost Singular to
relate, however, the late thaw unsnowed
them, and they came out on the Sth Of jan
uary alive and hungry, having been buried
just one month They managed to save
themselves through the holidays, and if
they live, ought to perpetrate the same joke
a year from now.
A MAN living near New Castine, Darke
county, butchered a couple of hogs a few
days since, with the aid Of a coIored man in
the neighborhood, and left them out over
night, as had been his custom to cool In
The morning one Of them was missing
Suspecting his sable help, he procured n
constable and started for his abode. In
passing through the woods they came to a
fence, when q strange sight met their gaze.
Oa one side Of the fence hung the hog, on
the other the negro, his head being caught
in the gambrel fastened to the hind end Of
the hog. his neck broken, and of course
dead. 1t was quick and strange retribu-
tion for his crime.
FoR the first time in the history of Spain
Protestant religious service was publicly
held at Madrid on Sunday, Jan. d Among
the audience we're many ladies of different
classes of society The proceedings took
| place with nerfect order and prcper sOlem-
| nifty. The esJaOnsnment of religious free
dom is ore of the substantial benefits Of the
revolution. Hitherto only one form of re-
ligion, the Roman Catholic, has been allow
ed publicly to celebrate its rites in Spain.
Now all persons will be free openly to wor-
ship God in accordance with the dictates Of
their own consciences. 1t is great gain.
THE Paris correspondent of London
journal has lately given his mind to the
inner life of the inner chambers of the
French Empress He has discovered that
when she wants to dress herself she rings q
| bell, and her petticoats are put down through
hole in the ceiling, the robes being 50 dis
posed that it would seem if one movement
suficed for the entire CEREMONY of the toilet.
Arsene Houssaye's new work on female
beauty will be appreciated by American
ladies', whom it pronounces the most beau
tiful in the world. A peculiar feature of the
book is the sketches in which the author
portrays the appearance of the American
ladies whom be has met in the course of his
| life Next to the American women, N.
Arseue Houssaye overfows with admiration
of the fair subjects of the Russian Emperor,
who, he says, make the best matches, and
are the queens of the circles in which they
move.
The proprietor of the Planters House,
in S.. Louis, has been ordered by the courts
to pay s23s9 the value of the contents of
trunk left there in 1865, and sod at auction
with other unclaimed baggage
AT tue recent deluge in New Orleans sew
efal gentlemen on their way to a dinner
party we're caught by the food, and, to
save their polish, took of their boots and
waded to the doors of the hospitable man
sion.
A LADY 10 New Hampshire recently de-
termined to exchange tor currency silver
dollar which she had carefully kept for thir-
ty five years. The money-ehanger astonn-
ded her b. the information that it was coun-
terfeit.
Two tsrcntlcraeu'' vrere recently SEN