Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-05

When is lane dangerous to walk i'll.
When the hedges are shooting and the
bulrushes ont.
A crupl wag turned bald headed
friend into an energy by advising him
to have his head frescoed
Said an Irish justice to an ohstreper
ols prisoner on trial, ''We want moth
ing hut silence, and but little of that. )"
Our proof reader complains because,
as he says, though he is not in Jail, he
is confined in house of correction. :"
A New York boot-black has six thon-
sand dollars in the bank-the pr 'ceeds
of the labor OF many shining hour. :"
ELECTRICITY" says the scientific D..
''travels faster than light" Yes, ="
said the reflective B., sit is easier to
shock than instruct.
A hoosi CT conversing with one of the
financial agents of our college in rela-
ton to the new translation of tn Scrip
lures, objected to it, saying, eff King
Jume,' vel sion of the bible was good
enough for the apostle Paul guess it
is good enough for me- "--Qui Vive.
DIR. Payne, of Boston, recently issued
the following note to some of his pro-
fessional friends. The language has
this advantage over strange tongues
he who reads it slowly will find chat it
gradually translates itself:
''Doctores : Dncnm mex mnndi nitu
Panes; tritucnm at ait. Expecto meta
fnmpn to tie and eta beta pi Snper at
tento one : dux, hamor clam patti, sum
parates, homine, ices, jam, etc. Slider
or Hoe. 'Feso res0nan Fioa Sole. -
The Vidette
A man in Bendict, Maine, sells II
large quantity of apples every year for
inst so cents a bushel. He might get
four times as much, but declines to
take more because he thinks that is
just what apples are worth. He de
clines to sell more than four or five
bushels to any man.
Several tailors in Paris, trying to
protect themselves from non-paying,
fashionable young men. adopted
system of figures which they circulated
among shemselves, rating their custo-
mers /, 2. 3, 4. 5. 6, &c according to
their readiness to pay. Some recipi
ents of the less complimentary figures
heard of the plan, and sued the tailors
for libel. They recovered 300 to 500
francs with imprisonment added.
The servants of favorite actresses
and cantatrices in Paris do quite lu
crative business in selling the boquetS
which their mistresses receive at the
hands of their enthusiastic admirers,
to the flower girls who sell them at the
public ball rooms and streets.
The actor, John Mccullough, had II
benefit at Salt Lake City, recently, at
which the receipts consisted princi-
pally Of corn in the ear, sweet potatoes,
white mice, young pigs, and 200 AK
handles. rE afE
The Second Adventist Conference,
held at Springfield last week, passed Il
resolution against the practice, hereto
fore so common, Of fixing the ''precise
date" for the final confagration.
Nearly all the members of the Rhode
Island Legislature live at their homes
during the session. They go home
every evening and return every
The Church of TIE Good Sheppard
in Hartford, built entirely by Mrs.
Samuel Colt, was dedicated on Satur-
day. Four bishops and sixty clergy
men W, re present. The building cost
5000, 600.
Mrs. Mary De Sands born at Lud-
low Mass, was struck by lightning on
Wednesday night aud burned,
Indiana has S31 aboriginal log school
houses still in use.
The Michigan Agricultural Society
offers premiums for velccil EIDE racers.
There is a baby in Hartford three
months old which weighs only two
pounds.
A converted Jew. Joseph Stern. is