The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-11-17


Washington Territory boasts of an i'm
mense cranberry marsh, yielding one hun
dred thousand bushels in single crop
Most Of the rich carpeting known a,
American" is made by hand IN Philadel
PhiA-NeW England furnishing the } arr
for the purpose. -....
Over four millions of foreigners are said
10 have landed At the port of New York in
the past ten years, bringing with them
over nve bIllionsOf dollars.
Thirteen Japanese arrived in Califcrnia
recently, TO JOIN colony in Eldorado coun'
". .s.s
A IRE kindled At the battery in New
York city, for the purpose of testing The
experiment. was recently eKtingulshed by
means Of carbonic acid gas.
A steam brake, to enable engIneeis TO
stop train At pleasure, without the aid of
. brakeman, was recently successfully v
tested on the Erie Railroad At the re-
quest of the managers and judges of the
American Institute.
A new Sunday lRw-clOsing the barber
shops and cleaning out bOOtblacks from
the streets, has gOne into effect in Wash :
ington city. The law, it Is said, was orig
inally introduced ilto the Council by q
leading colpred barber. Is
The Chinese residents in Sacramento -
Gently commenced their annual clearing
oni of the devils in thAt city. The eXor.
ciSiic exercises continued for i've days aud
nights, the whole closing with the burning
of the bamboo figures ornamentiDg the
temple in which the services were held.
On the arrival of an emigrAnt ship, some
years ago, when the Moth Carolina lay
on the Battery, an IrishmRn, hearing the
gun fred Al sunset, inquired of one of the
sailors what Il WAS whats thai ~
'''Rhy, that's sunset, Z" was the contempt
uous reply. .,SunseI I" Paddy exclaimed, :,
wRh distended eyes, ''sunset HsWly
Moses and does the Gun go down in this
country with such clap as that I"
How much does fool weigh genersllyI
A simple ton b.. 1850.
In = thunder storm. always get into 3
railroad train which has good conductor.
Lawyers must sleep more comfortably
than people in generAl-it is immsi=-iAl
on which side they lie.
An anatomical observer asserted few
days ago that there were 489, sSI feathers
on the wings of q butterfly. 81 don't be-
lieve il, " said one of his hearers. ''Then
count them ter yourself" was the reply.
A shoemaker, minus an optic, complain
ed that one of his lamps did not burn. A
genuine son of the Emerald Isle with as
tonishment exclaimed, Faith, and what
do you want of two lampsi you haveu't
but one eyel'- -r II
A little six year old was walking with
his father, and asked: ''What house Is
thAt2" '.That is the Dutch church, " was
the reply. People 90 there to be good,
80 that they may become angels. I" ''Will
they be dutch angels, pat" returned young
hopeful. -L.
CAS- 70 being conficted with the gout.n
said Mrs. Psrtington, ''high living don't
bring Il It is incoherent in some famll-
les, and ia handed down from father TO
son. Mr.. Hammer, poor soul, who has
been so long, Ill with 1t, dlsinherits from his
Wife's grsndmother.n
"Now, wife,' said win, please do devote
Just one half minute to mend this coat,
Which tarnA nail did rsnd."
"Why its ten O'clock" said his drowsy
u mate 81 ..s. - IL
81 know, said Win, ait is rather late,
But It's never too late to mend"