White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

have been Inflicted upon the reading world
for years. A long suffering public will
he glad to disrense forever with these an
cient "gsss." some Of which we subioiu.
The truth about "Bsrbsra Fritcbis"-
not Frsi,chie.
/ Declarations ahont who wrofs "B ,au
TIM snow aod Rock Ne to Sleep"
Narratives Of the Great Sea Serpent.
and sfiidavits that it has been seen agsin.
| Acroun,s Of the very oh msn-shou.
Ia hnndred yesrs-who never drank .
drop Of whiskev. mows ten acres Of grass
svery simmer. has q second complete set
of teeth. is sin full possession Of Ill his
facul,ie.." and recollscts General Wssh
isgton well.
The tale Of the discovery OF Jrtferson's
hody servant in extreme poverty and a
dirty shirt somewh here out in Nebrsska.
The story of ga snake in q human
stom ach." supposed TO have been swsl.
lowed when the victim. overheAied. drank
from running brook.
The history Of the rsvsges OF mon
s,er boa constructor. supposed to have es-
capped into the conntry SONS ten years be.
fore from a travelling menagerie, and to
have lived in Q cave ever since.
The tale Of living toad having been
fGnpd in the heart Of a very old tree. or
in he'rep're OF huge boulder Of rock
Facts about that chicken with two
heads. six legs and douhle gizzsra, and
double yolked eggs laid BY it's supposed
mother.
Gossip abont the oil veteran Of 1912
who was in all the actions Of that war.
by sea and by land. and never could get
bis pension.
Twaddle concerning the man who ("no
mistake about it") can justly claim to
he called the Either OF the Pacific Rail
road"
Spicy details Of the capture of a turtle.
upon whose messy and veteran shell was
detected TIE inscription (csrved by some
Jack knife. whose owner long since died J.
"Cu, A. D.. IVA. bv Absolam Smith. 4"
Declarations that John @. Colt lie liv-
ing in Texas, and j. Wilkes Booth com.
mands pirate junk in the Chinese seas.
Names Of the men who nominated
Grsnt. ...
Assertions that people live 10 the State
Of Pennsylvanis who believe that An
drew Jackson is still President Of the Uni
ted States.
Statements that certain great states
man was Q street vsgrsnt when boy. and
is "the srthitect of his own fortunes"
Articles on the Tariff. pnrporting to be
from the pens Of "Ssnsx." "Ohserver." "
veteran" ""An Old Subscriber" and
"Oue Who Knows"
Our Own Correspondent'sd description
Of Rome-never before printed. Of courss.
Sketches of sagacious dog that be-
longs to FIRE company. with memoranda
of his wonderful exploits. and statistics
OF the number of irss he has run to. OF q
dog who followed q regiment oil through
the war, and never got injured. although
in many battles.
These are few of the items OF news.
paper reading, some of which had gone
the rounds before any one who roads tlis
was born. and all Of which (even the
newest) have been fixed among the iour-
nalistic mile-stones that mark the pro
gross Of the newspaper press. from its in
ception to the present day. that ought
to shsre the fate of the foolish personals,
aud be seen DO more in print--Er.
Here are some more. that may as well
go along with the above:
The woman who went to q creek to do
her washing. taking her three children
with her. Two. while playing in the
woods. were bitten by q rsttlesnake. snd
when she ran to them upon hearing their
cry, the youngest fell in the creek and
was drowned-all of which so affected the
poor woman. that she died the same
night.
The girl who has slept constantly for
eighteen mon,hs.
The man who has eaten nothing for .
long series of years.
The jonr printer and the milliner girl
who have fallen heir to seventeen million.
Of dollars. BY the death Of relative in
England.
The wonderful baby who spoke when
it was six weeks old.
The blasphemer who was struck dead
or blind. or met with some other terrible
visitation. in the midst Of one Of bis re.
lect blasrhemies.
The child some dozen years old who
cannot be induced to spenk to its father
says it tries. but although it
can converse with any other person.
The foreign noblemsn discovered car.
rying . bod in some obscure Western vii
lsge.