The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A PHYSICIAN of Meriden, CT, makes his
professional visits on velOcipede.
THE Raleigh .Sentineg claims the tele-
graph as North Carolina invention.
AN Alexandria (Va) shoemaker broke
the knee cap Of a customer whose tight
boot he was removing.
A WILL. recently proved in the Probate
Court of Middlesex county, Mass, was
signed Michael J. O'Connor, deceased.
A GENTLEMAN, on taking volume to
bound in Russia. "Oh, no." he replied,
Russia is too far off, l will have it done
here"
THE meanest man vet heard from lives
in Philadelphia He was rescued from
drowning, the other dav, by policeman,
ard has sued the man for damage to his
coat collar, in drawing him out.
| Not having heard from the debating So
cieties in relation to the conundrum,
"Why do hens always lay eggs in the day
timer" contemporary answers " because
at night they are roOsters.'"
| "WHERE was Bishop Latimer burned
to death ?" asked q teacher in command
ing voice. "Joshuay knows" said lit
tie girl at the bottom of the class "Well,"
said the teacher. "if Joshuay knows. he
may tell" :" In the fire." replied Joshuay,
looking very grave and wise.
a GENTLEMAN in Auburn recently drop
ped his wallet and several hundred dol
lars in the morning, while going out of
his yard. His dog saw it drop in the
snow, and stayed by it all dav, until the
masters return home, when the faithful
animal attracted his attention, and paved
it from under the snow
THE late James T. Brady was the au-
thor of "Pat Mallov," in the Irish Emf
grant" Meeting Barney Williams one
day, he composed it, and Barney has sung
If many times but, says the Philadelphia
Press "when he came to sing the verse on
Friday evening, he thought of the day
when his friend wrote if, laughing as he
did SO, upon an old scrap Of paper upon
the top of bis hat. He could not 90 on,
but apologized to the audience, and the
play proceeded without the song"
A YOUNG gentleman, in certain busi-
ness house. having tarried much longer at
his clearinghouse than was thought ne
cessary for the morning meal, was asked,
on his return. in joking wav, what he
ha1 for breakfast? He replied candidlY
CA cup of coffee, mutton chop, and
some mystery" "Mvstcrv" said the
employer. whats that?" not having
been thoroughly enlightened in all the
"mysteries" of boarding house fare
"Whv," answered the other, that's
hash"
FUNNY incident happened to the cler-
Gyman who breaches in the Ohio State
Penitentiary. He met female inmate
who is said to be very crazy, who sharply
asked: Well, chaplain, how do you like
TO preach to us ~ "Very well, indeed"
was his reply. "You behave well, are
quiet and attentive / like preaching TO
you very well. indeed" ain that case,
chaplain" replied the girl, with sigh,
"go ahead. Preach as you have mind
to. IsuppOSs yOu are tie best ace ca1a afford
n03c :"
A YOUNG scapegrace III Cincinnati called
at each of the newspaper offices the other
night, leaving a notice of the suicide of
himself which was to come off that night
Reporters were sent to his fathers resi-
dence to learn the sad particulars, but the
Governor" expressed his opinion to the
effect that his hopeful had taken this par
ticular way to scare the old gentleman,
thinking he would come down with some
thing handsome. The youth did not sui
eide, and the suspicious parent didn't scare
worth cent.
ON the 5th of January, 1891. several
young pupils from the Ecole Miltaire
were skating on the deep moat that run
along by the Fort of Auxonne AS il
struck five, one of the party proceeded to
take off his skates. Don't go-one more
round" cried his companions. "No, no
| have had enough of it; besides, | am
, hungry, and want my dinner" After the
departure of their comrade, the rest con
tinued to skate, when suddenly the ice
, , broke, and all fell into the water and
, perished. The young man who so mirac
ulously escaped by going off few minutes
before was no other than Napoleon Bona
parte.
HUMBOLDT, who witnessed several earth
quakes, said that no one ever gets used tt
! them, but, on the contrary, his feelings O
dread are intensified at each successive
one which he experiences. All beasts anG
birds partake of mans fear, and seem
panic-siricken. Humboldt accounts fol
| mans inability to become accustomed TO,
and consequently not to dread, earthquake
by saying that, whatever we have az any
time or under any circumstances consid
cred shaky, the earth has always stood
, firm, and when we find that tossing be
meath our feet, it seems as though the very
bottom of things had been knocked out
Every time the shock is repeated, the un
reliability of our only support is forced
upon our attention with augmented force
Quite Romantic.
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