The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
How to prevent sea sickness-Keep on
shore
A CURIOUS contradiction-the reign of
snow
IF industry is no more than habit, it is
at least an excellent one.
LADY PALMERsToN, although over sew
enty, was sprightly enough to electioneer
for her son.
THE last illness of Sir Richard Mayne
was the first for the forty years he had
been Chief of the London police.
TEXANS believe that the story of the
cattle plague was put up thing to reduce
the price of their beef.
THE man who attempted to hang him
self with a cord of wood abandoned the
enterprise, because it was too expensive.
was accidentally shot dead at shooting
match near Toronto, Canada, on the 1st
instant.
ROMAN MAxIMs.-1. Never work with
in doors when there is anything to be
done without. 2. Never do in fair wealth
CT what may be done in wet.
A LITTLE girl, on Christmas eve, seeing
the sun setting, said: Mamma, know
what makes it so red, over there; Santa
Claus is baking"
CANADA has 5000 miles Of telegraph
wires, and an office to every 1000 inhabi-
tants, while in England there is only one
office to every 10000 people.
A Boston artist painted a bottle of
spruce beer so naturally that the cork flew
out before he could paint the string to
fasten it. Wonder what became of the
beer!
AN American gentleman writes from
London that common American corn
as "patent fire lighters-eight for a
penny"
THE Pope bought pretty cottage for
the widow of Monti, executed for attempt
ing to blow up Zouave barrack, in Rome,
then fled the city in diguise.
Two AMERICAN students at Gottingen
fought duel last month, in which one of
them, the son of Philadelphia banker,
was severely wounded A quarrel about
Grant and Seymour had given rise to a
challenge, which was promptly accepted.
The duel was fought with pistols at fifteen
yards distance.
IT is said that the only infallible way to
ascertain that death has taken place, with
the exception of decomposition, is by
holding a candle to part of the body.
Ii the blister on being punctured gives
forth fluid substance, death has not
taken place. IF air is emitted, death has
occurred.
BOBBY" said Uncle Peter, as he ex-
amined the points of the beast, 81 don't
see but one reason why that mare cannot
trot her mile in three minutes" They
gathered round to hear this oracular
opinion, and one inquired, "What is it ~
"Why," he replied, "the distance is too
great for so short time"
A POOR laborer in Manchester, England
had such an infatuation for attending
prize fights, that frequently he would walk
fifty miles to witness one, when he could
not afford to ride. His last Journey was
fatal. He had no money to pay a ferry
man on the River Mersey, and attempted
to swim across. He was drowned in the
effort.
DEACON SAMUEL NJ ANDREWS, since
his arrival at the State Prison at Charles
town, has manifested the same calmness
and tractability of demeanor which has
usually characterized his conduct AS he
had had some experience Of the machin.
cry of cotton-mill, he has been set to
work in a machine shop. He seems to
work with good humor and with a fail
amount of diligence.
SIX Waterbury, Conn.,, sportsmen went
pickerel fishing one bitter cold night, re
Gently, on mill-pond number of miles
from that town. After they had cut sew
eral holes in the ice, and fished patiently
for several hours without bite, they were
told by small boy that the owner of the
pond had drawn it off few days before
ard captured all the fish.
THE recent death of Mr.. John Bairstow
munificent benefactor in England, is an
nOunced. From poverty he rose to the
possession of princely fortune, which he
| distributed literally in charities The be-
quests to religious and benevolent societies
exceed 100000 He rose at 6 a. m, and
at the period of his greatest wealth, lis
personal domestic expense was little over
600 year. He was ninety at his death
AN old gentleman in Ridgefield, Con
pecticut, who is fond of buckwheat cakes
and who cooks them himself every morn
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try them. Son thought they had a queer
taste; father thought so too. What could
be the matter? After breakfast, one of the
neighbours girls came in to wash the dishes
stir up more cakes, and put the house in
order. On stirring up the buckwheat, she
| fished up huge rat from the bottom o.
the dish, and, on stirring again, fished ur
four more In succession.
THE common artificial lights vitiate the
atmosphere in two ways-by removing it:
oxygen, which is indispensable to respira
ton, and by producing carbonic acid gas
A six foot burner will produce as large 6
quantity of this poisonous gas as woult
be expired by eight or nine persons in
state of quietude and it would abstrac
more oxygen from the air than they
would absorb during the same time. Ven
tilation, therefore, should be carefully Sc
cured after the gas or lamps are lighted
at night and particularly where they ar,
to be burned all night.
ALTHOUGH enlightened men general,
do not stop to think about the reason
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