The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

PAPER oUFFs-Newspaper attacks.
THE phantom sail-A mock auction.
SLoTH is the key to let in beggsry.
How TO "turn peoples heads Go late
to church.
THE happiestmAn-He who thinks him
self SO.
THE largest ants in the world are called
elephants.
How TO make people ackno owledge the
corn-Tread on their toes
AN order has been received at Newport,
K. l., from Paris, for furnace to warm
church in Japan.
WHY is half past seven o'clock in the
evening like next mornings breakfast
Only because 1t isn't eight yet.
THE boy who was caught looking into
the future has been arrested for trying to
see the show without pay.
No PERSON ever got stung by hornets
who kept away from where they were. It
is just SO with bad habits.
Two ROMANTIC girls in London recently
sought death in company by stabbing
themselves with their scissors.
An English clergyman identified his Bi.
BILE in court from the marks of its having
been used as razor strop.
THE latest thing in the pipe line is imi.
tation meerschaum made Of bread. The
pipes harden and color beautifully.
AT Tacubaya, Mexico, not long since,
two young and pretty women fought a
duel with pistols, and one was seriously
wounded.
AT Lowell, Mass, the other day, the city
bill-poster stuck the notices to milkmen
on the public pumps, certain that they
would be seen there.
Why is one dollar greenback better
than silver dollar? When you fold it
you double it, and when you open it you
find it Increases.
A WOMAN who was fixing up" to be
baptized at Athens, Ga, on recent Sun
day, was arrested for stealing clothes to
wear during the baptismal ceremony.
"MY DEAR" asked John, ON observing
new striped hose on his only heir, "why
have you made BARRIERS poles of Ernest's
| legs p Because he's q little shaver"
was the reply.
| THE University Of Edingburgh recently
granted permission TO young lady TO at
tend the medical lectures, but the students
made such loud objections that the favor
was withdrawn. E ,s5fsa,
AN Indian stone chisel was recently
plowed up in Pownal, Me. It is com
posed Of the Mount Kineo stone, so much
used by the Indians for their cutting in.
struments, and is smoothly finished.
ONE thousand years before the birth ol
Christopher Columbus, the Chinese Year
Books say, company Of Buddhist priests
entered America by way of Alaska, and
examined the whole western coast ol
North America.
Two LOVERS stood upon the shore oi
Massachusetts Bay, bidding sad farewell
before Seth tore himself away. @Tr
marry you when ! come back, my Sally
Ann" says he, and then he took o LITTLE
smack, and sailed away to sea.
A MARE was stolen IN Texas village
and subsequently was heard from ina dis
tant town. The owner sent message ii
regard to- her, and q day or two after
wards received q reply asfollowa; " You
mare is here's will bring her THE
. hung
In Jacksonville, Fla, some one stole th
recently laid cornerstone Of d new Bar
i tist Church, in order to despojl isoi W 1.
silver coins and currency ai.ssea w N y y
The stone was carriea some alstence, nv "
the effort To aessile money out was lall
/ ure.
4THE Fat Contributor" ADVERTISED 10
proposals for marriage, which must be d
Tected, 4 Proposals 70 board and cloth
J the Fat Contributor for an indehnit
/. period" accompanied BY three suretie
/, that the bidder won't elope with anothe
] man.
4 LORD FALMERsToN was always very pa
\ ticular to write nothing rashly. Hewroi
2 1T a standing desk, and kept bis inkssan
3 at The other end of the room, SO that
g had the time occupied III crossing th
room twice to reflect upon what heinkeni
|, ID to say! Hlsown excuse foS this hab
2 Was that he obtained necessary exercil
4 by 1t. 81
. A RECENT book of historical remini
g oences Of the House of Commons narraty
Q the lsughable failure Of one member WI
q rose fully primed for d first attempt
Il said Mr. Speaker, / am astonished- :