Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
A Missouri farmer lately paid debt o


"A Missouri farmer lately paid debt of
$1,000 in silver coin.
The centenary meeting of the Unyersalist
churches of Western Michigan, which closed
on the 10Th instant. voted to raise during the
ensuing year. over and above the usual church
expenses seventy-tye thousand dollars as
centenary offering.
Mr. F.. -. Robinson of North Haven, has |
invented an ingenious apparatus for dropping
feed to horses, cattle, poultry, etc. in the alb
scncc of the attendant. 1t consists of hop |
per with a lid ut the bottom. which is made to |
drop at any time desired by a small clock,
working on the principle of the alarm clock.
If the farmer wishes his cattle or horses fed at
an carly hour. before he gets ont of his com
Portable bed. or ut any time during his absence,
he has only to fill the hopper and set the
clock and the machine does the work at the
appointed time.
General Frcmont's hotel bill at Washing
ton last year was over $4,000.
The Brunswick Telegraph hears of
SUNDAY School anecdotc. little fellow
brought in from the streets was asked wv ny
were Adam and Eve turned out of the garden
of Eden?" Because they sarsed Cod" was
his reply.
1t is proposed to raise slo0.oo0 for the
family of the late Secretary Stanton.
An Illinois paper the Springfield Atlas,
has the following item: Married, at the
County Clerks Office, in this city, on Monday
last by the Rev. DIR. Brown, Mr.. Jacob Smith
to Miss Harriet a. Gould, aged thirteen years.
daughter of William Gould, Esq, OF Bates. in
this county. Mr.. Gould refused To permit
Mr.. Smith to take his daughter except upon
conditions i'm substance as follows That he
would forever abstain from the use of tobacco
and profane language, that he would treat his
wife as his equal disclaiming all ownership in
her as exclusive property. The clergyman
was also to perform the nnp.ial ceremony
without requiring the lady to promise to obey
her 'liege lord. >
A wife in Bloomington, Illinois. during
the trial of her first divorce case interrupted
her counsels eloquent plea for provision for
/ her child, with the remark addressed 10 the
/ court. that lit was not provisions she wanted.
but that she would take whatever the court IN
! its wisdom might see fit to allow her. i'll
/ money. be that much or little.
! An Iowa doctor used the stomach pump
for two hours on the victim of railroad ac-
/ c;ient and then ..rccllnned that life was utter
ly distinct"
! A man in Dundee. Ill.,, has raised on
| threc-auarters of an acre of ground. this year,
nearly four hundred bushels of tomatoes.
| Most of them were sold for fifty cents a BUSH
! ell.
A London thief returned purloined UNI
| brella with this note: This umbrellar has
prade hon my konshens ever sin stole him.
w. r..
"A Catholic cathedral. to cost $4,000 is
! erecting in Grand Rapids, Mich.
A clergyman said in a recent sermon that
the path of rectitude had been travelled so lit
tie of late years that it is completely run 10
grass. The New York Times thinks that he
mistook for grass what must have been wild
oats.
An Iowa bride, according to a journal OF
that State, lis a merry. warm-hcarted level
headed truthful little angel, manufactured
expressly for the chap who got her"
1t is a curious coincidence that Rev. DIR.
Baron Stow should have died the next morn
ing after the installation of his successor.
The Philadelphia North American, wish
ing to tell its readers plainly that country
cousins are flocking into the city, says; 1.-The
,, visits paid last summer to the breath OF th'
i haycock and the twitter of the pewee are be
ing returned by people who come to exchange
the monotony of the faded fields for the bril-
lance of the promenades and the spectacle
presented by our opera and our theatres"
| The transformations funeral of Mr.. Stan
1 ton was in harmony with his simple tastes am
plain mode of living.
STANZAs.
n Go count the stars in yon bright sky,
f The sands upon the shore,
You'll find the blessings from on highs
In number much more
, Count all the leaves upon the trees,
" The waves upon the sea,
II More numerous still than all OF these,
:, Our daily gifts will be.
y And vet ungratefu that are,
e We seemingly forget
- To whom we owe our constant care,
Our great, increasing debt
. To Him who sits enthroned above,
10 Our grateful incense raise,
l. And tho unseen IN worlds of love,
2, He'll hear our humble praise.
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