Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-12-31
FACT AND FANCY.

No dogs went into the ark They had their
own bark.
The music teacher who broke his engage
ment is called a " tuneiul Tyre"
Some girls are like old muskets they use a
good deal Of powder, but don't 90 off.
Let our lives be as pure as snow fields, where
our footsteps leave a mark but not a stain.
Some are as grateful for kind deeds as
the sea is when You fling into it cup Of water.
Rural maidcns in Massachusetts, are distressed
at successful invention for consuming sparks.
Some of the fair sex have hearts as brittle as
glass. lie that would leave impressions must
use diamonds.
Society or communities cannot be afflicted
with more deplorable evil, or cursed with
more malignant scourge than the Slanderer.
The postage on one letter cost Mr. Samuel II.
Ross, Of Knox county, Ohio, SlG9 80. He
forgot and mailed the letter inside the news
paper.
An lndianian, anxious to save n valuable dog
from fire, threw him out of the window. The
dog was saved but in damaged condition.
the neck being broken.
1t is sad to think, when so many people are
in actual want Of clothes, that other people can
he found in New York willing to waste Sl00 on
the dress Of single doll.
Military men have discovered a new remedy
for intoYication which consists in eating raw
potatoes. An ordinary Murphy" will cure
the most obstinate case in half an hour.
1t is said that the Kaw Indians salt the rail-
road track in order to entice cattle in front of
the cars, so they can get the carcasses. Now
who doubts that the Indian can be civilized
Putting a stick Of long wood into n stove, and
then taking 1t out and placing it in the wood
box and pling shavings on top of it, was the
reason New Albany man had to rent house
the next day.
A Mormon died the other day, and his twenty
wives quarreled as to which should ride ahead
in the funeral procession. The matter was final
ly settled by their marching twenty abreast
right in front.
a bed cover made OF paper, single or double.
placed between sheets to retain it in place, will
contribute to the warmth Of the body as well ns
good blanket, and can be made in five minutes
from old newspapers, costing nothing. Try it.
woman at Laay ettc, Indiana, was advised
TO hold iaudanum in her mouth for toohache
but as her mouth leaked, and as she forgot TO
stop up the hole, the laudanum got amongst her
victuals. She now wears the latest style Of
wings over there"
A celebrated professor thinking TO pcrpIex
IAN unfortunate pupil, one day put to him the
aollowing question g Pray. sir. can YOU tell
me how long man may live without brains %
To which the pupil, looking up into the face Of
the interrogator, promptly but unexpectedly re-
piled How old may you be yourself, profess
sor"
A young man Of color was canght by the
Memphis police, walking through the upper
part OF the navy yard carrying Il coil of clothes
line in his hand, on the end of which was Il
nice sucking pig, just right for roasting. When
asked where he got the pig, he said that - it
was jst focrin' him, and he hadn't the fuintcst
idee whar it come FROM"
Just as Traveller was writing his name on the
register of Leavenworth hotel n bedbuo an.
peared and took its way across the page. The
man paused and remarked: " I've been bled by
st. Joe ieas, bitten by Kansas City spiders. and
interviewed by Fort Scott graybacks, but Iu he
ID if was ever in place before where the
bedbugs looked over the hotel register to ind
out where your room was"
young man becoming engaged recently,
was desirous Of presenting his intended with a
ring appropriately inscribed but being at a loss
what to have engraved on it, called upon his
father for advice. " Well" said the old man.
"put on When this you see, remember me- u
The young lady WAS much surprised Il few DAYS
after at receiving beautiful ring, with the in
scrptlon When this you see, remember
father"
Among the mails of the steamer CalaJria, on
At New York, were some 2, 600 balloon letters
from beleaguered Paris They are extremely
light, being written paper furnished by the
Government, and excited considerable curios-
Ity. The mails, (" Uia sky, leave daily and car
ry from 28,o00 to 30 600 letters Even in the
event of their capture, the packages marked
America are forwarded from Bremen and Ham
burg ria England.
The WH, o. the Wisp, an English paper, satir-
ical and conservative, has this picture of Eu-
rope; ~