The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ST. LOUIS prides herself On thiTty-fOur
charitable Institutions
A TOWN in North Carolina has three
residents, each aged over 105.
WOULD man be much tired if he pass
ed a restless (k)nig LIT on horseback?
THE Philadelphia Press says: "The
weather is as cool as a rich relation
JUsTIFABLE STINGINKss.- Grudging q
friend the right to laugh at our expsnse.
A RECENT old folks party in Connect
cut aggregated LAO years, divided up
among Is people.
The man who staked his reputation
was probably preparing for general sur
vey.
THE beer drank in the United States
in one year costs the drinkers twenty-one
millions.
A NEWPORT couple have Just celebrated
their pearl wedding, having been married
for seventy years.
ACCORDING to the State law of Mary
land, potatoes must be sold by weight in
stead of measure.
AN accurate estimate shows that each
Indian in the United States costs the gov
ernment $3.50 annually.
Horace Greeley's farm in Hamden,
Conn which cost him $500, was sold,
the other day, by auction, fog $3.50.
The young lady who fell dead-in love
with young geDtleman-immediately
revived on being asked to name the day.
Mrs PARTINGToN saws that since the
invention of the needle-gUn there is no
reason why women shouldn't fight as well
as men.
THE waves brought intelligence to Ros-
ton of recent terrible storm at sea, four
days before it was heard Of from any
other quarter.
"SHE isn't all that fancy painted her, !"
bitterly exclaimed rejected lover; "and
worse than that, she isn't all she paints
herself"
In a private dwelling in York, Pa,
twelve hundred mosquitoes were killed in
week. Of this number 62S were caught
in room in one hour.
A LITTLE boy having broken his rock
ing horse the day it was bought, mis-
mother began to scOld him, when lie 81
fenced her by inquiring, "Whst is the
use of good horse till it's broker"
NEXT year completes thousand years
since Alfred the Great, founder of the
University of Oxford, assembled the Eng
lish throne. The English are proposing
to celebrate the occasion.
SIR WILLIAM THOMPSON says that it is
as certain as it is that the weights of a
clock will run down, that planet after
planet, age by sse, will creep into the
sun, and not one escape its fiery end.
THE Patrons Of Husbandry, in Missouri,
have side degree into which they init
ate horse thieves. After the ceremony,
nothing can be seen of the candidate, and
the ground is all nicely sodded over.
THE Rev. Z. J. Fish, of Adrian, Mich,
writes from San Francisco that California
has over 1000 insane in her asylum, and
believes this great number is to be attribut-
ed to the exciting life OF the Pacific coast.
THE New Jersey State Prison contains
80 prisoners, including 26 females.
lnree nunuivd ..-a sevo,,ty orc engaged
In the manufacture of shoes, turning out
daily 1000 pairs.
A BAsHFUL youth was lamenting To his
paternal progenitor the ordeal Of popping
the question. "POOh p said the patri-
arch, chow do you suppose | managed? p
you" responded the hopeful; "you
married mother, and I've got to marry q
strange girl?"
The directors of fair at San Antonio,
Texas. October 5th, propose that every
| lady in the State shall send photograph
of herself TO the fair, and committee
will select the most beautiful and have a
picture painted of the lady, according to
the photograph, and present it to her as
prize.
az don't care much for quiet baby
but dotc on squalling one" said an old
bachelor. "Why, how strange" admir-
ingly chorused all the mothers in the
room. "Not at ALL" responded the bach
elor, "becausc, you see, as soon as brat
begins to squat it's always taken from the
roomr
A MAN much addicted to drinking, be-
ing extremely i'll with fever, consulta'
ton was held in his bed chamber by three
physicians, how TO "cure the fever and
abate the thirst" "GentlemeD," said he
az will take half the trouble off your
hands; you cure the fever, and 1 Will
abate the thirst myself"
THE San Francisco butchers use no ice
for their meat, and need none. In tna'
dry climate meat keeps long time with
out ice, and improves rapidly as long al
| i l.
the butchers can keep their meat severa
days before exposing it for sale, and IL II
then tender and in the best possible con
dition for the table.
A PHYSICIAN being summoned to yes
try to reprimand sexton for drunken
ness, dwelt so long on the sections mis-
conduct, that the latter Indignantly re
piled: "Sir was in hopes you would
have treated my failings with more gen
tleness, or that you would have been tn,
last man alive to appear against me, as
have covered so many blunders OF YOURS !
JOHN V. FARwRLt, the senior partnel
of John V. Farwell Il Co., since the grea
Chicago fire has made the munificent be
Quest of $4,000 towards establishing
library for the Young Mems Christian
Association. The disastrous contagra
ton, it appears, has not exhausted hi
means, dried up the fountains OF his char
tiles, or even left the smell of ire on hi
garments. Such men deserve prosperity
THE following scene recently occurred
i'm court of justice, between the Judg
and Dutch witness, all the way iron
Rotterdam "What is your native Ian
guages" 81 pc no native" What i
your mother tongue?" "Ich hab NJ
mudder, mynheer." What did you frs
learn? What language did you speak il
!, the cradleg" al It'd not speak 10 Ian
!; guage in the cradle; only cry in Dootch.
Then there was general laugh, in whic
. the Judge, jury, and audience joined
The witness was Intercepted no turtle
about his native language.
owe must keep good company, Dotty
or not any at all This is fact Eve
an apple is known by the company
; keeps. Grandpa Parlin says If you pu
|, apples in a potato bin, they won't tas'
Sometimes l think, Dotty, you'd be a
good and nice AS a summer swee'ing,
You wouldn't play with naughty childre,
like Lima Rosenberg; but if you do, you
be like a potato, as true as you Nv
|, Finis."-Olioer Optics Magazine.
! A sTAIwART soldier from POmerani