The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

to South America.
Nebraska had but one thunder storm
during all summer.
Seventy-fve bushels of apples, of fair
quality, were sold by auction few days
since, in Grafton, Vermont, for one cent
a bushel. .
Evening drawing schools are to be es-
tablished in Boston for the benefit of
teachers in the public schools and fore
man and master mechanics.
4 Chicago paperrecommends "another
flagrant fiction impaled on the fork of
fact" as an improvement upon the famil-
lar phrase, "another lie nailed"
Reports from Kansas represent that
the Plains are literally covered with
buffalo. Droves of 200 to 800 each are
coming up constantly from the south.
Here is an opportunity for our sports
men which may not occur again for
many years.
Dio Lewis advises people to pay their
physicians a stated sum per annum for
keeping them well, the sum to be de-
creased given amount for every case
of sickness. This is the rule among the
"Heathen Chinee," and we find nothing
20 object to in it. 1t seems to be based
upon a strictly rational foundation.
The final arrangements for the conf
pletion Of German unity have been
nearly concluded. The treaty between
the North German Confederation and
the States of Baden and Hesse has been
already signed. The treaty with Wur-
temburg has been concluded, but is not
| uat cip-,aI ID ario ,,,;1 ho
same position in the Confederation as
Saxony.
It is said that the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company has under consideration
plans for the irrigation of its immense
land grants along the Platte and Lara
mie rivers. Hundreds OF thousands of
acres can, no doubt, be reclaimed and
made good agricultural land, to become
half n century hence the support of
population of millions.
In Rhode Island tribes are never of
fered to voters, but this is the way they
do it: An honest man says to an indie
pendent voter, "Ill bet you $40 you
don't vote for =" Voter" I'll bet
you $40 will" Voter goes and votes
for -, wins the bet, and gets his
money. Of course no reasonable man
will call this bribery.
Judge Portly says the liveliest time he
ever experienced was on issuing the first
number of q newspaper in Western
town. The people wanted something
stirring. He published the personal
history Of the leading politicians as fur
nished by their friends. The Judge says
that for the first hour they all rushed for
the paper; the second hour they went
for him.
The wife of manufacturer in an in
land town, whose daughter was about
to be married, sent notes to her friends
requesting that if they intended to make
wedding presents of silverware, they
would send the money instead, as she
was about to visit New York, and would
prefer to buy the articles herself, for it
will be so nice to have the things match,
you know"
The question as to whether wife can
sue her husband was recently decided
atfirmatively in an Iowa court. A woman
sued to recover a certain sum of money
which her husband had borrowed and
then deserted her. The husband de-
INJURED ON the ground that wife could
not sue her husband for debt. The
Court overruled the demurrer, thus de-
Gliding that wife deserted by her hus-
band can sue him at law for debt due
her from him.
There is in Springfield, Massachusetts,,
a family of nine members, each of whom
with a single exception, was born upon
a holiday-the father upon the Fourth
of July, the mother on Christmas, the
first child on Thanksgiving Day, the
second on Christmas, the third on indie
pendence Day, the fourth and fifth each
on New Years, the sixth three weeks
before Christmas Slight discrepancy
there,l and the seventh on Christmas.
Probably parallel case cannot be found.
The future Queen of Spain is described
as being naughty and imperious, while
her husband is quite the reverse"
Two weeks after marriage, this modern
Nantippo boxed her husbands ears
soundly, and told him he was ga miser-
able beggar," and that when he married
her he had only ten shirts to his back"
Dies ire ! The giving her husband an
earache was pretty bad, but to reproach
him with not having a full dozen shirts
was TO add insult to injury. ...
The subject of Canadian annexation
is likely to engage good deal of atten-
tion at Washington during the coming
winter. 1t is said that several leading
Canadian politicians are going to the
capital for the purpose of studying
American sentiment touching the vari-
Gus annexation projects that are under
consideration, and, being in position, to
take advantage of any circumstances
which may be developed. The majority
Of these gentlemen will come from Up-
per Canada. 1t is represented that the
annexation party is constantly increas-
ing in numbers and influence. 3ls
The latest snake story is told by the
Nashville Union in this way: ave are
assured by gentleman of our aequaint-
ance, who is entitled to all the credit.
that the following is snake truth, The
gentleman says that recently, while
clearing the weeds along his fence on a
small branch, he came in contact with a
large-sized snake. He cut the monster
in two near the middle. The head end.
with great tenacity of life, crawled to
the branch with rapid movement, and
from the tail, which wiggled and