The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

THE DREAMS FOR HUNGRY MEN-Pro-
visions.
BETHLEHEM, Penn, has hand fire en-
gine built IN 1903.
THE French population Of Vermont
numbers l5,491 persons
THE inexperienced make the best ho-
tel servants.
Missouri has 927 miles of railroad, cost
ing $51 100000.
CALIFORNIA produces 100000 pounds
of quicksilver annually.
DIVIDENDS are applied in the Washing
ton Lite to make the policies larger.
At late fire in Fitchburg, Mass,
steamer played for thirty six consecutive
hours.
THERE are twenty-one prisoners in the
North Indiana State prison who are SEN
fenced for life.
THE stockholders of the Washington
only receive the interest their own money
earns.
SEVENTY FIVE brides sat down to din
ner on a recent Sunday at one hotel at
Niagara Falls.
THE winner of floating match at Long
Branch lay on his back three hours and
forty minutes.
WHY are pimples on drunkard's face
like the cuts in London paper? They
are illustrations of Punch.
THE Romanist population of the
french Empire is 36,SOO,6 ,664 the Prot
estant, l, ,501, $50; the Jewish, 15S,994.
Why are country girls cheeks like a
good calico dressY Because they are war
ranted to wash and retain their color.
A PANE of glass seventeen feet high
and ten feet wide, lately set up in New
York, is considered the largest in the
country.
SEVERAL young men of good families
in New York have been taken to the
Binghampton Asylum to be cured of
drunkenness.
On gate-post in front of farm house
near Indianapolis, is a sign which says
"No life insurance nor sewing machines
wanted here"
A SERVANT girl, in Toledo, frustrated a
burglars plans by throwing him out of a
garret window to the sidewalk. He nev-
er recovered from the shock.
GEN J. T. PRATT, of Wethersfeld, has
been member OF the Connecticut Legls-
lature for fourteen sessions, and during
them oil has only been absent ten days.
A DISSEMINATING young lad of our ac-
quaintancc says that he likes a rainy day
-one that is too rainy to go to school,
and just rainy enough to go a-fshing.
THE latest style in GOLD bracelets is in
the shape of fluted muslin cuff, and is
made of FURNISHED gold with diamond
button, and ruby button hole.
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up your way?" asked one countryman of
another. "Ohr' was the reply, "it's dy-
ing out with the patients"
BENJAMIN GRIswoLD, of Cambridge,
VT, now in his 18Th year, has just finish
ed reading his Bible through, by course.
for the one hundred and thirteenth time.
DIR LRwIs SAYRE, Of New York city,
bas written pamphlet, describing three
cases Of lead palsy, resulting to ladies
from She use of cosmetics containing d
Iea4 ,>5lsca.
A SMART young lawyers clerk, hearing
it stated by lecturer that man is mere
ly machine" remarked, g suppose an
attorney may be called sueing ma
chine"
A FEMALE factory operative of Water
vile, Me, died, short time since, from
the use of jute switches. The autopsy
revealed the fact that the skull had been
perforated by vermin, and the brain par
TALLY eaten away.
A WOMAN of Troy was lately brought
before justice, charged with stealing a
sum of money from her husband. She
was dismissed on the ground that wife
could not steal from her husband.
EDWIN FORREsT, at the age of sixty
four, has recently concluded an eight
months season, in which he has Travelled
over six thousand miles, played in fifty
two towns, and averaged five perform
ances week
OF six hundred and twenty-five MUIR
ders committed in New York during
the thirteen years ending with 1868, the
perpetrators of one hundred and tifty- five,
or One.quartcr OF the whole number, have
never been discovered.
The champion shoemakers live at Lynn,
SO far as length of service is concerned.
| Edmund LIE Wis and James Barney have
worked at the trade seventy one and sew
enty years respectively, and now work
every day.
ALADY recently deceased in New Hamp-
shire has left 100000 to found a college
for young women, wherein they shall be
taught all the higher branches of educa-
ton enjoyed by male students in other
establishments.
THE English papers report that in an
action brought against the proprietors OF
Lloyd's paper for damages for not insert
ing newspaper advertisement correctly,
the verdict was for the defendant, with
costs, on account of the illegibility Of the
writing.
"WHAT is the chief use of bread"
asked an examiner at school exhibition.
"rhe chief use of breads" answered the
urchin, apparently astonished at the sim
plicity OF the inquiry. "Why, to spread
butter and molasses on"
"ARE you not ashamed to beg?" said
the philosopher Montague to strong
healthy beggar, who was soliciting aims,
"yOu are certainly able to work" 90,
cir" was the knave's rcioinder, if you
only knew how lazy I amp
A YOUNG Italian, by the name of Brado
who is a clerk at indianapolis, has lately
fallen heir to $1,C0O,000, rich Italian
having left his fortune of $2,000,OOO in
gold to his two nephews, who proved to
be BradO and his brother.
RowDY intending to he witty, thus
accosted lady in the street: Madam
can you inform me where / can see the
elephant?" "NO, but if had a looking
glass l could show you very large mon
key" The rowdy slOped.
A ROBUST hod carrier in New Hamp
shire, recently, carried barrel of flour
from The sidewalk to the third story of q
new building, and retarned with it upor
his shoulder to the street, where he solo
the flour for eight dollars, and received &
handsome sum from the lookers-on.
THE old proverb says, every man is
physician or fool at forty" Sir Harry
Halford, distinguished physician, hap
pening to quote this old saw to a circle o.
friends, among whom was Canning, the