Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-10-29
FACT AND FANCY.

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Hon. Horace Greeley is said to have recently
experienced a change of hat for the third time.
1t is said that spring has been discovered
near London, Kentucky, that " runs " chicken
soup.
Dickens used to accuse people who criticised
his gaudy waistcoat of interfering with his
vested rights.
An Iowa paper has a correspondent writing
against capital punishment, and signs himself
Z" One who has been there"
Men who not Congressional candidates in
Western district are distinguish by their wear
ing badges There are but six.
In Iowa, recently, man jumped from a rail-
way train at full speed in order to avoid a cred
itor. He was almost instantly killed
Horne T0oke, when asked by George III
whether he played cards, vepled 81 cannot,
your Majesty, tell king from a knave."
All women desiring to study law will be ad-
mitted hereafter to the law department of the
University of Chicago, upon the same terms as
men.
Tennessee could pay all her debts and have
couple of hundred dollars in hand, if somebody
wonld only give her forty-fve millions of dol
lars.
The divorce business in Chicago is sufficient
to occupy tribunal exclusively devoted to the
work-the cases of divorce averaging fifty
month.
1t is estimated America, when her productive
power is developed, will be able to feed four
times as many persons as there are now on the
face of the earth
A Boston dry goods firm has a lady customer
whose bill for goods purchased for her personal
wear during the nine months ending July 30th
footed ap $9,500
Machinery has recently been invented in Eng
land which weaves from the hair of cats and
rabbits sort of velvet tissue distpguishabe
from silk, but not inferior in tneness and beauty.
A passenger, having hired boat to take him
across very rough stream, asked the Irish boat
man if anybody was ever lost there. "No,"
said Pat me brother was drowned there the
other week, but we found him again the next
day"
1t is related that at the battle of Woerth an
officer of cuirassers bad his head carried off by
ball. Notwithstanding, the body remained
upright for a short time, and for about one hun
dred meters the decapitated horseman appeared
as if he was charging the enemy.
Some workmen recently engaged in excava-
tions on the estate of Peter Walsh in the su-
bprbs of Boston, came upon a gold ring three
inches in circumference, in which is set rose
diamond of great value The inside of the ring
bears the following "W. Thorpe, OBJ Oct
1872, AZ So. Il. B. }"
Pittsburg doctor who received a nomination
for office by the Democrats was called to attend
pun Oninese WoHlan ana ne succeeded In
bringing into the world bouncing almond eyed
twins. The very next day his name was stricken
from the ticket, upon the charge that he was as
sistng coolie immigration
In the bull fighting days, blacksmith who
was rearing bull pup induced his father to 90
on all fours and initiate bull. The canine pu-
Pill pinned the old man by the nose. The SON
dlsregarding the paternal roaring, exclaimed
. Hold him, Growler, boy, hold him Bear it.
father, bear IT J it'll be the making of the pup I"
lady in Sacramento undertook to teach
Chinese servant how to make cake Three eggs
were to be used, and having smelled the first the
mistress found it bad threw it away and used
the others John carefully observed the proc.
ess and so whenever he makes a cake he smells
ah egg, throws 1t away and uses two more as
the mistress did.
An exchange says GA man at Elizabeth
New Jersey, heard that by rubbing kerosene-oii
on his face the mosquitoes would not bite him
lie put some on, and then thought he would
take smoke before retiring AS he lit his
pipe, slight explosion was heard, and he was
picked up IN the backyard and extinguished
His family was left in quite destitute circum-
stances"
A man who could not waltz offered a Young
lady one hundred dollars if she would let him
hug her as much as the did who had lust
danced with her. He learned to waltz very
soon, and took more steps in the same space of
'i"Ao tn@n was ever accomplished by any profes-
sional. The steps were twenty-four in number
and led to the street.
Ia Wyoming, fellow was travelling over the
Dry waste of the Bitter creek region, recently.
and when the train stopped asked one of the set
tiers OF the station: " What kind of a country
have you around here ?? "Oh, =" was the re-
sponSo, we have very fair country; all we
lack is good society aud water" The fellow
was somewhat comforted by the assurance that
. hell mas the same advantages lack of good
society and water"
Recently a Fifth Avenue IN. W hotel waiter
was discharged, and vented his spite bv adyer-
tisng in paper for five hundred Irishmep ia 90
to France application to be made at room sixty
eight, Fifth Ayenuet2tel. The result was, that
the halls and corridofs of the hotel were filled
by 10 O'Clock with hundreds of Hibernians SO
crowding the guests and visitors of the house
that there was necessity of clearing the in
truders out and it was not until they were put
out that the proprietOrs knew to what circum-
stance they were indebted for such a visitation.
The Des Moines Register tells the following:
"A ieliow got married and repaired to Clear
LaAe ior honeymoon. AT that lake is small
boat "hlch taxes parties exoursing." The
new married couple thought a triu of that kind
"ouid 40, SO went aboard the steamer storm
came up minister on board got scared nm
dressed in the presence of the ladies' aud in,nnad
overheard, to swim ashore, only five miles f;s-
tant. Boat seemed to capsze, when the newIv-
made husband thought of unsettled business on
shore and attempted to follow the minister. Re-
sult-the bride, who did not wish to be made a
widow so early in the game, caught him, pin
Toned his hands, and sat down on him until the
storm was over"