New-York tribune., 1870-04-11
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
A person writing to us from RingtOwn, Pa,
makes very unknd remark for the PostOfce people.
On the outside OF the envelope just above the address,
he writes "As have lost money often by sending to
tbis ofce will saw that this has none in" The inclos
ure whose transmission was thus protected was poem
not quite so entertaining as the envelope.
Wilson Opp, a farmer near Hughesvllle,
Penn mingled pleasantly with utility, and perpetraed
First of April joke in the way Of business bright light
upon his during the night attracted his neghbors
from neighboring villages and supposng ms barh was
fire. they came In numbers, on horseback anu ny WIZ
ons to the of the conilagration. Mr. opp was
bu rning stump heap"
The Commissioner of the General Land Office
at Washington has received from Rockingham County,
ya specimens of crystazed Iceland spar They possess
unusual transparency This mineral when quite clear has
high value account OF It's refIactng qlalties Wcn
are such that it gyes double G image OF ayIg nf
,zng Instruments Hitherto il has always been imported
by our inc tbC ss trana i Of saScSarnc
solutions and in the various scientific ana Manufacturing
be detailed. The Virginia quarry is sad 10 anru aDu
dant yield OF most excellent quality. We nope our
friends in the Temperance cause VIII take 10 ol'is at
our mention of these facts; for, hereafter no imported
article will be needed to enable our country men to see
double.
Gifts are not always valuable in proportion
70 their usefulness else church fairs would lose their in
terest and smoking-caps would become obsolete. The
next thing the kind to smongcaps are presentation
cigars specimen one was exhibited on the 2oth ut
in the California assembly, by one OF te IN th. scr
mento Valley. This object OF curiosity was also test
Of it, cTltivator It was ward in length Of
prOpOrtOnate thickness and inscribed upon u III eler
of gold were the words, Presented 10 L. - Grant by "
. Z cot Sacramento, Cal" When the giftbearng
embassy has finally presented II, with neat roarks pro
and con- and Grant retrcs with the three foot weed
under his arm the question will arise Il the cigar in
tended TO furnish puff to the President or To It's manu-
facturerf
The wife of Dr. Bailey of Titusville, Pa, was
recently an ornament to the She wore her own
hair in tresses falling upon her shoulders after the
manner Of hair restorative showcard. While she was
asleep Tuesday evening, at her own residence in bed
with the front door unfortunately unlocked wretch
slipped into the room cut of all her hair, and departed
with it, without awaing her. So deXterous was the
band came home probably about hour later the def
cheney was first discovered lie offers $50 reward for
tor of the Rape of a Lock" About that amount of
money iudicously expended will place the new Belinda
investment would probably procure more satisfaction
than that which the Doctor proposes.
The Matching of eggs is proverbially mat
ter of uncertainty; it seems that laying them may be
question Of striking importance. In shaler Township
Pa Mrs Meyer and Mrs. Mmm live in adjoining houses,
which have a common yard, wherein six hens each
woman owning three. Each had faith in her own hens
but instead OF six only five eggs reported daily
The egg that was not forthcoming became germ OF
pcion Each fancied that the other the first
rising. Both consequently the suspicion grew trying
10 anticipate each other III Visiting the hehroost went
thither at still earlier hours, until the hna catastrophe
took place at o'clock one morning IN the early part OF
last week. They met Each dropped her her lantern and
sought weapon OF oiensc one found the AK the other
small log Of wood The scufe that ensued was followed
by arrest and the discovery which lanterns failed to eff
feet may be accomplished in the light of the law.
1t is but a few days past the vernal equinox,
and the constellation Pisces yet TO hold sway
Norwich Conn. At all events six came near being
food for fishes and three Of them thoroughly soaked
in the river the Preston Bridge last week An
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platform and partly stayed. One man was fastening
rope at the bottom of the post, another at the top
boat down swiftly with the current struck and
knocked of the brace which held the post Three men
who in the boat which upset by the collision
climbed up them in safety without weting their feet
The post with the two men at work upon IT. fell into the
feet with the post upon him The eapszed boat struck
overheard OF its passengers. by prompt man
agement all the wet men were rescued IN safety, Mr.
river at that point The entire half dozen In voting
condition on election day.
The Women's Branch of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals held meeting Last
week in Philadelphia. One of the journals of that city
mild protest against the 9Th Of the title OF the
association by heading the report Of the meeting. "w
b. o. g. FTP. o. G. T. A." The dog question came
circumstance that NewYork Journal had referred to
the proposed charity " dog hospital" duly
by-st making the Mayor tho President Of the Instu
ton; and I'd, calling it. instead OF home hospital,
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strating the of the proverb about giving dog
bad name. The Mayor declared his intention to carry
out this object and urged the ladies to Lot expre
siOns which you In the newspapers elsewhere
deter you from your duty" The newspapers not 80
black they printed, Mr.. Mayor! He himself de-
scribed TO the assembage the cruel and outrageous
method that Pladelpha has adopted for killing dogs
that captured. We think building should inclOse
| and secude the men who do such killing; should
scarcely call hospital, home shelter though
should wish II TO be secure; the building "whepe the
| dogs cannot bite them"
The amenities of contested election in Ire
land have frequently tested the descriptive powers of the
tourist the novelist, and the hunorist The theme ia
now attempted by the newspapers; ard, in respect To
the recent election Of Mr. Heron pperary Adpocdts
states that the following bill Of expenses been since
| presented 10 his treasurer:
. TrPPxRARr March iIth, 1910
jim PI Mob Conductor Botheen Boy Ge Gn 10 1sn, n
lrrons election conductor Debtor following WORK sd mrer
DONE on The DAY Of polling February 18th. 1910:
To shouts At 2. PER shout a n q
To heuAhs fofIeron At 3D. each.
To bouness In the air At 'eaoh .......... ........
To hitting yOtr Tor Mr kekhsm Of had cat which
speBtbvo hour Killing the night bsfJr.. ........,,.
To mahng prod al and giving two sntes a
Mr. knkhsms suppDrters fof which a a.fu batter
Bg from th, klckbamios o
To gripping Of kekhaIns party by wiDppe or throttle
for Which got of rock the leR leaving
striking thn bead which tnosoi "a with
breAbst which dragged from old ehmBeJ
% Ss S,.@Go .o, ~ s ss' Of r so' ,sss ssd
bouncing, smashing
dashing whisky shops swallowing half gallons porter
Ges found nearly dsa Ia the osk-ap tbo foasw
iDg morning sRa had 10 oBe shilling 10 II
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