The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-17

the htlHR OUT VI DaTN.
A turtle weighing 467 pounds was 70.
Gently captured on Ccncy Island beach.
Kalamazoo, Michighan, has a dog af.
ficted with the genuine shaking ague.
The Shakers and Qnakers received
large accessions during the earthquake.
An old Roman law was, that 90 couple
should be engaged for more than two
years.
InIia rubber rats which sqneal and
kick, are now given to poodle dogs to play
with.
Learn to say no. No necessity Of
swapping 1t out, but say it firmly and re-
spectfuly.
A judge in Indiana has been nick
named "Old Necessity" because "neccss.
ity knows no law
Napoleon Is the author of a novel; tho
manuscript copy having been found
among his papers.
The tin mines OF Missouri ave found
to be genuine, after all, aud not, as some
supposed, mere tinsell.
The railways Of this country are said
to use $50 600 acres Of good timber
every year for slcepcrs.
A Rhode Island mother has saved
money enough by washing to buy her
stylish daughter piano.
A Kentucky man shot himself the
other day to get rid Of the typhoid fe.
yer. The remedy was specific.
Brass, though very good material,
very soon loses its color. whether on the
knob Of door or the human face.
A yourg man having married an heircss
said that il wasn't the face Of his wife
that struck him so much as her figure.
The late James T, Brady once re-
marked that his experience convinced him
that mans wife was his best lawyer.
When Montana man gets to "hank.
ering for office right smart" they elect
him Sheriff, and he lives just two days.
a man may be ever so poor, he may be
ever e" unfortunate, but he need never
be hard up for candles, so long as he
makes light Of his suffering.
The New Haven Register, relating the
suicide of Alvin Bronson, says: "No
cause can be assigned tor the act unless it
be that he was to have been married next
week.
The largest window glass in New Eng.
Land was set recently 10 the new Charter
Oak bnilding in Hartford, each pane
being sixteen by eight feet wide and
weighing 400 pounds.
True and pure iove is never selfish.
1t has for its aim the happiness Of its Oh.
ject, and life seems to be valuable in
degree as it permits one continuous striv.
ing to effect it.
A Tennessee orator eulogiz,nc Wash
ington, lately, gave vent to the following:
His mind had powerful grasp of the
future if eTer a man was mon con,pos
nentis, Washington was the man |"
Life is a book of which we can have
but one edition. Let each days actions,
as they add their pages TO the indestruct.
ible volume, be such as VIC shall be
willing to have an assembled world read.
A bank note-an old dilapdated one
was shown US yesterday, with a piece of
yellow paper pasted on tho back tit,
on which was written in bold free
hand, "Go it, Bill, I'll back you'll"
A half.inch thick glass skylisht in
Erie wns broken by a small aerolite a
short lime since. The pebble. which was
secured, is full of spccks as brilliant as
diamonds, and presents q brsssy appear.
ancc.
"How beautiful" said a lady, not 70.
markable for her cleanliness, ''the face
Of Nature looks after shower" Yes,
madam, and SO would yours after under.
going similar process, said a sa:irical
friend.
Every parent is like . looking plass
for his children to dress by. Therefore
parents should take care to keep the
!, glass bright aud clear, not dull and spot.
ted, as their good example is . rich in.
heritance for the rising generation.
In Albany party of twenty young wo.
men have formed themselves into a brass
band, and hope to sppesr in public du
8 ring the fall. Their uniform will Le
somewhat after the Zouavs style, only
that the material will be of Highland
plaid, with beaver hat and feather, sim.
liar to lady's riding habit.
= An Irish girl in Harrisburg, who was
n in the habit of soaping the dirty clothes
q before putting them TO soak, on being
told lew days since by her mistress "a
\ get dried Goldfish and put it to soak 70,
dinner, did SO. after rubbing IL smartly
with good quantity Of Gard soap.
: A gentleman sent a lad with letter Il
the most Office and mnnex 10 mn fhf