The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-01

Gently picked from a tree in his garden
good-s;zed apple, inclined to be red al
over, with the exception of a perfect pic
ture Of a rooster on one side, which wa
| green. The beak, tail, comb, feathers
legs, and every part OF it, were perfect.
ARTIsT--Well, SO you've sold my pic
ture. What did it go for? Dealer
Thirty shillings. Artist Thirty shil
lings Why, the frame cost me more
than that. Picture dealer-Ah! That
was before the picture was in it.
THE Mo England Homestead says q lad
living in South Deerfield, Mass, sixteen
years of age, raised in 1869, on his own
account, 1900 tobacco plants, which he
fitted for market and sold for the comfort
able little sum of $105, and has thai
amount safely invested in the savings
bank.
A DOCTOR living near Boston is so pc.
nurious that when he goes to make q visit
in the country he takes a hen in his gig
to eat up the oats his horse scatters when
eating. The hen knows her business SC
well that she gets right out and goes ia
work without being told.
A CRAB, says a London journal, has beer
caught in Yokohama Bay, Japan, which
weighed about forty pounds, had legs OveI
five feet in length, and its mouth con
tanned two large teeth. When in the
water, its strength was such that it could
have quite ~Overpowered a man.
a. NEW HAMPSHIRE exchange says
eight women were present at the raising
OF g barn in Hampton in the year 1900,
each with a male infant in her arms
Seven Of those children are now living,
| and six OF them recently met together,
and assisted in the moving Of q store in
their native village.
IT is perhaps not generally known that
the Canadian cent is q trustworthy stau-
dard ct weight, measure and value; one
hundred OF them weighing q pound,
eaeh One measuring III inch IN diam
eter, and one hundred making a dol.
lar. OF course, there are ten TO q dime,
twelve to a foot, andtwenty-ive to quar-
ter of a pound.
THE Naval Observatory of Washington
has closed a contract with an eastern firm
for a new telescope, for which fifty thou
sand dollars was appropriated at the last
session of Congress. Il is to have an OBJ
ject glass Of twenty six inch aperture,
which will be the largest perfect lens OF
N@1'S N1<O III ~4o NOtf' ga Wal
be required to complete it.
THE editor OF the New Haven Conn
Register tells an experience that is proba-
Oily not uncommon. lie says: what
we know about gardening will be inter
esting. The senior has picked this sea
son three cIcumbers, two CaulitiOWers,
seven ears of corr and four tomatoes,
which cost him $44S each"
A PHYSICIAN, after listening with tor
ture to a pressing account of symptoms"
from a lacy, who allied so little that she
was going 20 the opera that evening, hap
PLY escaped from the room, when he was
urgently requested to step up stairs again
It was to ask him whether she might eat
some oysters. Eyes, madame" said the
physician, "shells and all"
a CASE of alleged fraud in the matter
OF the Uuited States tax on fifteen barrels
OF gin, in Boston, the other day, revealed
the fact that the liquor was made by the
following receipt. "To maka a barrel (4O
gailons) of gin FOR sale at Wholesale al
about $3.50 per gallon, take ten gallons
Holland gin and thirty gallons rectified
spirit and mix well. If thought to be too
strong for the stomachs of customers re-
duce with water,
A NAN in Norwich, Com "%cticut, has
whitfield, with q ponknife, a oGrplexing
bOttle-puzzle. He has taken an eight
ounce phial, and set up in its interior a
perfect keg, about two inches long, with
four hoops on it and both heads in and
he has stopped the bottle with a wooden
plug, which fits perfectly tight and is
keyed inside, the key pinned and the pin
tOggled. The workmanship is excellent,
.nA tha -raxr - 1-oo ln,,. - n -rot.-
PITTSBURGH, Pa, has two brothers,
named Moore, who bear such a remarka-
BILE resemblance to each other that the law
officers failed to discover (Which was
which" One Of them was wanted" on
a charge of abandonment, and the officers
arrested the wrong man. When brought
before the much abused wife, she scruti-
nized him closely, and could not he GER
tain that it was not her husband until he
spoke.
HERE Is a YOnkers romance: A young
lady who was engaged TO be married soon,
on passing a barber shop, saw her intend
ed In a chair and q barber tanning him.
She supposed he must be sick, SD she
rushed in and threw herself in his arms,
and found he was only having his mus
tache dyed. She got some of the stuff on
her face, which colorcd her fair cheek,
and SO disguised her that she broke of
the engagement.
A DANGEROUS $40 counterfeit is in cir
culation. All the notes thus far discOv-
cred are evidently printed from the same
plate, which is remarkably well engraved.
The name of the bank differs in every
case, this portion of the plate being evi
IDENTIFY left blank, and various names ia
serted, SO as to better avoid detection.
The only noticeable blemish in the notes
is q slightly blotted appearance in the
vignette, and an inferiority in the paper.
LOUISVILLE has one of them ~fellers,"
called "a base ball player, who luns the
bases so rapidly that nothing is seen or
heard of him after the ball is struck until
he yells %"score" at the home plate. The
| papers say that, rs the umpires could not
| decide whether he went around or not, it
was necessary to provide him with a red
scarf. Now, as he flies from base to base,
nothing can be discerncd save a red streak,
| which, as he turns each base, forms a part,
and at last the whole, OF a beautiful red
circle.
THE Boston Journal Is reminded of a
little story by a certain recent prank of a
noted Boston choir. "a year or two ago
the eloquent DR.. McC0sh preached in the
same pulpit alluded to here. The quar-
tette choir sang the opening piece nmost
finished and artistic stylc-so artistic that
neither minister o people could under
| stand one word of what WAS sung. When
it was ended the Doctor waited a moment
as if he expected the applause to come in,
but as it did not, he rose and gravely sad,
and now we will commence the worship
of God in the use of the 9th hymn"
The editor of the Colorado Transcript
announces an interesting domestic event
in the following terms: Sealed proposals
will be received at this ofice untilfurther
notice for furnishing the following hos
pital stores: -Four (4) bottles of best
soothing syrup per month; six (6) pack
ages fine linen, with trimmings to match
two (2) packages lambs-wool f%lannels