The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-20
CLIPPINGS.

Ewes reply when Adam asked her for a
kiss "I don't care ADAM"
Some one has discovered that a girl can
not swallow her apron because it goes
against her stomach.
An exchange says it takes nine bushels
of blackberries to supper the Ohio Peniten-
tiary. What will it take to supper it at
the berries give out
To prevent dog from becoming mad
give hih half ounce strychnine every hour
until he ceases to growl. The remedy is
sure one.
a farmer in the country has a sign
nailed to his gate post, informing the pub
lie that "No life Insurance nor Sewing ma
chimes are wanted here"
A birthstone spring has been discovered
in Westfeld, it is said, and that the in
habitants are looking pale, fearful lest
Hades is about to break loose upon them.
A child was recently born in Altoona
which weighed t,senty three pounds. Its
father must have been the famous Car
diff giant, or some other fabled monster.
The differance between a tanner and a
schoolmaster is simply-one tans hides to
save them, and the other saves hides to
tan them.
Brigham young has fearful qurrels with
lis mother-in-laws. Brig. cannot therefore
be a woman's rights man, or he is to much
Of one, we can't tell which.
The brilliant p'annet now visible in the
evening sky is saturn. 1t rises about sun
set, aud arrives on the meridian little be-
fore midnight.
y Jersey maid servant becoming imbued
with the spirits of the the time, apple-jack,
recently gave an exhibition in the costume
OF eve, before she pct on the fg-leaves.
ASyracusc waiter attended church, Fon
recent evening, and fell asleep. He wa
kened himself by bawl;ug Ham and eggs
for two" " and soon left the sacred edi6ce.
a prococious boy, in public school out
West, who stands high in geography, was
recently asked by his teacher where Africa
was located. He promptly answered, 'All
over the United States
y nice little boy in Pittsburg went to
circus the other day and amused himself by
throwing stones at the elephant while he
was drinking. When he got through the
boy tried to propitiate him by offering him
a piece of gingerbread. Before excepting
the cake, the elephant emptied about six
ty-iour gallons of water over the boy and
then slung him into the third tier to div
7it The boy is very Indifferent about cir
'uses now. He says he believes he does't
care as much for them as he used to.
Some four weeks ago, as an omnibus
iashed up to one of the Long Branch Ho-
els, lady's hat blew under the wheels
md was crushed. Her display of good
nature over the accident so sturck an
IngIish lord that he sought an introduc-
ion' and they were shortly engaged to be
married. 1t is now stated that not q 'bps
nyes to Long Brach hotel but that the
round is so covered with hats that the
river can't get down until small bow
novels them into hand cart.
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal treats the
'dies to this pleasant paragraph:
we published few days since an item
'ferrlnS to insects in the bark switches SO
enrally worn. Some doubted it at the
me as stated. We can assure all doubt
lg Ihomases that :be fact was even 80.
well known physician of this city has
loWn US two of these lonthsome creatures.
hleh were found in the switch, Of lady.
Auburn, exhibited to him, and transfer.
ID to glass vial, where they can be seen
lth the nakel eye. Under the micro
ope their appearance is hidious. They
i've large brown, pointed head, any
lmber of legs, a fuzz on the back, and
aWled along with wriggle sometime
'e caterpillar. They appear to resem.
e the centipede family. The lady who
'coyered these had had trouble with her
ad tor some weeks, but did not at first
Ink OF her switch containing the cause
he back Of her head was punctured .nd
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