Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-29
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

Montana has 14,3S3 men, and but
3,411 women.
"A Chinese newspaper has been cstab-
lished at Helena, Montana.
In Ohio candidate for the Methodist
ministry must not use tobacco.
Minnesota, this year, has the best
corn crop ever grown in that State.
The New Orleans P;coyune claims
that that city is "thc Paradise Of rogues. "
AT the recent State Fair in Michigan
500 persons had their pockets picked.
There were 4SS barrels of coffee drank
at tire recent Soldiers Reunion at Dcs
Moiucs, Iowa.
1T is thought that the side good ma
ny people in Paris would like to take just
now, is the outside.
Two children were recently killed by
lightning in Iowa. while sitting under a
tree to escape storm.
In Scotland, 5Gl places of worship Of
all dsno".;".i;a"s have ror~;oeo 80 whole es
in part in the Gaclic language.
-Musca,ine, Iowa, has a man who of.
fcrs to wager that he can whip any dog in
town with his teeth. lie proposes to have
his hands tied behind him.
Carpenters and mascns get fifty -four
cents a day in the cities OF Sweden, but
fifty cents will buy more in Sweden than
five times that sum would in this country
A California woman took a big rattle
snake on, Of her haby's cradle with two
canes, and dropped him into kettle OF
boiling water, which took the bite out OF
him.
Hon. Robert c. Grier, Judge Of the
Supreme Court of the United States, died
in Philadelphia, Sept. 25th, at the age oi
scvcnty-scvcn.
Austin Brooks, for many years editor
Of the Quincy flll) Herald, and leading
Democratic politician. died Sept. 10Th, OF
cancer in the stomach.
Young lady physicians are multiply.
ing rapidly throughout the country, and
consequently the young men are decidedly
more sickly than they used to be.
-Iu New Hampshire divorce is made
easy. In the midst Of the honeymoon the
bride proclaims, Il won't live with you.
"Tll give YOU hundred dollars to quit,
is the response The grcenbacks seal the
contract, and they one are twain again.
A rural Euglsh woman had the righ
idea when, finding herself unable to whil
her husband, she shouted to her son, wh'
was up stairs in bed, Bill, come dow
stairs and lick thy feyther, or else he'll b
tn maistcr o the whole house."
-"Sir," said the astonished landlady to
traveller, who had sent his cup forward 70
the seventh time, "you must be very fon'
of coffee" AYES, madam, l am" he re
piled, "or should never have drank 81
much water to get little"
We have been told Of a boy who &c
compauied his father as summer tourist
After going about from resort to resort
trying the hot cars, crowded hotels, ant
other delights Of travelling in deg days
the weary lad said one morning: Father
why don't YOU go homey We have got
good home, haven't wew
Their floating drapcrics and "a.
ribbons fluttercd in the September brccx
like the plumagc of birds, while the hun
of their merry voices werc like twitterin:
of the 'songsters Of the grove in the earl.
spring" is what the Providence Journa
says Of the returning school girls.
The Auburn Adrcrfiscr says the mucl
betalked Of chignon bug, .ha: bcte NOR
the trichina sensationalist, has actuali
made its appearance in Auburn, lady o
this city having captured one Of the littl
iokers in her switch yesterday, while doinj
her back hair. The distinguished rcptil
is provided with horns, and We don't kno,
but hide and hoofs. He is at present il
close confinement under glass. His pc
culiaritics are said to be boring into tn
scalp, piercing the skull, eventually, an
gong to roos' among whatever brains ma
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