New-York tribune., 1870-09-21
GENERAL NOTES.

Not content with something less than a
score of Pacific Railroads. the driving enterprise Of the
West is now about TO start rival to our great Erie
Canal The Denver papers state that engineers have al
canal commencing at Platte Canon before the river de-
bouches into the plains and extending 70 the head OF the
tory The canal thus cut out would rrigate not less
than 100000 now utterly useless for other than
pasturage purposes, and will be, when completed, the
means OF making the country nit for million OF people 70
ind homes The money or the survey s sala 20 nay
guaranteed
Chicago, never very fortunate in respect of
drinking water. rejoicing in the discovery Of Mag
netc We in the vicinity of the city, upon the property
Of Mr. Gage who the other day, invited large party
visit his place, and not only TO drink the magnetic
water" but also 70 eat =, sumptu%9us % repaSti' Ihe
mistake; and about the water all agreed that tasted
was discovered by accident will Weld 800 barrels day
quite enough for all the sanitary needs Of Chicago in
SPEAK to 6athe in OF course there is to be regular
analysis by several regular professors" who will
this water except such as are harmful to the human
| system.
Evidently Ponce de Leon was not the in
fatuated dotard history represents He sought in the
everglades Of Florida and the orange groves of the 18th
mus for the spring whose waters gurgled perpetual
youth What he failed TO find the Census shows has
been equally and equally bestowed upon the whole em
population OF this blessed country. In have
the Mar5hals found the OF the 10 Increase with
the march Of time. Next TO the marvel Of the
ders family nomenclature strike the gatheers OF Cen
sus items. One Marshal found atfable maid
troubled by the linked syabes Of Jane Juliete lsana
Araminta MusadOra Peeks; and in Ohio family has
been found where the first son Is named lmprmls, the
second Fnis aud the three Others Appendix Addendum
and Erratum
1t is wonderful to note how stage business
sticks from generation to generation. Mr. Booth Is de-
lighting the paygoers OF Chicago and somebody writes
in newspaper that city that Mr. Booths business
in whettng his knife in 5hylOck" s in bad taste since
the jew might reasonably be supposed 10 have brought
with him knife sharp enough for his purpose. Forth
with comes a correspondent who defendS the WhettlnY
as Tightening the effect of the passions OF hatred and
revenge" Probably Mr.. Booth never gave the matter
much thought. He whets the knife because hs father
did before him. And the elder Booth 5harpened the
cutlery because the business" traditional in the
London theaters. However the whole thing Is beyond
probabilities a tissue OF sbsurdtes There is nothing
10 which the genius Of Shakespeare may not reconcile
us, except Mr.. Forests Hamlet"
A novel incident enlivened the exercises Of
Methodist Sunday school Traverse City, Michigan,
recently. At that impressive moment when silence u
enioined upon the assembled little by the bell and
the minister had ascended the pulpit TO pray young
bear suspicousy and familiar, trOtted lelsrey
the aisle casually smelling the books and mSceaneOu
sunday school paraphernaa spread out On the benches
Reaching the platform, he deliberately a5Cended ana
with great cOmplacency seated himself his launches
Considerable cOaXing and sratagem we're wasted IN the
attempt to remove him, but finally rope deXterOusy
flung around his neck forced him from his prominent
position The beast tied OuthOuse, but barely
had his capors returned the school when he succeeded
in upsettlng a OF kerosene He set up frightful
howl and. IN the midst OF immense COnfustOn escaped