Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-07-30
FACT AND FANCY.


Ocean lumber-The seaboard.
cobbler has sole purpose in life.
The twenty-frst year of Plus Ninth's pontif-
cate commenced June l7th.
A Philadelphia lady takes care of 100 flower
pots in and about her house.
In single day during the recent hot spell, in
New York, 900 tons Of ice were sold
Fifty-two persons were killed by explosions of
Kerosene in 1868, and the sufferers were lO8.
Kid gloves, of good quality, are now sold in
Paris for thirty cents and in New York for fifty
cents.
Providence undertaken has pleasant habit
Of sending his card to all the sick persons he
hear Of.
The most direct way to determine horse power
is to stand behind horse and tickle his legs
with brer.
The Republicans of Florida will hold State
Convention to nominate candidate for Congress
at Gainesville, on August nth.
The lady teachers in the New York public
schools are petitioning TO have their salaries
raised to an equality with the men.
If a man wears white stoveppe hat in De-
troit they shoot at him till he is glad to take it
off. They don't like such nonsense
flock Of pigeons was recently set upon a
swarm Of bees ut Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and
many of the birds were stung to death.
At Cornue party of Indians was discovered
playing draw poker under the trees, the other
day, in which squaws were the " antics"
New Hampshire takes the premium for early
marriages. The census there shows that lady
aged thirty has son twenty eight years old
Prominent women leaders complain that it is
impossible TO prevent free love ideas from OBJ
truding themselves in some shape in the suffrage
conventions.
Perhaps it is an old but it is certainly felic-
tous saying Of Josh Billings that " one single
hornet who feels well will break up a large
camp meeting"
The Sacramento papers chronicle the arrival Of
Governor Haight at the capital. He had grown
considerably older, but his appearance was not
much changed.
Henry Ward Beechpr says that the most graft
Tying Circumstance in his life was the being
kissed by Kossutb. Isn't this little hard on
poor Mrs, Beccher?
opened in Montgomery, Alabama, by IA lady of
that city, who is called BY the local paper " our
gifted townswoman."
John B. Cough, who is known the world over
as one Of The most splendid orators of the age
Will shortly visit California to deliver course of
lectures on temperance.
"Are the jury agreed? asked a Judge of A
court usher whom he met on the stairs with
bucket In his hand. "Yes, they've agreed to
send out for gallon"
non-German speaking census taker in
Teutonic New York district has resigned He
found every family named Nichtverstay, and that
was all the information he could gather
A celebrated wit was asked why he did not
marry young lady to whom he was much at
tached. know no reason, ." replied he 81 ex-
cept the great regard we have for each other. "
The following announcement lately appeared
in paper: " Edward Eden, painter, is requested
to communicate with his brother, when he will
hear of something to bis advantage-his wife is
dead"
Savannah paper relates how squad of New
YORK thieves proceeded to the recent Georgia
State Fair, and how the inexpert gentry all had
their pockets picked by the shrewder thieves of
Atlanta.
Pretty Teacher" Now, Johnny Wells, can
you tell what is meant by a mirace?"
johnny" Yes, ma am. Mother says if YOU
don't marry our new parson, that it will be a
miracle"
countryman in a Detroit factory bet the en-
gineer dollar that he could seize the hv wheel
and hold it. He seized it, and was picked up on
Il pile of bricks outside the building with
window sash for a necktie.
An Ohio youth, sitting in church, mistook the
II young lady for fly on his neck, and with the
energy OF evaporation sent plume, hat and CHG
non flying into a distant pew.
Cincinnati claims to be the fourth manufactur-
ing city in the United States, only New York
Philadelphia and Boston exceling it, Last year
the total of the manufactures in the city was
Sll9,l4 50, employing so 1854 persons.
charming girl of Boston is about establish
ing II female barber shop. Ten sylphs are being
mt tavha ft.ftt tl
opening. sweet shave will cost twenty-five
cents and seraphic shampoo half a dollar
A yonng man at Niagara having been crossed
ia love, walked madly to the precipice, gave one
lingering look at the yawning gulf beneath him
and then went home. His body was found next
morning-in bed very sensible young man.
Wisconsin census taker has come across an
old colored woman, lO7 years of age, who de-
clared that she had worn herself out working for
the white folks, but hoped by a few years of
quiet to "outgrow it," Her youngest child. a
girl, is now living, and is ffy-one years of age.
They have n queer way of amusing themselves
in Auburn. pa(ay catch toad, then a couple
of dozen fre-Aies or Lightning bugs" They
make the toad swallow the bugs, and afterward
put him under IL glass ditch The little flies keep
up flashing inside for some minutes, and illu-
inmate the toad all over The toad likes it, too.
The wife of man living near Washington,
Iowa, died one day recently, and was buried the
next day On the third day he stated his griev-
anee to man who referred him to n Bohemian
family in johnson county, which included a mar
riageable girl. He went Immediately, her parents
came down TO see his land, and, believing that
he could support her, they gave consent, and be
was married the fourth day.
In the early days of Western emigration, an
Intelligent lrishman, known as Pat Doogan, set
tied the Kentucky side of the Ohio river,
where he built little dock and supplied steam
boats with wood. The place was called Pat
Doogan's Landing. II was shortened into
g Pat Doogan's,' then into " Padoogans," ;" and
finally to the eupbonious name which now ap-
pears on all the maps, Paducah.