The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


a Hiberian lady, in Linn County.
Iowa, when asked by the census taker
her husbands name, responded:
Faith and that's no account-I'm
husband and wife too.".s
An inebriate man, walking along
the street, regarded the moon with
sovereign contempt: You needn't
feel so proud" he said, your full
only ono a month, and / am every
night"
Can you steer the mainmast down
the f~orecastle stairs2" asked a sea
captain of a new hand. Yes, sir, I
can, if you will stand below and coil
it up" The captain didn't catechise
that man any nor
a live Yankee" being awakened
by the captain of a steamboat with
the announcement that he mustn't
occupy his berth with his boots on, "
replied: "OhI the bugs won't hurt
EN- much, ] guess; they are an old
pair-let EN- rip"
Jimmy. my boy, take these eggs
to the store, and if you can't get a
quarter bring them back" The boy
went as directed, and came back,
saying, Father, it takes me to make
Q trade. They all wanted them at
forty cents, but | screwed them down
to twenty five"
On Monday there were forty-eight
cases of sunstroke at New York,
eighteen of which proved fatal.
Tuesday there were seventy one cases,
and forty-six proved fatal.
A rich field for Indiana judges is
offered in Russia, where q nobleman
recently offered 500, 600 for q
divorce, and was unable to secure it
even at that very liberal price.
After the battle of SadoWa, old
General Won Moltke said 70 the
Rag of Prussia: This is a glori-
GUS victory, your Majesty. Would
to God ID had been over the French!"
A young lady of Baton Rouge sent
a poetical piece to a local paper en-
titled May Thirtieth." She felt
unpleasant next day to see it headed
" My Thirtieth." 1t was about her
birthday.
The will of an eccentric Scotchman
was broken recently, on the ground
of insanity, the verdict being founded
on the fact chat he used to throw
open his window every Sunday morn
ing, and play his fiddle while people
were going to church.
The Fat Contributor" in writing
from Franklin, Missouri, says that
'Old Ben. Franklin left a name
when he died. If he had taken it
with him, a great many counties,
towns and taverns would have been
compelled to seek other name"
a. French-C Chinese dictionary would
seem to most persons a work above any
one mans strength and patience. An
apostolic missionary has Just complet-
ed that tremendous piece of labor,
the first copy Of which he has pre-
sented to the French Emperor.
The blacks of the South are pecu.
liarly happy in the inscriptions on
their banners. AT the Fourth of
July celebration in Gallatin, Tenn,
these were some of the sentiments:
This is u country" Saved, but
not by Moses" Verdict for plain
if" etc. The white citizens exhibited
no ill-Will toward their colored fell
lows, and everything passed of we'll.
Last month Queen Victoria gave a
ball in a tent to the ervants and ten
ants and gillies on the Balmoral. Alb.
ergeldie, and Birkhall estates. The
dancing was kept up with great vigor;
and the supper was all that could be
desired. Her majesty and those mem
bers of the royal family who accom-
panied her to Scotland, remained some
time among the merry-makers, and
even occasionally took part in the fes-
tiVities.
This is the way they live in Canada:
Beef, first quality, 6 to z cents; second
quality, 3 to 6 cents; veal, first quali-
ty, 10 to IL cents; second quality, 6 to
10 cents; mutton, first quality, 6 to 8
cents; second quality, 4 to 6 cents;
lamb, first quality, 3 to 4 cents; second
quality, 2 to 3 cents; pork, first quail
", 10 to IA cents; second quality. B
to 10 cents; -four, 81 70 per 100 lbs;
butter, 20 cents per pound; potatoes,
40 cents per bushel; eggs, Is cents per
dozen.
During his Italian tour, Dickens
was conducted over a certain monas-
terry by ayoung monk, who. though q
native OF the country, spoke very
fluent English, with the exception Of
frequently misplacing his VS. and VS..
On Dickens inquiring if he had ever
been in England, he said that he had
not, but had learned the language
from a book that he brought forward,
which proved to be a copy of Pick
wick. It thus appeared that Mr..
Samuel Weller was responsible for
the popularity OF his pronunciation.
From the London Times, I1th.J