Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-12
ALL SORTS.

In the winter Of 1741, Francis Lewis,
one Of the signers Of the Declaration
Of Independence, rode from New York
70 B8rnstable, Mass, the whole length
OF Long Island Sound, on the ice.
Last summer a poor w elshman paid
his last money $50 for a few acres OF
poor land at MOnsOn, Maine. He
soon opened a splendid quarry Of
slate, and has lately sold the property
Tor $4,000.
A cOuntryman stopped at a tele-
graph window, where a young lady
was receiving dispatches, and, after
looking on a moment, called TO his
companion; ''Say, Bill, Just you come
and see iem make paper collars! Don't
she know her biz, eh, Bill?'
London is well provided for amuse-
ments, supporting hirty-eight thea
tiers and twenty-siX musiC-hSlls, or
variety shows, as they are called in
this country, besides the opera, Gre
mOrne Garden, and one or more cir
cuses. over seventeen hundred per-
formers gain their living from the
music halls alone.
SpurgeOn began life as usher in a
school at Newmarket delivered ser
mons at the early age Of seventeen,
and gained quite a reputation as the
boy PeaCher." For a number OF
months he preached in a barn in
Waterbeach, and drew such crowds
that numbers could not get inside, but
stood under the sky to catch the sound
of his voice.
The Rev. Hosea BallOU, one Of the
most popular UniversaIist preachers
in tDe United States, was born April
30. HI. On the last Of day Of April
in this year he will therefore be one
hundred years old, and the Massachu-
sets Universalist Convention recon-
mends to all the Universalist societies
in the State to specially observe the
day.
Bishop McIlvaine. Of Ohio, through
the Standard Of the Cross, has directed
the use, at morning and evening
church service, of the prayer for rain.
He speaks Ofthe unusual and alarm
iug need OF rain which now prevails
throughout the land" The Bishop Of
Albany, New York, has prescribed q
form OF prayer under like necessity.
The New Orleans papers have a
great deal TO say about the slOwness
of the horse cars on the different
routes in that city. One of them
breaks out as follows: About year
AGO the St. Charles street Railroad
Company lost a mule by deCrepitude
and old age. Since that time all their
cars have been going to the funeral. /"
Ia Galveston, Texas, there are three
newspaper men named Jones, who are
constantly getting into trouble on
each others account. Week before
Hast, one of them was assaulted in the
street for writing an abusive article he
had never seen; and a few days be-
fore the wrong Jones was accused Of
deserting his second wife, though he
had never been married. The three
JOneseg threaten, after the Milesian
fashion. to eXterminate each other TO
establish their identity.
As Charles Z. Root, of Westfield,
Mass. was driving home on Tuesday
week, a woman stopped him with the
request that he should 20 and kill a
furious dog that had just jumped in
through the window, taking sash and
all with him. He seized an AK, and
as he opened the door the beast,
which was in the worst state Of
hydrOphObia, sprang at him; but
well-directed blow from the weapon
between the eyes quieted his madness
and ended his life.
Almost every specimen from the
Jsrdin des Plantes snd the Jardin
d'ACclimatisatiOn in Paris, has at one
time or another made its appearance
at the shop of NJ. DebOus, a we'll
known butcher Of Boulevard Hauss-
mann. According TO the proprietor
Of this establishment, camel is a supe-
riOr kind of veal, seal surpasses lamb,
and bear eXcels the most delicious
pork; but with regard TO the king Of
animals the wild beast butcher pre-
serves q discreet silence.
Happy may those be held who die
in their beds and escape theaWfUl and
wonderful deaths which befall many
Of their fellow creatures, who like
s'thOse upon whom the tower Of ST.
loan fell, ," are no worse than their
neighb0rs. We read that lately at
Siemen's steel works, near Swansea,
a red hot steel ingOt, weighing twelve
hundred pounds, fell upon an old man
named David Lewis, seventy-fOur
years Of age, and settled across his
head and neck. 1t was removed
with great difficulty, when portions Of
the flesh and hair from the old mans
head were found adhering TO the
heated iron. He expired half an
hour after the shocking casualty.
A magistrate Of Waukesha, Wis,
who was called upon 90 perform the
marriage ceremony, found, on srriv-
ing at the house, that il was situated
in the adjoining county, and cOnse-
quently beyond his jurisdiction. The
candidates for matrimOuy were, how
ever, equal to the occasion. They
crossed the road into Waukesha coun-
~, slOshed around in the snow, and
there, 10 use the fervid language Of the
local chrOnicler, "in the starlight, and
in the light Of loves shining orb, were
IOined ia marriage Charles Sanders,
only seventy-four years Of age, TO the
sprightly Mrs. Deborah Van NOrtrick,
who has just turned the blooming age
Of siXty-nine."
DR.. +. was the President Of South
ern college, who prOiessed to be very
gramm atiCal IN the use Of his Ian
guage. and therefore expected his
pupils to be likewise. Playing cards
was strictly forbidden on the school
premises ; but, as Is always the case,
this law was often violated by the
students without being detected. A
number Of freshmen collected together
in one OF their numbers room, and
were enjoying a good game Of euchre,
when a knock was heard at the door.
"WhO's there ?n one exclaimed.
"Me % was the laconic reply.
"Who's me ?' professor F." "YOu
lie Ia, ha, ha Professor +. would
MT say me He'd say, 1t is 1, sir.
The old professor turned his back and
went of, knowing that they had him
there.
A NEW idea for statuary has been
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