The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-10-03
Miscellaneous News Items.


rB- A man with one eye laid another a
wager that he (the one-eyedD saw more than
the other. The wager was accepted. "You
have lost" says the first 81 can see two
eyes in your face, and you can only sec one
in mine"
E5s- On Sunday evening, 18th, inst, Mrs.
NJ. Wilson residing in Filbert street, Har-
risburg gave birth to twin daughters, the
combined weight of which was eighteen
pounds. The twins are said to have been
as large as ordinary children of three weeks
old.
tY- At the last Plymouth church picnic
Mr.. Beecher was asked why he did not
dance. "There is but one reason" he
replied-"I don't know how. The only
dancing ever did was when my father
furnished the music, and used me for the
fiddle. took all the steps then"
NY- A story comes from New Albany of
an orphan boy who was taken West by
adopted parents, at an early age and some
years ago returned to the place of his birth
and married beautiful girl, by whom he
had two children. Some old octogenarian
medder now remembers that the girl is her
husbands sister.
eB- l. is said that Chief Justice Chase,
while at Waukesha, Wis, was weighed
every Saturday morning at the express
office. A crowd of spectators invariably
gathered around to learn the result, and
greeted the announcement Of accumulated
avordupoise with EXPLANATIONS of delight.
tY- Ouinine biscuit is the latest novelty
in the medicinal pastry line. Each biscuit
contains one-fourth of grain of quinine,
and the taste is 50 concealed that a
hearty individual can put them down until
the hair on the back of his head begins to
curl, without knowing what he is taking.
CB- The Lowell, Mass, board of health
have caused the arrest of two young men
for refusing to be vaccinated, in compliance
with the ordinance. In the police court
each was fined five dollars and the costs, in
all amounting to twenty-four dollars. 1t
is the intention of the board to prosecute |
all who refuse compliance with this impor-
tant ordinance.
eB- Wesley Dawson, living near Wabash,
Ind, lost his pocket book containing 500. |
A few nights afterwards his wife dreamed |
that he lost it at the ford some miles away. |
Proceeding to the place he found the
pocket book and fifty dollars of the money, |
the remainder having been washed away by |
the water which had dissolved the glue by |
which the book was fastened and set the
currency afoat.
eB- A negro preacher at Georgia camp
meeting lectured his hearers on the evils of |
intemperance with such effect that large |
portion of the congregation brought their
whiskey bottles up to the pulpit and hand
ed them over to the eloquent exhorter. 1t
is unpleasant to add that when the hour for
evening service arrived the preacher was
found incapable of duty.
tag- The baggage-master on the night ex-
press train from New York to Poughkeep-
sic, Sunday evening, had q trunk in his car,
tied up with ropes, which emitted rather |
an offensive odor. His suspicious, and |
others on the train, become somewhat ex-
cited. So, when the train reached that |
city, detective was notified. He cut the |
ropes, amid breathless anxiety, when, in
stead of another ghastly corpse, the trunk |
was found to be full of limberger cheese.
EB- A Mrs. Chris Erb died about week
ago near Rochester, Indiana. At the time |
of her death, a suspicion was entertained
that she had been murdered, and the feel
ing growing stronger, the body was disin-
TERED, when it was found that she had been |
stabbed several times in the back and head
The body also showed several other bruises.
The husband Of the murdered woman was
suspected Of having committed the deed,
and was about to be arrested, but he took
a dose of strychnine, from the effects of
which he died in few minutes.
EB- The Panama Star tells the following
story of canine sagacity: "When the dog
wishes to cross stream where allgators
abound, he goes up the steam o great way
and barks with all his might the alliga-
tors go there and wait for him to get in and
swim across. The dog knows what he is
about; when he sees from the number of |
snouts above the water that his enemies
have all gathered to the feast, he runs
down the bank as fast as he can and syims |
across before the alligatoIs are aware of the
trick that has been played upon them"
hEy- An amusing anecdote 10 relatad ~ n |