South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1T cost London II ,4OU,yOV 10 taKe car
Of its poor last year.
| u THOF editor speaks of another a
sufficiently well posted TO edit handbill
AN artist is not as strong 81 horse
but he can draw a.larger object.
DEATH will stop all income Provide
for it by insuring in the Washington Life
Insurance Company, ofNew York.
A LEADING merchant at Trinidad, II
the West Indies, murdered friend be
csuse he refused an invitation to break
fast.
AN exchange, wanting TO compliment a
a." live stock journal" says It Is edited by 8
man whose head is full Of live stock.
THERE is a school teacher in Massachu-
sets, who, it is said, sometimes, for pun.
ishment, e0mpels her scholars to eat grass
hoppefs.
COMMENCING at the age OF thirty, five
cents day will secure policy of $1,000
in the Mutual Life, of Chicago.
If in this world you fail to find anybody
as intelligent as yourself, don't get mad
and think of committing suicide; try to
bear it as bravely as you can.
"DoN'T yoa take rather too much spirit
for q single man :" asked a kind man OF
one who was indulging pretty freely. al
beg pardon, sir; have been married
these ten years" was the answer.
IT was taunt Of Mr.. Richard Golden
that there was not a man of ordinary or
polite education, as it is called in England,
who being challenged to point out Chicago
upon the map, could be able to put down
his finger within thousand miles of the
spot.
VEIsY UNRIND.-(Scene-A volunteer
review ).-Infuriate commanding g. officer
Hi, there, get away, you madman-get
away from the targetl Easy-minded luna
tic-Hold on, guv'nor, l amt as mad as
1 lOokl was here all day yesterday, and
found it much the safest place in the field.
THE pay Of the enlisted men of the
United States army has been reduced.
Privates of cavalry, artillery and infantry
receive hereafter $13 instead of $16, and
the compensation of non-commissioned
officers is proportionately less than for
merly. ..
A LADY had a favorite lap dog, which
she called Perchance. "a singular name" !"
said somebody, " for q beautiful pet,
madam. Where did you find is?" "Oh,"
IL was Udl4Cu lAOAA
dog. You remember where he says, Per
chance my dog will howl"
a DANDY of twenty-six having been
termed an old bachelor" appealed TO an
elderly gentleman to decide whether he
should be called old or not, giving his age.
"TwentY-six," said the elderly gentleman,
/" 1t is owing to how you take it. Now, for
a nan it is young enough; for goose it is
rather oi1.
TEMPERANCE
More of good than we can tell.
Wore to buy with, more to sell;
More OF comfort, less of care,
More to eat and more 20 wear;
Happier homes, with faces brighter,
All our burdens rendered lighter,
Conscience clean and minds much strongefS
Debts much shorter, purses longer;i
Hopes that drive away all sorrow,
And something laid up for tomorrow.
A STORY is told of father in a church,
who, when the marriage service came to
the point where the clergyman asks, "Who
giveth this woman to be married to this
man?" replied: "Well, sir, I am called to
do it, although it do go agin the grain. l
wanted her to marry Bill Plowser, who is
worth twice the money o. that ere man."
The answer was not considered regular.
THE Rev. ]. Hyatt Smith, of Brooklyn,
has IN his possession a Testament which |
he picked uip by the side of dead soldier |
bow on the battle. field of Gettysburg after
the close of the fight. A singular fact
about the book is that only one blood |
staid is found upon tho pages, and thai !
covers these words in Revelations: And |
it became as the blood of dead man."
ONE of the importunate juveniles who |
solicit pennies was asked, "Where is your
She answered difldently, "She |
is dead" "Have you no father?" Yes, |
sir, but he is sick" "What ails him7" !
continued the Guestioner. He has got a |
sore finger, SIR "Inde5dp' Yes, sir"
' Then why don't he cut it off" "Please,
sir, responded the little maid, "he haiht !
got any money to buy knife"
BOILING potatoes is apparently one of
the most simple operations of the elemen-
tary cookery. Yet at recent meeting in |
London, a gentleman had the courage to |
say that not one girl IN seventeen, of a
certain parish he knew, could boil pota-
TO. Others state that so great is the
of English housewives just now
for all household matters that this in
difference is one of the most outward and
visible signs of the deterioration of the
English nation"
A CoLoRADo saloOn-keeper said of
rough crowd: 81 couldn't get their whisky
strong enough for them, so after trying
every way, at last made a mixture of
poison oak and butteruut, Itfetched 'em.
called it the sheep herders' delight; and
L was popular drink. The first Pike
.ried it on yelled with delight; the next
1ne took two drinks, and turned double
in the road before the house. A
oeddler came along, and after he took sew
,ral drinks of my sheep herders' delight,
ne went off and stole his own pack, and
nd it in the woods"
A PARTY of gentlemen who left Bridge
)Ort, Conn, recently, to attend the wed
ling of a friend, were signally unfortunate.
They had nearly reached their destination
When the horse banked, and could not be
made to advance an inch. The time for
he ceremony was at hand, and, as they
ould not reach the church in season to
witness it, they concluded to turn about
nd bid the couple goodbye at the Bridge
'ort depot But, much to their disgust,
he horse banked sgain when near Bridge
ort, and the would be congratulators were
enied the privilege Of seeing the happy
ouple.
An application made to one of the
ourts of London, made to compel the
ayment of debt in monthly installments
{ 60, brought out the fact that the debtor
7as barrister who had only one brief in
twelvemonth. Whereupon Mr.. Justice
'yles gave his opinion that this case was
Ot an exceptional one, but that, ON the 6
not one in twenty of the barris- !
ers of England made living in the pro- /
sssion. The Ldp Times accounts for the
REVEALING legal impecuniOsity by the hy- 6
othesis thai numbers of needy men go 20 :
he bar on speculation, without knowl- /
dge of law or special gifts CT elOquence.
CAPTAIN HALL takes with him on {
is expedition to the North Pole flag q
Thich has an eventful and peculiar his
Dry The flag is man-of-war boats en-
ign, about six feet long and three feet
7ide 1t was taken out in Wilkes expedi-
ion in 1898, and was on the vessel that '
rent further South than any of her COM
anions. In 1850 the colors were present {
d to the Grinnell expedition, and were
aken further North than any other Amer
IAN flag had ever before been exhibited. I
/ 1854, when DR.. Kane went out, Mr..
irinnell loaned him the flag, and it was 1
lken still further north. After abandon s
lg his vessel, DR.. Kane made a perilOus
,,x-acro fv, On n,1or, h0of fOuro ri tho North !