South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


How TO GET ALoNG-Walk.
"CoUGHING Hoss I" is the Indian name
for locomotive.
A ROBIN in Detroit has been taught to
whistle Yankee Doodle.
PHILADELPHIA is to sprinkle her streets
with salted water.
RACES THAT BECOME ExTIEcT-Steam-
boat races on the Mississippi.
THE Connecticut Legislature has a rule
limiting prayers to forty minutes.
THERE are nine cities in Germany and
two in Italy which possess Lincoln streets
A PRUDENT man foreseeth the evil and
hideth himself. Insure in the Mutual Life,
of Chicago.
THE reason we don't hear of girls giving
the mitten now a-dsys they don't learn
to knit.
INSURE your Life in the Washington In
surance Company, of New York, to the
amount of the mortgage on your house.
A TAILOR at Richmond, Va, has prose
cuted sewing girl for the value of but
ton he had previously given her.
AN attorney observed to a brother in
court that he thought whiskers very un-
professional. "You are right" replied
his friend; "a lawyer cannot be too bare
faced"
ONE of the handsomest cottages in New
port is built upon rock, and has an iron
band which goes entirely across the roof
of the house and fastens it down securely.
A PROVIDENCE merchant saves his UNI
brellas by c1tting small piece out of the
handle, which he carries in his pocket
book ready to prove property at any time
B. blunder, the people of Worcester,
Mass, have been ordered by the city au-
thorities to renumber their houses with
Roman numerals. The Spy shudders at
the thought of CCCCXLIX over its own
door,
TIE nomenclature of Massachusetts,
towns has improved with time. Dudley's
name in its greener years was Chargog-
gagoggmanchoggagogg. Marlboro's had
even more liquid melody in those days,
Ogguionikongquamesut.
BUTTERFLIES have been found flying at
sea, six hundred miles from land. Their |
buoyancy is great, and the muscular effort |
of flying must be small, while the wind |
drives them forward rapidly over great |
distances.
A CANTON, Ill, farmer, says: at was
going out past my corn-cIib the other |
morning when l observed large rat car
rying full-siZed ear of corn in his mouth, |
with head erect. At the same time his |
tail was wrapped around another, and an |
extra large ear, which he was dragging be- |
hind him"
THERE were recently thirty-nine in |
mates of the Illinois State Penitentiary |
who are under eighteen years of age
thirty-twO white and seven colored. Six |
were sentenced for burglary and larceny
fifteen for burglary; nine for larceny; two |
for rape; two for assault with intent to |
kill two for forgery; three for robbery.
A RUSSIAN nobleman, who received his
degrees from the Universities of st. Peters /
burg and Heidelberg. as thorough student |
of jurisprudence, and who can read, write, |
and speak the Russian, German, French, |
Italian, English, Latin, and Greek Ian
guages, advertises in Hartford for a situa-
tion as coachman.
"JoHN ROUSE, why wilt thou do sol"
said Thomas Hazard, one of New Bed
fjrd's substantial Quaker merchants sixty
years ago, to Johnny Rouse, anegro in his
employ, whom he found before magis-
trate, not for the first time, charged with
stealing. "Why wilt thou do so, thou fool
ish man -? thou always gets caught" 'fWhy
Massa Hazard" says Johnny, Il don't get
caught half the time"
BLACK bass have got into the Connect
cut river accidentally. Two ponds, with
outlets leading to the river at points wide
ly apart which had been stocked with
black bass at privste cost, were carried
away by flood some two years ago, and
the fish swept into the Connecticut where
they have quietly domesticated themselves.
Last year they Matched large quantity of
young, and this year have reappeared on
their spawning ground.
On the streets of Norfolk, Va, on re-
cent Sunday, a little girl six or seven years
old was seen leading her drunken father
hOmeward. Resisting the efforts of all
other persons to take him home, he was
perfectly passive in the hands of his child.
After getting her father to the steps, the
little child threw her arms around his
neck and kissed him. All who witnessed
the scene and the action were affected
some to tears.
A GENTLEMAN whose love of order was
largely developed had clerk in his en-
ploy whose habits about the Office were
any thing but orderly. Nothing under his
hand had fixed locality, and every thing
was at odds and ends. This carelessness
brought out reproof frem the employer,
who, after general lecture on the subject
of malarrangements. quoted the old pre-
cept, and said, "Sir, you should have a
place for every thing" 81 have, sir" re-
piled the janior, "a great many places for
every thing"
THE Boston Ad0ertiser says: "Awealthy
gentleman, seventy five years old, residing
in one of our suburban towns, recently Of
fered to settle $4,000 on any young lady,
a resident of the town, who would become
his wife. He desired, he said, some one
to ride with him, spend his money, and
take care of him in his old age. Strange
to say, although the place is noted for the
beauty and accomplishments of its lady
residents, no one could be found willing
to take the chances of even becoming
rich young widow"
THE Bedford Nelcs says: Z" A Lawrence
County man planted tree in front of his
house and named it after his wife. Soon
the.tree died, and the wife lived but a day
or two after. Now you would be surprised
at the number of men that are planting
trees in front of their domiciles and
naming them after their respective, if not
respected, wives-and the sickliest looking
trees that can be found, too-trees that,
with the tenderest care, cannot possibly
live more than two weeks. The women
see through it, and have resolved not to
diep
A NOVEL experiment was tried in New
Jersey recently, in the case of boy who
was drowned in Pen Horn Greek while
bathing. Two Canadians, seeing men
dragging the creek for the body, ap-
preached, and told them they would try an
experiment. Accordingly, number of
bottles were filled with quicklime, tightly
corked, and thrown into the creek. In
about an hour one of the bottles burst
with great noise, and soon the body rose.
The Canadians could not explain the
theory further than by saying that, when
bottle floats directly over corpse, it will
explode, and the body will rise.
For ten years Thomas Day was a tailor
in Boston. Twenty years ago he retired
from business on account of failing health.
For two or three years past he has suffer
ed much from spells of dizziness, and a
few days since a surgeon discovered and
extracted from his body common-sized {
needle, with double thread four inches in ]
length attached As Mr. Day had used ,