The Shasta courier., 1871-10-21
All Sorts of Items.

n tnrllIng lnclQent occurred In one OF tnt
| city street cars. A lady entered. and after
| sitting down, nestled her little slippers il
the straw. On those slippers was silver
buckle. An aged gentleman, sitting oppo
site, thought he saw silver quarter in the
straw and went for it. but found his mistakt
| when he 90: hold of her pretty foot. Sht
wouldn't stand any such fooling before folks
so she kicked him in the mouth, knocking
cut hundred dollar set of false teeth, which
got lost III the straw, and then asked hin
how tnat was for high :" but as the ole
gentleman's talking apparatus was tr.f'
out of gear, his reply was inaudble.
In the museum at Cassel, Germany, is 6
library made from five hundred European
! trees The back of each volume is formed
of the bark of tree. the sides of the per-
feet wood, the top of young wood and the
bottom of old When opened the book is
found to be a box, containing the flower,
seed, fruit and leaves of the tree, either dried
or initiated in wax.
A YOUNG wife in Troy cured her husband
of disposition to absent himself from home
at pight, by providing him with an excellent
dinner and saying to him afterwards {:
" George, if you find sweeter spot than
our DOHo, uceCTlD6 ~ VI Hc, anu L Will Nv
it if die in the attempt" A kiss and q
few tears completed the victory.
ONE of our young girls at an examination
in grammar. the other day, when asked why
the noun bachelor" was singular. blushing
replied, Because it is very singular they
don't get married." She went up to the
head
A GENTLEMAN one day at dinner, wss max
ing away with large pudding close by
when he was told by servant that 1t was a
dessert " 1t matters not to me, he said,
II would eat it if it were a wilderness"
On the departure of Bishop Selwyn for
his diocese in New Zealand. Sydney Smith
took leave of him as follows: Good-by
my dear Selwyn. hope you will not disa
gree with the man " no cats you."
CAPT. j. S. Ellison. native of New York
and one of the earliest California pioneers
died in Sacramento last week. He was II
the battle of Lundy's Lane, and had reach
ed the age of SO GEARS.
A corEMpoRARY thinks the best way to i'm
prove tie lot of woman is to put goot
house on it, and good man in the house.
A FEMALE barber in New York has retired
from business on account OF the arrival OF
- little shaver"
A MAN at fair was asked if his horse wa
timid. Not at ALL" said he, "he fre
quently spends the whole night BY himself
| in a stable"
A CYNICAL lady. rather inclined to firt
says most men are like cold-very easily
caught. and very difficult to get rid of.
JOSH BILLINGS says: "Never do any
work before breakfast. If it is necessary t.
work before breakfast, have your breakias
| first
| WHAr is the difference between q fisher
man and schoolboy? One bsits bis hook
and the other kates bis book.
TIE Philadelphia who kissed bis hire'
girl while his wife was peeping through
key. hole, will be able to be out sbOut Christ
| mas.
A LONDON jeweler has been at work nv
years on a watch which is to be worth tel
! thousand dollars when finished.
How to overcome your sorrows--strike on
of your own sighs.
A HINT to mothers your babie
kindly, bot not cordially
TIE drunkard's fayorits geonetricsl fe
urs-ths ryesangls