New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-07
GENERAL NOTES.

New Hampshire boasts of hat-braider,
young girl who finished % hats in day. Twelve Is
ordinarily counted good days work.
Seven hundred and ninety-eight years Of
wdowhood came together at Fair Haven, Conn, the
other evcnngdivded up 1t is but fair to say, between
IL relics OF departed worth
Hartford is much hectOred about its water
orks, and vehement complaints flow in upon the au-
thorties all sides. The general burden Is that the
pines are mpede1 by dead6sh and worms In state
of decomposition Not unDaturaly the people sign Tor
purer and less sulphurated beverage for summer use
The newest wonder at the West is q soda
lake near Rawlings. the Union Pacific Railroad, sew
eral miles circumference, and capable Of supplying
900 tuns Of soda year. This genial body of water is
fed from countless springs bubbing from species OF
foldspar
BY having his wits about him and plenti-
ful supply OF Mr. Joseph Hale succeeded in saving
TIRE life OF his wife last week. in Portland, whO IN at OF
abstraction had swallowed dose OF corrosive submate.
thinking It was audanum. Given over by the fright
ened neghbOrs for good dead her husband at once
administered to the terrified victim the whites OF 10 eggs
which completely neutralized the effects of the poison.
There is a sharp rivalry just now in Ala
bama among different guano deaers One OF them, by
way of showing the superiority of his guano over any
that ST% there rfH9 pSf e ne ta
and started home horseback. Before reaching his
house his seed broke down. and the farmer was at loss
10 discover the cause until he found that the carpet tack
had grown TO be long bar of railway iron.
The lion and lamb have no excuse for not
lying down together any more. At Woonsocbet the
other morning, cat, domciled in store, was found
carefully nursing three kittens and young rat. The
kittens through The day removed but the cat con
timed her mother oGe TO he Ia dha S Se o ,S
progeny, showing no Partially, as becomes proper
parent.
Next TO the irresistible impulse to leap from
great nights is the strong desire many feel on seeinga
locomotive to seize It, and giving full head to the giant
scud OF over the iron This strong desire over
come contemplative Cncnnatian tie other day, but
his luck wont encourage others 10 indulge the fascinn
rods ran of the track ned, aud broke the mans
arm. The company put him in prison, and he VIII pay
AT the recent reunion of the Glass of 1868,
at Vassar College the following statistics pre-
sented or the 2j members Of that class is dead are
married. is studying medicine; the law; have en-
tered upon advanced OF astronomical studies
i'm Cambridge are pursuing extended In the
languages and Il teachers. To the young mothers
OF HE class tour daughters have been born, the senior OF
whom was adopted by class and received present
a massive silver cup
X. ID. MunsOn is q persistent Yankee, native
OF wston, Vermont who has devoted ten of his four
score years TO the achievement OF making clock that Ia
conpicatody ingenious than the strasbourg time
piece. and vastly serviceable II runs eight days
and dial marks the second minute hour and day OF
the week. month, and year; thermometer rests against
its pendulum giving the state OF temperature; tne 4d
OF the pendulum contains miniature tmepleee, which
ton and keeps accurate time; with this there is de
lgntfu musical apparatus, which plays air at the end
only sacred tunes Sunday beginning and ending with
the DOxOlOgy" On national holidays the airs are diver
shed periodically with Yankee Doodle, etc THIS won.
derfu tnepiece presents black walnut front ten feet
high twenty Inches wide and ten deep, ana Is einOel
lshed with pTOfuse scrOl-wOTk and national! designs.
Frankfort, little town in Perry County,
Ill., Is marveng over the antics Of two young ladies who
are, according to the local sOothsayers, "bewtched"
Physicians have visited the performing misses and as
they cannot minister TO minds diseased they find the
girls all right But IT the misses are sane during
the day time and at night the evil influence comes upon
Them at which times they are moved such antics
climbing outside Of the house and performing blood
chilling gyratons on the extreme of the parental
mansion, to the hOrred delight crowds OF specta
tors" During this vigorous trance the girls speak in an
unknown tongue and generally seek the house OF
neighbor, whom they speak OF as having put charm
upon them for betrayng secret conhded 10 them by
this malignant person Both girls catch the "nspira-
antics, and come out at the same time. Inasmuch as
Their lives are endangered by this mysterious afction'
their parents are Kept In constant alarm.
Atmospheric phenomena are singularly fire.
quent in the West this Near Springfield Ill.,
days ago. cyclone, beside doing serious mischief pre-
scented series Of wonderful changes To the eyes the
spectator 1t first appeared as mighty whirwnd, the
lower stratum Of the air seeming TO stand perfectly STILL
Then there succeeded circular motion, which every
slant increased In velocity whirling up everything 1t
swooped upon like bits OF paper. A cylindrical column
Of dust took shape reaching like gigantic pillar the
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cloud appeared 10 descend. Fenceals picked up
like straws and sent flying through the air. At times
river Of fire seemed to empty itself from the moving col
TO the unspeakabe dismay Of those who witnessed
It. several good people nearly suffered translation
after the fashion Of Elijah and saved themselves only by
falling PROSTATE and clnging strongly To permanent sup
| port CuriOusly enough, the actual damage quite
small the pillar Of destruction trayeTsed only short
| distance.
Prof Noah Porter, in his Books and Read
ing" thus sketches the Bohemian :" Gle is person
qualifications, but smartlrather than solid and
apt rather than trustworthy lie has received edu-
cation less accomplished from the finished elias
sica! culture Of the English University, down to the
scanty but stimulating curriculum OF the printing and
editorial He has facile command OF the pen
good memory, a ready Wit. and infinite voubilty His
assurance Is unbounded and his principles and his
OF consistency stand in the OF an engagement
does not hesitate 10 write leaders at the same time IN
the organs OF two opposing pafsfor and against pro
lection whatever question divides the parties OF the
day. lie ready for hire to applaud and to defame
any man. and 10 exOl and dcpress the man IN two
successive weeks, according To his engagement He Is
thoroughly iusnceTe. ana lac has no conNlc
except upon single point ana thal Is, mat thOso
who pretend 90 have any arc either weakly scfdeceVed
or are ,ccOnsclu- knayc And yet no class OF writer's
the vocabulary 81 oalntstncss moro fcrleLtE aud
| nIprcoaYey than he.'