The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

damages for breach OF promise, although
she claimed $4,000.
The heather Chinee is making whis-
key in California by fermenting old rice
and rubber shoes and things, and the
revenue people are after John.
South Shrewsbury, Mass, has just en-
joyed the first house a-fre that has hap
pened there for ninety-fve years. 1t is
now proposed to start a fire engine and
an insurance company.
Near Manistee, Michigan, is a we'll
thirty-one feet deep, in which there is an
abundant supply of water when the wind
blows from the west, but which is dry
when it comes from the east.
1t is pleasant to know, upon the au-
thority of o veteran statistician, that in
1850 the population of the United States
will be 179,00O,000. How, then, we will
all look back with contempt upon this
day of small things
A marble cutter near Lockport re-
Gently received from German an order
for tombstone, with the following epi-
taph: My wife Susan is ded; if shed
had life till next Friday she'd been ded
shust two weeks. AS a tree fall so must
she stand. All things is impossible NIT
God"
A man was arrested in Buffalo last
week for stealing barrel of salt. When
arraigned in the court he pleaded desti-
tuition. "You couldn't eat SALT" said
the Judge. "Oh, yes could, with the
meat intended to steal" This reply cost
him six months. The Judge had no ap-
probation of delicate humor.
They have new style of temperance
society in North Georgia. The members
may drink anything they pay for, but
pledge themselves not to invite any one
else to drink, nor accept an invitation
from any one else to drink. The society
has regular officers, and is conducted in
many respects like the Good Templars.
Among the implements found in the
possession of two burglars when arrested
in Norristown, Pa, was a crowbar,
iointed so as to admit of being folded up
and carried in an ordinary sized satchel.
When extended to its full length, it was
nearly six feet long, and when the joints
were covered with stout rings, the i'm
plement was powerful lever.
A little girl of six years, busily en-
gagged with her doll, said off a police
man should take me, I wouldn't pull
and strike and kick so." "You had bet
ter be a good girl" replied the mother,
and then they wouldn't come after you
they never get good people in Jail"
"Yes they do" was the response; and
as the mother turned upon her a re-
proving look, she added, paul and ST.
las"
1t is curious fact among our hat and
cap manufacturers, that different locali-
ties use different sizes of hats and caps
as standard sizes. Boston and the East
ern States use the smallest sizes, New
York and the Middle States use the me-
dunn to largest sizes, and Chicago and
the Western States require the largest
sizes. Goods manufactured for one mar
ket cannot be sold for the other, only in
exceptional cases. The South use a
shape peculiar to themselves and of large
size.
Hokah is town in Minnesota, whose
citizens recently took notion to remove
their cemetery. In digging about among
the bones they came across those of Della
Parker, which were buried about thir-
teen years ago. Her body was as hard
as stone. They thumped her arms
body, and breast with mallet, and all
sounded as if they were turned to stone
Then they dug up other bodies and
found them in the same peculiar state Of
preservation. The La Crosse paper
vouches for this as real case of petre.
faction.
Bridget, what did your mistress say
she would have for dinner?' "Broil
the lobster! !" care you sure, Bridget p
Entirely; get the gridiron." Mary
got the gridiron and placed it on the
fire. She then placed the live lobster on
the fire. Intermission of five minutes
after which the dialogue was resumed
as follows odd you broil that lobster
Nary" "Devil the broil The more
l poked the fire the more he walked off
The baste's haunted; I'll try no more
No good will come from cooking a strad-
die bug like that" "And where is the
lobster" "Divil know I. The last
saw of him he was going out of the dool
with his tail at half mast"
A war upon carpet-baggers il
threatened in Boston. 1t appears thai
many of the persons employed in the
several departments of the city govern
ment are non-residents, living in the
|, suburban towns, and going to and frC
|, daily. The Board of Aldermen thinl
that this is out out of order-that those
who earn their money from the city
treasury should help to pay the city
! taxes. Asone of the solons expressed it
"These carpet-baggers, who make theil
residence in New Hampshire or on tn,
sea shore and yet get their support from
the city, should be required to pay take
|, here" The Board has passed an orde
directing the city Clerk to report tn,
names of all nonresident taxpayer
8 who receive salaries from the city, will
, view of taking such further action a
. may be deemed necessary.
t A few days since at an examination O
g the masters class at one of the publ
0 schools for boys at the South End, tn
g lads had been asked several questions re
Y garding bank discounts, interest an
i notes, which they had promptly answer
4 ed correctly. A member OF the schoc
: committee then said "You seem t
: understand all about bank discount
Q interest, notes, etc.; now want to as
: you the meaning of bank term whic
Q may not be down in your textbook
y What is meant by the term which W
" read so often, called bank irregular
< ties p p" TO this question one of the boy
IS Immediately replied eff poor ma
n wrongtully takes small amount of any