The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-23


A Methodist minister. travelling on
horseback through the State of M:lssn-
clfusetts, Oh 4 sliltry summers day.
entered d cottage by the roadside. and
partouk of the refreshments which
was cheerfullv set before him. For
some time past there had been no rain,
and the country ;irotind seemed literal
" p;.fosied tip. The minister entered
into conversation with the lady of the
house. and remarked on the tllyness
of the season. when the hostess replie
ed Unless we have rain soon. All my
beets, c,1cttrnbers, anti cabbage will be
good for nothing; and think that all
the ministers ought to pray for rain.''
The gtte>t informed her that he WAS a
minister, and that he should be happy
TO comply with her wish. lie accord
ingly knclt down and prayed that the
gates of heaven might be opened. and
that the shower might descend and re-
fresh the earth; after which he thank
cd his hostess. mounted his horse, aud
departed. He had not been gone
more than an hour when the cloud,
began to gather and the hail and
rain descended with such force as to
wash the contents of the old lady's
garden clean out of the ground
.sIhere,: sail she, THAT is always the
way with those MethodiSts. they new
er undertake anything but they always
oycrdo it -
member of the Rhode Island Leg
islature has shot himself in the head.
As his body fell across IL" g.. So. lin.
""" ..',.. .ay partly III Connov,ic,,r, it is I'M
cccs,;,in where the inquest will be held.
The wound was Oh the Sosssssssssst lent I
side, but the feet wasex-s.s.
border Of Massachuse,o-. So
The Louisville Courier says that Cal
iforIlia has been unfortunate in the Sc
lection of names for her towns. The
has a town which she calls Los Ange-
les the City of Angels). but whenever
a Celestial shows his face there every
body turns out to hang him.
YOU want to find out mans real
disposition, take him when he is wet
aud hungry. If he is amiable then
dry him and ill him mp, and you
have got the greatest wonder Of the
century.
Tt is said that Brick Poneroy and
Sunset Cox are the Two largest contrib
,lters TO the Lee monument fund III
New York. though the former gave
only ten dollars.
The cholera has again appeared i'll
Constantinople. Sixty persons died
III two days-y Ten of them were Eng
HSiinlaH.
CHokED 70 DEATH.-AIl that we
eat ana drink PASSES over tie top Of
tie wiiIdpipe, without a particle ever
catering il, although the opening is
larger ti.an dime. because the very
effort of swallowing draws over the
open top 4 tleshy trap-sioor. which fits
81 c}o -ely. that not even Il p2rtiy.c OF
air can pass ; but tile instant MI hat is
swallowed has passed over the trap
| door downward, it opens Hp with a
spring, and we go on breath i1g as if
nothing had ever happened; but il we
attempt 10 swallow anything too
large. this trap-door being at the mar
roWest part OF the Edssage, is kept
closed, not a particle OF air can enter
the lungs, and we die in Il moment of
suffocation, as IN drowning or sinoth-
! erinr.
| Ii you c..ew piece of dried beef
| for ssfn,- time, there will be a white
REM amt left which there is no incliEt-
| tion to swallow; if it be taken and
! picked apart, il will appear to be
/ made OF little strings, toagfI and
| strong; these were attached to ~Ille
more fle>h-like parts, which We're
chewed and swallowed. Ii, in eating,
4 man has sharp knife, and cuts his
| meat wholly in two, he may but two
or three Of these pieces in his mouth
and chew and swallow without dan
ger !: but if the knife is dull, does not
| divide the pieces wholly, two pieces
may be tied together With one OF these
little strings, and while you have
| swallowed ore part nearest the sWal-
low the other part may be near the
teeth, and both held by the string,
which holding the two parts together
and hanging across the trap-door, pre-
vents its opening, and death follows
i'll an instant; hence the practical val
ue of sharp knives at the dinner tai
bic.
A long hair i'll mouthful of food
may go entangle it in the act of swal
lowing, as to cause checking tc
death this is what is meant by being
ssstrangled by a hair s'Strin2
beanso may occasion a choking tt
! death in the same way, il not carefully
strung" Hence all food should bt
cut fine; should be thoroughly divided
with a sharp knife should be taker
into the mouth in small pieces, chew
ed thoroughly, swallowed deliberately
The Boise Statesman laments tha
Boise City feels too poor to establish
a public library, though it can ex
pend three thousand dollars on a sin
gle ball.