The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Good country butter-An old ram.
Parental acres-The old mans corns.
along and successful reign The
deluge.
Monogram doughnuts are an Ohio
product. ....
Dolls eyes form the staple OF large
manufactory in Birmingham, England.
The ewes are packed in hogsheads, and
sent to all parts of the world. 81
An Omaha paper advises the people
"not to make such fuss about the
shooting of one constable, as there are
over forty candidates for the position"
The Texas Pacific Railroad is to be
1915 miles in length. For $50 miles the
road will be an air line; and in stretch
of S15 miles there will be but six bridges.
During thunder and hail storm at
Rockford, Coosa county, Ala, dog was
killed by q fash of lightning while be-
ing fed by child. The child was not
hurt.
One of the reporters of the New Or
leans Republican, who has just fallen heir
to $4,000, has taken a months vaca-
ton, and at its expiration will return to
his duties.
A machine has recently been perfected
in London, with which q writer, using
pen in the usual manner, can at the
same time produce duplicate so small
as to be invisible to the naked eye, yet so
distinct that microscope will reveal
every line and dot. A most useful ap-
plication of the apparatus will be for
prevention of forgery, as private marks
can be made, on notes and securities,
legible under microscope power, but
which no imitator could see or even sus-
pect the presence OF. ......
Two burglars endeavoring to effect an
!, entrance upon the premises of q citizen
of Cincinnati, few nights ago, were
, driven away and nearly frightened out
/ of their senses by the shrin cries of
} monkey, which, perched upon window
: sill, had been watching their operations
r with great interest until they approached
: him SO nearly as to excite his apprehen-
sions in regard to his personal safety. A
1 local journal says if that monkey has
A fair chance to develop, he may yet be
:. found occupying the responsible posi-
o ton of Chief of Police.
On the great farm of Col. Thompson,
in Wells, Minnesota, is a cheese factory
a which has capacity for making into
= cheese tie milk of 5000 cows, but now
a only works up the daily product OF 225.
e 1t is three stories high; the main build
!, ing is 80 by 80 feet, built of brick. A
e steam engine of 24-horse power drives
n the machinery. Water is supplied from
~ an artesian well. There is butter
. q room attached with steam churns and
=, all necessary appliances. Col. Thomp--.
l.. l. %ka bor of
i his COWS to 600 soon.
n Philadelphia has lately been favored
l. by the exhibition of a learned pig,
Is which, by the aid of cards, tells the
y. number of days in week and a year.
es and his own age, beside computing in
s. terest, and indicating the time of day.
le Pigs have been capable of all these feats
E. before, but the Philadelphia animal ex-
1t hibts reasoning powers which are un-
t. precedented. This may readily be be-
le iieved, when it is stated that among
q the visitors was countryman who
Is, was so astonished, that he exclaimed
e. "Why, that ere darned hog knows more
s. than do" This may be considered the
ne proudest triumph of piggy thus far. II
lis is not wonderful that he should know
IN more than the spectator, but it is sur
d; prising that the latter should have
IN had the grace to own 1T.
The great work undertaken by thu
city of Chicago some three years since
of deepening the summit line of the Hi
nois ard Lake Michigan Canal is nearl!
n completed, and the water of Lake Mich
.ir igan will soon run into the Chicago riv
m. er, thence into the Illinois river, and 81
a. down the Mississippi to the Gulf o
le, Mexico. One result of this improvement
NO will be a constant renovation of tn
40, Chicago river, heretofore so foul and un
: savory, by current of pure water fror
Il Lake Michigan. A further advantag
bv will be an increased facility of navigat
I'm ing the canal. 1t is not expected tina
any perceptible lowering of the level G
~. the great lakes will be effected, the ney
up outlet being of insignificant capacit
nd compared with the Niagara river, whic
* has never as yet sufhced to drain off tn
IDS lakes faster than they are filled.
lb- Heaven help the man who imagine
ne he can dodge enemies by trying TO pleas
Is everybody! If such an individual eve
so succeeded, he should be glad of it-no
'en world trying to find beams to knoc
gi- and thump his head against, disputin
es- every mans opinion, fighting and O
ly' bowing, and crowding all who diff'
ere from him. That, again, is another e1
treme. Other people have their opinion
pm so have you don't fall into the error {
ar supposing they will respect you MOI
a for turning your coat every day,
ed match the color of theirs. Wear yoI
a own colors in spite of winds and weatl
pie or, storm, and sunshine. 1t costs Il
TO vacillating and irresolute ten times Il
trouble to wind and twist, and shufh
lna that it does honest, manly independent
'oso to stand its ground. ..
ev-
an A fashion report gives us some chee
ven ing intelligence in saying that there
up strong disposition on the part OF mar
uds gentlemen to kick at the dress coat bu'
ness, and insist upon their right to we
whatever kind of coat happens to .
mes convenient for them to wear. They l
eet, sist, with truth, that the exactions WI
pan respect to dress exclude all the brai
The from society, and that society will new
urt, amount to anything 80 long as all t
,ow, energy must be expended on neck
ane, in order to get there. At present
urt, brainless people have quite the best
rth- it; in fact they are the only ones W
~ oa1 ,oronarlv sustain a pogition in "A q