The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-15
HOOKS AND EYES.
June is the month of roses.

June is the month OF roses.
Croquet is nice for girls with small
feet.
1t is no joke to say that the French
have takcu Paris.
Detroit has a colored base ball club
called the "Waving Lilies"
The following sentence contains all
the letters of the alphabet; "Nlix eight
raw julips quick, very boozy friend"
| Three Vice Presidents have died in
office, George Clinton; Elbridge Gerry
and VIM. r. King.
According to the last census, there
are 100000 more women than men in
England.
The meanest man in Lowell, Mass,
was given box of strawberries the
other day, and then returned the box
and took five cents for it.
Any work whereby men and women
earn an honest livelihood is neither to
be dcspised or ridiculed, except by
brainess fcps and silly bellies.
The snail stands a chance for the
toothache. Somebody says he has 1l0
rows of teeth, with Ill on each row, or
12,2I0.
One man in Lewistown, Maine, who
is over seventy years of age, has never
sent or received a letter through the
post-office.
A white garment appears worse with
slight soilng than do colored garments
much soilcd--so little fault in good
man attracts more attention than great
ofenses in bad man.
The phrase "robbing Peter to pay
Paul" originated in England in 1860,
when the estate of St. Peters Cathe-
dral were appropriated to the repairs of
st. PauPs Cathedral.
In Detroit, a club OF bachelors has
been formed, the cardinal principle of
which is that no lady shall be married
By any member unless she can bring
her husband 10000 and brick house.
1t is not generally known that plate
glass of superior quality is made in this
though the quantity manufact-
ured is small. The only establishment
for this purpose is located at Leunox,
Mass.
George D. Prentice is buried in Cave
Hill Cemetery, at Louisville. Above
his grave is small Grecian canopy,
resting on four columns; in the centre
is an urn, and on the top Tyre with
broken string.
1t is a curious fact, that the essay |
which M. Provost Paradol, the late
Minister of France to the United
States. recited when graduating at Col.
ege, was-"On Suicide"
In the middle ages when lord gave
feast, ne was Obliged to so arrange his
invitations that at table each gentleman
ound himself seated beside lady, and
he same plate, knife, fork and glass
erved both.
A man in Jersey City, who had raw
shed kiss from school girl, was fined
y the magistrate, horsewbipped by the
ig brother, and snatched bald headed
y his own wife. Aud it was not much
1 kiss after all.
The combined populations of the
ight largest cities of the United States
New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn,
hicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston
I'D Cinciunati-are less than the popu-
.tion of the city OF London, as an
Ounced by the recent British census.
The advocates of vaccination have
cen delving for statistics, and now
,me out with the statement that dur /,
Ig the century preceding its introduc-
on, 10000 people died of small
TX in Europe, while only 100000 :
ave died from that cause since. Only
le death in ifty is now attributed to
is disease in London, while the pro. !
,rtion for the last century was one in !,
teen.
The arrival of immigrants at New
ok last month was larger than during b
" previous month this year. Nearly
cry week from 5000 to 5000 immi-
ants are landed at Castle Garden. a
be majority of these are Irish, and y
Q Germans are next in point of num- a
RS. Last month the arrivals were d
All, making 77,191 thus far this
ar. In May, last year, 46,S2S ar
we'd, making the total up to the end of |, ,