The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-24

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1ftht boots are So comfortable, be-
caiisS they make a man forget all his
other miseries.
1t Il said that the dogs of the United
States eat enough to make $50, 600, 900
worth of pork.
Why is q grain Of sand in eye like
q echoolu aaster's cane? Because it
hurts the pupil. -
81 have very little respect for the ties
Of this worli,n as the chap said when
the rope was put around his neck.
A man excused nimselffor marrying,
by saying that his friends declared he
drank too much for single man.
The new hammer in the Bessemer
Steel Works at Harrisburg, Pa, weighs
$500 pounds and cost So, 900.
ThefDodge Club has been organ
lied in Boston. The qualification ior
membership is experience and skhl In
lodging creditors.
A negro on being examined, was
asked if his master was a true Cnrisu-
an. mo, sir, he is politician, WIS
the reply.
, q PENNSYLVANIA OWLS zap 10 'O,oVo9
LIQUOR dealers, and is laid to spend
sal as. 600 in the purchase of alcoholic
drinks. The Pittsburg Paper. noticing
the fact. saws that the State debt is less
than So. O0o. 009, and could be paid by
the money spent for liquor.
A clergyman obs irving poor man
nc the road breaking stones, and kneel-
inc TO get at his work better, made the
remark: "Ah! John, / wish j could
break the stony hearts of my hearers
as easily as you are breaking those
stones.n "PerhaPs, master, you DO not
work on your knees" was the reply.
uTom. where's that ten dollar coun-
forfeit hill YOU had a while ago?'
aWell, marster, L never was 4uite GEAR
in nv mind about dat are bill. Some
days / fought it was a bad bill, ana
order days / fought it was a good Oil;
and one o. dem days when | fought IL
was a good bill, / jes' passed 1t away
Its very common practice to nick
the tails of horses in order TO give them
more snowy appearance. In fhiia-
delnhia this seems TO be regarded as
coming under the law for prevention Oh
cruelty Terminals. and a person mas
been prosecuted in order to test the
question.
The peculiar effect of fear is exempt
fed In the fact that Mrs. Alfred Acker,
having died suddenly in Montgomery
county. Pa, hired man in the house
was SO afraid that he might be accuseo
of numbering her that he hanged INN
self i'm the barn.
Francis Greedy, a native, and lor 90 aV
years and 9months, resident Vi ~.
Louis county, Mo-, fell deau on 'n !.
floor the other night, while dancing q.
his grand-daughter's wedding: ne
leaves a small family of l25 chiluren'
grandchildren and great granu cuii'
dren TO mourn his untimely END.
In savannah, Bishop Persico has
secured from several prominent mem
bers of his church a contribution OF 81,
000 as a start for the new Catholic cathe-
5raI i'm that city. The probabilities are
that the cathedral will be erected on
fine LOT owne d by the church, east Oh
the park extension.
The Philadelphia Press thus records
marriage in that city: ION feoruary
22.- and -, the parties protesting
against all marriage laws, whether re.
Gal or conventional, which suo)ec'
either the wife or the husband to any
control or influence on the part OF the
other which. is not in accordance WIN
the dictates of pure and mutual love .
Saws the Nation: "The arrangement
bvwhich the parties live together as
long as they find it thoroughly pleas
ant Is that common among birds, beasts
and fishes, and has nothing human
about it.n
An eminent surgeon, Professor Bii,
roth, W no has been serving IN me 1ielo
hospitals of Weissenburg and Mannheim
comes out in defense of the much ma
Iipned Turcos. He says he has given
medical attendance to many OF then,
and thatthe stories of the cruelty on
the baftIe field are without foundation
In fact. They seemed to him like chill
dren-at times merry and at times sau,
but frightened at every change. Ihose
in The hospitals believed thnt the Ger
mans intended TO behead them a soon
as they recovered their health.
A scientific parsonage has got HIM
self into difficulty at Tabreez, IN feIsia'
Being distinguished in the art oil astr0i-
ogy, theAe cultiN ated, he alarmed the
whole community by predicting lear
full earthquake, which was to destroy
the city. Tie end of the year come
without the earthquake coming; ana,
as ii. 1. H, the Prince Governor, ana
other notables, were camping Out III
tents during the severe winter weather
to avoid the expected catastrophe, tne
yotary of science thought it best to
make timely retreat before the tutiii-
ty of his predictions was verified.
Forty ,,ears ago, Simon Cameron
purchased for 500 spur of the Broad
Mountain, Pennsylvania. 1t is now
worth 100000. Coal has been mined
out of il for thirty-fiv years, and lie
has realized, in the shape of REALTY,
about 800 day. fi.t
Count Bismarck, having received
ink, ink-stand and pen, to be used 10
signing the treaty Of peace, was Obliged
TO refuse table TO sign it on, as too H.
convenient president. A Hamburg
dame followed with splendid and
elaborate pen-wiper, for which she re-
ceiyed, as the other donors received be-
fore her, a letter of thanks. Blottng
paper and sand were not thus provided.
One of the most affecting incidents
of the Paris siege is embraced in the
story of a young lady, who was SC
overcome by her appetite as to eat heI
beloved lap dog. After hearty meal,
she looked down at the little heap oil
bones: tears fell from her eyes. Poor
BUou" she exclaimed, show he would
have enjoyed themw