Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-13
SHORT ITEMS.
-Four thousand Americans are :rayei-
ing in Switzerland. rr-tsT

If you are a dentist-pull. If a hog
blow your nose.-PuncA. 90
| Young ladies in New Haven are lear
ing to play the violin. The idea of hav-
ing four strings to their bow is fascina-
ting. .-...
! 1t is said since the annex xation of Stras-
bourg to Germany, twenty three thou
sand inhabitants have already emigrated
/ to France and America a. .eot-
I Mr. Jansen, the distinguished French
astronomer has invented balloon com
pass which will show both the course
and rate of speed of balloon.
Sometime about the latter part of this
month, if prediction should be fulfilled.
there will be rain of stars or meteors.
similar to that which alarmed the people
of this country many years ago.
Mrs. Mary Michaels. aged one hun
dred and ten years. who was living with
her son i'll Dinwiddie county, Va. COM
mitted suicide on Sunday last by drown
ing her self in well near the house.
Henry Rittler. noted horse thief
escaped from York County Jail on the
oath ult by digging through the wall.
He is five feet seven inches high, dark
complexion. a reward of one hundred
dollars is offered for his arrest by the
sheriff. -..
Last Wednesday morning. Felix Sar-
ey, truck driver, aged 40 years. living
in tenement house in New York city.
murdered his wife by cutting her throat.
and then made au Intellectual attempt TO
kill his two children, after which he
plunged the knife twice into his own
throat.
California is growing cotton, and some
of the plantations will produce an extra
ordinary amount. Southerners agree in
pronouncing the experiment there sue
cess, and many believe that the San Jon
quin valley will prove a far better cotton
growing region than favored localities in
the Gulf States.
A few days ago Mr.. William Weeks.
of Glen Haven, Wis, while oiing the
knuckle joint connecting the tumbling
machine, was caught by the wristband of
his overshirt, aud in struggling to keep
from getting under the rod was entirely
Invested of clothing, leaving nothing on
his person but bis boots.
An Illinois farmer has told his rat
story. He was going to his corn crib
the other morning, he says. when he saw
a large rat, with head erect, carrying a
full sized ear of corn in his mouth. while
at the same time his tail was wrapped
around another large ear, which be was
dragging behind him. .
At one of Peter Cartwright's camp
meetings he was much annoyed by a
noisy sister, who took part more fire.
quently than was acceptable. He had
called on all to kneel while some one
lead in prayer, She struck of at once
with much feeling and power. Cart
wright, not recognizing her voice, shouted
out. "Amenv' A brother kneeling close
by whispered "It's Ann Jordan pray
ing" Cartwright looking around and
seeing it was so, cried out: II taIe that
amen back -
A laborer in Providence. Rhode Island,
was engaged few days ago BY gentle
man 10 weed bis garden. The man
found the house, as he supposed, and
went to work. The next morning be
again made his appearance. doubtless to
receive the reward for hi. services, and
was astonished to learn that the owner
of the place, with his family, had been
out of town for two or three weeks-in
fact that he had weeded the wrong po-
tato patch. He has Stree been hunting
for the man who did employ him, with
feelings of decidedly mixed character
A curious blight is affecting the Eng
lish wheat. One side Of each ear is
full of grain. while the other side is quite
empty; although the husks are properly
formed, no corn has ever grown on the
blighted side of the stalk. One farmer
has twenty acres of wheat in this condi-
ton. and he is afraid this blight is very
general although it may not have been
noticed, his field to passerby presenting
an appearance Of ripeness and abuni-
ance, but when the corn is closely exam
ined it looks as if hot blast had blown
on the one side and scorched the life out
of the ear.
Two Michigan brothers, farmers we'll
to-do and generally harmonious, had a
little fallingout the other day. and one ct
them threatened to do some injury to the
other. To guard against any fatal re-
suit the threatened one thought best to
apply to district official for protection.
Accordingly, the two rode into town to-
getber, put up their team. drank each
other health, and then together visited a
justice of the peace. That official listened