Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-02-16
Gleanings.

| WHEN man WHO Is 1QfOlfo0 00IU
mits suicide, and thus pays only "t11r
debt OF nature, does he make nature
preferred creditor9
MoNoGRAMs have broken out fiercely
in two new places-the corners of gen.
tlemens collars and the gauntlets of
ladies gloves.
| A FUNERAL cortege was stopped by
policeman in Troy, n. Y, the other
day, and one of the mourners arrested
for horse stealing.
"I am going to the postoffice, Bob,
shall inquire for you?" "Well, yes,
if you have mind to, but don't think
you will find me there"
IT is proposed to sell eggs by weight
In such case, purchasers would still
have the privilege of picking out the
largest eggs from the different lots, but
they would have the additional priv
llege of paying little more for them.
A BREACH of promise suit is to be
tried in Bridgeport, Mass, wherein
gay young fellow of fifty claims damage
for lacerated feelings by the neglect of
widow of seventy-four to unite heart
and hand with him for the journey of
life.
A COLUMBUS (Ohio) photographer
presented revolver at the head of a
gentleman who was sitting for his pho
tograph, with the cheering remark:
my reputation as an artist is at stake.
If you don't look smiling I'll blow your
brains out" He smiled.
A woULD-BE school teacher in Ala
bama recently replied to a question of
one of the examiners, "Do Won think
the world is round or fiat Z" by saving:
"Wen some people think one way and
some another, and I'll teach round or
flat, just as the parents please"
DEGREES have been issued granting
to the widow of General Prim the title
of Duchess Prim Ito descend to her
daughter), and of Captain-G General of
the Army, and to her son, Don Juan
Primey Aguero, that of Duke (instead
bility of the first order in both cases.
PEOPLE will do well to remember that
the snow, if left on the grass, acts as
blanket, and does a great deal toward
keeping it alive over winter. Many
who have a strip of grass between curb
stone and pavement clear off the snow,
which allows the grass to winter-kill,
and next summer it will need returning,
especially after this open winter. Keep
it covered all you can.
A RESIDENT Of Taunton, Mass, has
obtained his ice for summer use, for
several winters past, in the following
manner: Procuring about fifty emp
ty flour barrels, at a cost of twenty
cents each, he gradually pours in water
until each contains a solid mass of ice.
The barrels are then put away in his
cellar and entirely covered with saw
dust. As ice is required barrel is
tapped.
WHILE a fire was raging the other
day in Milford, Mass, an Irishman
went into the apothecary store and con-
fiscated bottle of whiskey, as he sup
posed. Carrying it home he placed it
on the table. His two children got
bold of it and drank some ofthe liquid
and almost instant death was the re-
suit When too late it was discovered
that the contents of the bottle was
strychnine.
LAST summer a Boston establishment
tanned fifty anaconda skins for boot
leather The boots are valued at $50
pair. The largest of these skins was
forty feet in length. The tanning
processes are similar to those observed
in the manufacture of alligator leather,
the product being very beautiful and
highly finished quality of leather, CLOS
sy, mottled, pliable, and from the ap
pearance of the grain exceedingly dura-
ble
AMONG the South Sea islanders the
compound word for hope IS beautifully
Expressive. It is saaus'ceotr,,rr, or the
swimming Thoughtful floating and
keeping its head above water, when all
the waves and billows are going over.
A strikingly beautiful definition of
hope, worthy to be set down along with
the answer which deaf and dumb per-
son wrote with his pencil in reply to
the question, What was his idea of for
givenessl "It is the odor which flow
ers yield when trampled on"
The wilds of the state of Maine still
supply large trade in furs and skins,
though it is small to what it formerly
was. Muskrats are the most abundant
of all the fur-bearing animals, and 4O,-
600 are caught every year. Sable skins
of a bright color to the amount of about
1,500, and some 1000 mink skins, are
sent to market yearly. Moose and deer
are becoming very scarce, but about
200 bears are captured yearly. The
caribou, or reindeer, which had almost
disappeared from the state, have be-
come numerous of late.