Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-03-27

sand in Massachusetts,, and are much
worn in the shape of winter boots and
shoes.
One farmer in California. during last
season trapped and skinned 10000 squir-
rels, selling the skins for glove making
at 15c each.
Two Chicago girls recently adopted
the profession of highway robbers. and
garroting woman. robbed hefof her wal
let containing S34
Two-tbirds of all the Presidents and
three fourths of all the secretaries of
State have been members of the Episco.
pal Church
There are said to be eight hundred
different washing machines patented at
Washington, three-quarters being of New
England origin.
An Indiana farmer recently found in
Kankakee marsh an oak log twenty -one
feet in circumference. from which he
thinks he can get 500 fence posts.
Mr.. Barnet Mcdonald, a farmer in
Hanover township, Washington county.
has a cow that has had four calves within
the past eleven months, all living.
An old lady in Dutchess county, New
York, was frightened to death by Ler son
who came into her room to see if Ills
Disguise for masquerade was good one.
a resident of Council Bluff, Iowa
has succeeded in making both sugar and
syrup from The sap of black Walnut trees
The sap is one third richer than that OF
the maple.
A gentleman took lady ont 20 ride
the other evening, and came home with
a false curl attached to the button on the
siie of his cap. He wonders how it could
have got there.
Savannah was the first city in the
United States that had paid fire depart
ment. The department was organized
in 1920, and the members received IL
cents per hour while upon duty at fires.
Horse fancicrs in New York are enihu
siasiic over a Prof Wagner, a great
horse tanner. and. according to some. far
more remarkable than R,rey. He han
Hes the most vicious animals with case
The Newark Courier says: REV. DR.,
Saunders, of Philadelphia, tue founder of
he Presbyterian Hospital, which is worth
lalf million of dollars, is a New Jersey
nan, from Morris county
Gen. J. II. Hobart, of Pottstown pos
'e.ses relic in the shape of lock of
nair clipped from the head of Washington
over hundred years ago. 1t is of
golden brown and unfaded.
The congregation of Henry Ward Beech
RS church, during the past year, contri-
outed more than $3.50, 600 for charitable
md religious purposes at home aud
abroad.
Farmers about Dayton Ohio, have
;aPped sugar orchards and the sap is run
hing freely. There will probably be
arge yield of maple sugar aud molasses
n the Miami Valley.
-Four young men of Dubuque are fit
ing up boat, twenty-five feet in length
n which they intend to journey to Cuba
~ way of the Mississippi and the Gulf,
rs soon as navigation opens fairly.
1t is seldom that man shoots himself
n splitting wood, but Kentuckian ac
the feat successfully the
'ther day by hitting pistol in his pock-
It with the axe-handle.
Two hunchbacks celebrated their nup-
Iials in Paris the other day, in the pres
,nce of thirty invited guests, also hunch
packs. At the wedding call all tue mu-
icians were hunchbacks-as was every
lancer.
The Cleveland saloon keepers secure
he photographs of men whose wives do
not permit them to drink, and keep gal
cries of them When the customer en-.
ers. the barkeeper looks through his al
,um and sees whether or not the custo-
ner's face is good.
The Erie OJsercer records the case of
girl who had her beau arrested for steal
ng her poeketbook containing s35. The
'ase looked seriously for him, and he had
o do one of two things-go to Jail or com
,romiso. He concluded on the latter
curse, and the next scene in the come
ly wa. wedding
A soldier who was an inveterate Joker
nd punster, having had his nose, left
heck, and portion of his chin carried
way by shot in the battle of Shiloh,
vas asked by some of his comrades if
hey could do anything for him. Boys"
aid he, speaking as well as he could in
mangled condition. II shouli like a
rink of water mighty we'll. if 1 only had
he face to ask for it,"