The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-02-16

for Christmas you ever saw" was
Kentucky advertisement.
A little Indiana girl determined to
retain souvenir of her faithless lover,
bit off his thumb and swallowed it.
In Ann Arbor, Mich, saloon keepers
are subjected to special tax of 500 to
pay special police for arresting them
on Sundays.
A man died suddenly from intempe-
rance, and Western jury found that
deceased came to his death by drink
ing between drinks"
A boarding house keeper mixed some
patent medicine iu his hash because it
was advertised as a cure for consump-
tion.
A panorama OF the Chicago fire is
criticised by southern paper as bearing
a strong resemblance to second hand
bed quilt.
The Cleveland Leader says that the
musician who put his lips to brass horn
on a recent cold day, will not be able
to let go until navigation opens.
An affected Illinois father advertised
for his runaway daughter. promising
her lover $3.50 if he will send her home
again.
A wife having lost her husband, was
inconsolable for his death. Leave me
to my grief" she cried sobbing, "you
know the extreme sensibility of my
nerves; mere nothing upsets them"
A Kansas paper states the case this
way: Mr.. -, of Missouri, got to own
ing horses that did not belong to him,
and the next thing he knew he could
not get his feet down to the ground.
He strangled. a
A Pennsylvania paper, in speaking
of a songstress, says: "She beats cats
on high notes. There was no music or
chest tone in her voice, but it was about
six octaves above the screech of lost
Indian"
a Michigan paper thus delicately an-
nouDces a death from a mon. eXplo-
sive': Mrs. Maria Framley gave up
the bad habit Of using Kerosene for kin
ding fires, on Thursday last"
An Iowa eagle made one fell swoop
aud pounced upon young and tender
pig. Contrary to all precedent, how
ever, the porker proved resistant and
slew the proud bird of freedom.
A precocious boy in a public scho1l
OuI MESl, WIN SlduOS IbRu III ktOS IL
ply, was recently asked by his teacher
where Africa is located. He promptly
answered, ,"All over the United State5.'
An Ohio clergyman had an audience
| of Just one--his wife-Thanksg
day, so he didn't preach, but sent his
sermon to the nearest religious paper,
and it was printed. The paper has
been losing subscribers ever since.
A man in Nebraska said he could
| handle rattlesnake the same way as q
snake charmer. The churlishness Of
the undertaken in demanding pay in
advance delayed the funeral four days.
A member Of the Board of Supervis-
ors in county in Mississippi, objected
to levying six mills ON the dollar for
school purposes, because there were
only eight mills in the county, and one
of them didn't have water enough to
run half the year.
Mr.. Taylor, of Lafayette, Ind, has
number of small white spots on various
parts of his anatomy. The prevailing
colors, however, are black and blue,
illuminated with sanguinary gashes.
He shaved his mules tail.
A few weeks ago hundred men took
a special train and thirty greyhounds
and started in pursuit of rabbits. The
rains set in and the party, after week g
hunting returned after bagging five
cases of diptheria, several sprained an
kles, one black eye, and one rabbit.
The Louisville Journal, referring to
the fact that somebody is going to build
a hotel in Rhode Island ninety two
feet long and sixty feet wide, expresses
astouishment that ttheauthOrtiess should
"permit anybody to put the State all
under one roof, in that way"
A little girl remarked to her mamma
on going To bed. 81 am not afraid OF
the dark" mo, of course you are
not" replied her mamma. 81 was q
little afraid once, when l went in the
pantry to get a tart" "What were
you afraid oi?" asked her mamma. Il
was afraid / could not find the tart. u
A public man In this country was
once accused of drunkenness, and his
friends were very indignant. Some
one suggested that public persons were
always lied about. II don't care fol
lies" he said; "but the trouble with
this story is, they prove it,"
A meek, accomplishing woman il
Columbus, Ohio, attempted to persuade
hSi iuSbuhk Wih tllC lbc vi lINl bt'il
missed her mark, and kick ed her chile
into eternity. The jury disagreed OF
the question whether the husharC
should be copvicte d Of murder or man
slaughter in the first degree
Greeley says that the hest way I,
raise early popcorn Is TO start it DOW
Put the corn, any kind will do, in
corn pepper, and suspend in the su,
| nXfnr a nf w lilI ihl ShnntS
out between the wires; then in III
spring set out in pots OF beds, and te
fore June the popped corn will be hang
ing in little paper bags all over tn
branches.
A farmer in San Joaquin, California
recently scattered some wheat, soaket
by wild geese The silly fowls gorge,
themselves with the seductive banqu-t
and got so tight that they could not fly
the farmer stepped in and dispatche,
; six hundred of them with club.
Britt was a character and always il
! litigation. One day while standing q
a street corner, u constable approache
: him and presented him paper. "Whs
is dat?" said Britz. at is a summon,
sir. You have been sued before Sauir
Purvis." "Vell, now just take it rigf
back; I does my business nit squil
Gongile."
A Baltimore lady who had been @
ceedingly annoyed by boys who ran
, the door bell and then ran away, firall
set trap for them by which a pail {
water was to be spilled upon the noS
person that rang the bell. In fe'
minutes her pastor called ard was bal
iZCn hut retired without max in O.
, visit.
! A Charl6stown, Mass, photograph
3 gives striking instance OF feminir
, artifice. While arranging the ipstIr
ment preparatory to taking a your
lady's picture, he suddenly tuned
: give some directions to his fair Custon
g er, when to his astonishment he behoI
, her busily engaged in stufling l.,
checks with paper TO fill out the me
gre proportions which nature had
Tudely Neglected,