Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-06-19
a curious case of spousaneous coubas-

"A curious case VI . stoss
ton is noted in Reading. Penn. A gen.
tleman after oiling some woodwork, lett
the piece Of flannel he had used in
bowl with a small quantity of linseed
oil, and placed it on the second story
balcony in the open air, Intending to
use them again. The following morning
be found the flannel had taken fire, be-
ing wholly consumed, the ashes remain
ing in the bowl.
From the brass of the bell Of the late
Chicago court house something like a
hundsed million charms" have been
made and sold. The bell must have
weighed more than two thousand pounds
or ten times as much as the Moscow tink
ler. In view of the success Of this
scheme, Wisconsin paper suggests that
the bell on Mrs. Leary's COW be manu-
factured into court. house bells. and de-
clares it would make one far each court
house in the country. There is no limit
to Chicago enterprise and expansion.
Phillip d. Banks, mail robber, who
was arrested at Cloverda, Iowa, April
80, was sentenced by Judge Lane, in
the Uuited States District Court, to ten
gears hard labor in the Iowa pcnitentia-
nv. Before the sentence Banks made
piteous appeal fo- mercy, stating that he
had a wife and FIVE children depending
on him for support. and that he had
been in service as a mail carrier for
twenty two years. and had never tam
pered with the mail until about year
ago, when in q Fl. of drunkenness, he
committed the first crime.
! An Indiana farmer, after trying to
tap. poison and shoot the rats tha, over
run bi. premises. bought two goats anc
gave then range of yards and stables.
Within week every rat emigraied and
stayed away until the goats we've sold
nearly two years after A second edi
ton of goats were procured. and since
then not rat has been seen on the
premises. The goats are not supposed
to play rat terrier, but on the contrary
the rats scent the goats; it is too much
for them. Next we shall see "essence
of goat" as ''rat exierminator," painted
on every board fence in the State.
The members of the anvil chorus are
on the strike. Mr.. Gilmore has BEEN
putting them through their reheaisals
and the scene is described as peculiar
ly striking one. The bundled frernen
were arrayed in black pants. red shirts
with red collars and nat,y white caps
with red cords and rassels. Gilmore
mounted a chair brandishing in his right
hand pine plank three inches wide and
three feet long. and directed the harmo
nious strains of the anvils with marvel
ous grace and effect After a few more
rehearsals the firemen are confident of
being able to stun the strongest nervous
systems
Flakes Bulletin, of Galveston, Texas.
says: Several experiments have been
made during a number of years back to
supply the principle cities of the east
with fresh beef packed in this State
Similar attempts have been made to in
troduce into the English market the
cheap meats. in fresh condition, of
Australia and South Americ, But
these meats have, so far failed to be
come popular. 1T is rather a severe
commentary upon the boasted civiliza-
tion Of the age and the ingenuity of man.
kind that. while millions of people are
suffering in one quarter of the globe for
cheap meat, millions of dollars worth of
cattle are annually destroyed simply for
their hides, horns and bones"
A tou.hing incident is reported from
Chattanooga, Tenn. An utter stranger
called on respectable farmer last week
and asked him If his house had not been
robbed during The war. The farmer re
piled that it had. H." said the stran- |
ger, was one of the marauding party
that did it. took a little ailver locket."
That lockrt," SAID the farmer, bursting
into tears, had been worn by my dear.
dear child" "IIere it is.'' replied tie
stranger. visibly. affected. Il am ricb
let me make restitution here are $50
for your lirtle Sod" lie gave the ia, MGR
a $50 bill, and received $50 in change.
lie then wrung the farmers hand warm
ly and left. The farmer has since dried
his tears and loaded his shot gun. The
$50 was bad.