The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-08-16
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and his locks are few.
An Englishman paid Mr. Alexander,
of woodford county, KY, 81 300 for two
short-horn heifers recently.
A Louisiana planter has set his hands
at work gathering caterpillars from his
cotton at half cent apiece.
Wolf scalps in Illinois bring si5 apiece
and some of the farmers are selling out
of sheep and stocking up in wolves.
The best Of the current conundrums Is
this: "what single State will Mrs.
Woodruff be sure to carry' "Tennie c."
A large tract of grain has been burned
in California by native laborers because
the farmers were about to employ China
men.
An Alabama young lady, caught smo-
king a cigar, gave as her reason that 'it
made il smell as though there was man
around"
a young man in Franklin, Ohio, cal
culates that during period of FIVE years
he has walked 1928 miles in visiting
his sweetheart.
Itisanotable fact that there are living
two widows of revolutionary soldiers un.
der forty years of age, while the oldest
surviving widow is 113 years old.
The season for great variety of sweet
and beautiful flowers is over, and the few
roses that bloom now in the gardens hang
their sweet heads-kissed to death by tn,
burning sun.
London is a wonderful city. Every
eight minutes, day and night, one persor
dies; every five minutes, one is born
100000 have been added to the popula
ton since 1851. 1t is world in itself.
A Western traveller writes: "In pass
ing through the burnt district in Wis
consin / never saw no shrubs or brier
anywhere a thing | never saw before
and would not have believed it had no
seen it"
Walter, a five-year old, was SURPRISE
at breakfast by the presence of diminu
tive egg, served for his special delecta
ton. He thus accounted for the egg
iemallEoss: Mamma, i think the chicke
was learning to lay"
Many varieties of the American crap
are now successfully cultivated in France
among them the Clinton, Cunningham
Delaware and Taylor. They are said
grow luxuriantly in the French vinegar
soil, and the wine made from them is ,
superior quality.
Hitherto the husk of rice, known {
rice chaff, has been considered as refu'
in the South. 1t has lately, howeve
been discovered to be quite valuable
protecting glassware and other delica
articles when packed for shipment, and
}, large demand has sprung up for it.
: A Kentucky newspaper tells of an ol
y hen that flies up into a mulberry tre
picks off the berries, and, having satiate
; herself, fastens her claws to the liml
and shakes off some for the little chic
. ems that stand underneath with beal
wide open, ready to catch the temptir
fruit.
A young woman once married a ma
by the name of Dust againstthe wishes
her parents. After a short time they b
gan to quarrel, and she attempted to 7
turn to her fathers house; but he refust
to receive her, saying, "Dust thou a
and unto to Dust thou shalt return" Al
: she got up and "dusted."
. There is hotel in California col
posed of ten immense hollow trees, stan
ing few feet apart. The largest of the
Is s'N'y-hVe iee' arounu' ana Is u'eu a'
: bar ana ki'chen. ror oeu enampe
|, there nine great hollow trees, whit
washed or papereu' ana having coor' .
70 nj the shape OIL 'he no'es' ia'era'u
hnds a pace ln u 'e'9ing stump uuo"
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A youth, who has never been very
from home, and who does not know he
il is himself, thinks that
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: Wouldn't have a time?
J wouldn't print cussed word
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