The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-30
Facts and Fgssress'f.

The hair of gray.hcaded old patri-
arch OF IS, in Calais, VT, is turning black
without any patent appliances.
Gov. Caldwell, of North Carolina, has
just pardoned out of the penitentiary u
convict who died about six..w .weeks,-ag
1t is said that the number, of Ameri-
can books in the British Museum is
greater than in any library in the Uni
'eu o'ates. 4 ul Il doiJw .g3liduL
Thieves "went through Fort
Wayne reporter and came out with three
lead pencils, q broken comb, and dead
head circus ticket. =. ,r;Et,,c sp,7
A little girl in New Hampshire got
two beans up her nose the other day.
A doctor and a bottle of ether were fiee-
essary to save her life. .. II solif5. adi
"Spank this boy and send him home,"
is the label which anxious, Detroit
mothers stick on their boys when they
send them out to play = l7 1iaig .o1om
Smart boys in Quincy, nlo cut 2oH
rats tails, plant them in fower-pots,
and sell them to unsophisticated florists
as new species of cactus. 4 Ina ,gzugTiS
The English papers have ceasad de-
riding the Tichborne claimant, and adj,
NIT that his case is rising almost to its
former dignity and interest," '9.dnIslsns7i
The American Medical Association Mt
Philadelphia has resolved that its mem
bers should discourage the use of alcohol
as stimulus i'll their remedies. i'.il hh q
A man in Lansing, Mich, has a crow
that associates with the hens and crows
like healthy rooster, Who has bet,
fay- 60 t,l'lE
A female infant was found on the
porch OF house in Germantown, Pa.,Y
and carried to the poor house, where it
was registered as dolly Warden" -" d.
A census has Just been taken of the
| members of Brigham Youngs family
which returns him 6S children, of whom
40 are females His wives number 80.
A queer individual at Keokuk, Iowa.
called on the undertaken and got meas
ured for his own coffin. He said he
wanted no measuring tapes about his re-
mains. .H. .'-..t .-s.sf
Somebody is responsible for the asser-l
ton that Queen Victoria has an Ameri4g
can young lady as waiting-maid. She
Is Bostonian and general favorite,
we are told. -74 u o. 74sM
An Alabama paper was not issued at
the regular time, lately, one of the edi-
tors being on the jury, and the other
having been married. Both expressed
their regrets in the next issue.
Somebody in Wisconsin has discovered
that the northwestern boundary of the
Gommonwealth CO. resembles a profile Of
and new it wants to be called the WASH
ing pO..
A Kansas crack marksman was lately
acquitted on charge of assault with
intent to kill by showing in the back
yard that if he had fired at man in
tending to kill him, he would surely
have done it.
The New Albany Ind.) Ledger says:
Fifty newspapers and periodicals are
taken by one man at this post-ofhce.
He is an old farmer, and little known in
literary circles, yet one of the most in
telligent men i'll the county.
The latest fashion at a church we'd
ding is for wreath of flowers to be
stretched across the aisle, instead of the
customary white ribbon or cord, and
when the bride arrives, it is spread ON
the ground fer her to step over, so that
she may literally walk upon roses.
A prudent father in Lowell, KY, has
found a way of removing Objectionable
members Of his family circle, which is
effective enough, but not to be encour-
aged on general principles. He placec
loaded pistol in the hands of his little
son, aged seven years, and told him to
shoot his half sister, poor imbecile.
The child did not hit the right sister,
but the family circle was diminished to
the same extent. ... ..
Santanta, the notable Indian chief,
now in the Penitentiary with Big Tree,
sentenced for life for the murder Of
Texan citizens, has made a proposition
to Governor Davis to leave Big Tree as
a hostage for his fidelity, and let the
Governor send men with him, and he
promises to go to all the tribes, return
all the captives in their hands without
ransom, and gather in all his wild tribes
on any reservation which may be select
ed by the Government, and that they
shall keep the peace hereafter.
At teachers institute in st. Louis
county, Missouri, school-master argued
that it was not possible to get along
with boys of fifteen and sixteen years
of age without fogging them or dis
missing them from school. 1t is to the
credit of the institute that none of the
other teachers present agreed with him.
One was sure that schools could be
controlled without tho infiction of
bodily pain" while another member
said that sin nine cases out of ten pupils
were fogged in the heat of passion"
The Vicksburg Miss Herald vouehes
for this, if true, certainly very remarka-
BILE fact "In the blooming, beautiful,
balmy May of 1868, one of those dread
full battle-stained years never to be for
gotten, General Tiligham fell, shot dead,
at the battle of Champion Hill, gallant
ly struggling in defence of his cherished
principles. His noble life ebbed away
on the spot where he fell, and the sad
earth drank his blood with greedy
thirstiness. But upon that Immediate
spot grew peach tree that had reached
maturity while its roots stepped them
selves in the martyrs blood. Singular
to relate the leaves and fruit of this tree
are blood-red color. The tree was
transplanted and is now in the orchard
of DR.. ], L. Hebron, of this county
The propagations from the tree are Of
the same peculiar color. There is some.
thing very peculiar about this. We
have seen the leaves and must confes,
they do look and even Ito us) smell like
| blood The food aar ho ..,sL......l n