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

dollar bill..
There is faithful widow in Litchfeld
county, Conn , who plucks some cousola-
ton from the jaws of death, wearing a
heavy gold ring made from the plate of
her deceased husbands false teeth.
TIE boys of Bentleysville had rat
hunt the other day. All the boys under
l6 years of age were ia it and divided
into two parties The result was
grand total of l5S rats and mice.
A fsrmer residing near Utica, n. u.
while beiug run away with pair of
! frightened horses, shouted, Il leave ny
wife $1,000 no time TO make will "
He is still alive but badly bruised.
Revenge is sweet. A widow won $780,
900 from German gambler at Baden-
Baden. and French General, whose ha-
tired of Germany is undying, married the
avenger of his country aud the 100000.
I Horse flesh is yet the favorite food Of
Parisians On the End of January
last. twenty large shops were opened in
the French capital for its exclusive sale,
and Paris physicians warmly recommend
it as the best fo"d for consumptives.
| A movement is on foot for grand re-
union of the veterans of 1912, and sur
vivors of the battle of the River Raisin.
on the 4th of July next, at Monroe, Mich.
at which it is intended 10 assemble all
that can be found of those old landmarks
from Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and 9th
er States.
Sharon, Mercer county, mourns the
! loss of two young men who left town
very suddenly one night recently. and
had in their possession over one hundred
dollars, the proceeds of dance, of which
they were managers They also forgot
to pay their board bill.
There is a new invention as regards
paper. An Indiana man makes paper
from Tobacco stems 1t is to be used as
cigar wrappers. 1t is claimed that it
burns nicely, making clear white ashes.
leaves no unpleasant taste, and does not
cost one-tcath as much as the ordinary
leaf wrapper,
How simple was the origin of Yale
College. Bancroft says that ten worthy
farmers. in 1899, assembled at Bradford,
and each one, layin few volumes on
the table, said a! give these books for
the founding af college in this colony"
What grand results have flowed from
this humble source.
A New Fairfield (Ct.) man has inven-
ted a torpedo in shape of kernel of corn,
which is designed for the beguilement of
crows. As soon as the offensive bird
takes hold Of it, it explodes and blows
the top of its head off. This affords
cheap and innocent recreation for the
crow. and at the same time does away
with the grevious evil.
A Paris banker lately became luna
tic. He imagined himself a magnet. Il
few days ago, while in his office, talk
ing very nationally with his wife and
daughter, he suddenly jumped up, ex-
clsiming, Il am attracted - and dashed
himself head foremost against large
iron safe. Unfortunately, he struck the
sharp corner, split bis head and died i'll,
stantIy.
A man nlmed Benjamin. kautcrmln
committed suicide on the 18th inst, at
Schuylkill Haven, by cutting his throat.
Sickness and trouble in lis family no
doubt caused him to commit the deed.
His wife and three children are down
with the small pox, and, as usual in such
cases, very few of the neigi,bors ven
tured near to render him any assistance
in caring for lis family, they being in
INDECENT circumstances.
There is now living in Lambertvile a
blacksmith named Siney Decatur, who is
the proud proprietor of goose whose
education is tqualed by few and excelled
by none. A Doylestown paper says:
"At any time visitor TO the shop may
see the goose sitting on the anvil, on the
forge, or in other places about the shop
If Siney takes a run down town the
goose follows in fact. they are always
to be found together, The goose will fly
up in his arms, place his long neck
around thst of.kiSsmas,er and be content
to rest in that bosom. This trained goose
is curiost ty. and its like may never be
known again
Says the Allentown Free Pos': Some
idea of the tautology of the legal formule
may be gathered from the following spec
iBen, wherein if a man wishes to give
another an orange, instead of saying, Il
give you that orange he must set forth
his :. act and deed" thus: al give you
all and singular my estate and interest,
right, title, and claim and advantage
Of and in that orange, with all its rind,
skin, juice, pulp, and pips. and all right
and advantage therein, with full power
to bite, cut, suck, or otherwise eat the,
same orange, or give the same away,
with or without its rind. skin, juice, pulp
and pips. any thing heretofore or herein
after or in anv other deed or deeds. in