Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-02
Chit Chat.

Height Of eOOlusss-TOP Of Mount Wash
ing,oD. ~
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each Of
hs children q drum.
The tune of ths smoker and Of the tobacco
chsvsr is the spit-tune.
A thing sometimes brought to pass"-A
oouhtsrfsit note.
The wagon shops Of W. T. l. f. A. Rog-
era, OF Quincy, we're destroyed By FIRE early
Saturday morning.
"PuIty-syed monster" 10 what appeared
Ia the paper of Tsnuesses editor Who
wrote with respect, pretty sgsd minister"
Tbs Sons Of the minister "iutsrvie we'd the
editor mex, morning with q shotgun.
The following affecting query was ad
dressed to . sweetheart by a poesicAl lover
II you we're = dog, and wSsA hog,
And got into your masters ward,
And your master was 70 set you on ms,
Would you bite me very hAEdf
A Washington writer felicisAteS h. read
erH With this poetic sparkle;
zone By one the green leaves wiihsr,
0ss by one ths roSss pine.
One by one, the Pension Agents
Steal the funds, and then resign"
The Harvard AdUocdte has refused th'
publication Of q humorous poem Of two hun
dred lines, beginning:
An elephant sat in . swallows nest
DrBkiug cup Of tea
And washing . delioats hen. that sang
From the top Of nsiEhboring tree.
II was . brilliant Fond du Lao boy who,
seeing 9 dog with q muzzle on for the frat
time, exclaimed: "MammA, mAmmG, bel
Eve cents the dogs are going to wear hoop
skirts there goes dog With one on his
nose."
The 81. Louis girls wsre 30 badly fright.
sned by the experience of one OF their MN
Der who dialocAtsd her neck while resisting
a kiss, that they now hold their lips in ths
sofIesi and most comfortable position when
ever they see . man anywhere near.
The late great earthquake in Cslifornis
has been heard from as far south As tbs
City Of Mexico, and u )rth ITO Oregon, am
seems 70 have extended over an area Of
l,l0O by miles 1t must have been consid
cradle Of . spAIm TO have spread so far 81
that.
In 1866 We imported 1920, 900 poundr
Of rice, aud raised 20,lls,6OO pounds. Tn,
best quality thsu reIailsd for l31 cents Pc
DOuuu. IN 10 L our MUM PFobuCAtOA h@>
raised TO 80 900 900 pounds, and the prize
of the bsSI quality had fallen to cents pc
pound.
SAu Frauci SEQ has hotel which is unde
the exclusive management OF the fair sex
The proprietor, walters, clerks, "boots" aut
other off sAls are all ladies and the bar
tendress is said to make the best drink il
the state, and TO hoist in an occasional ont
herself with great Doncha Alce.
The Maine uberman predict that fvt
years hence, ct the present rate OF deatruc
zion, the forests of that State will be who'll.
cleared OF timber. The lumber crop Thu
year is estimated Of 700,000,O0O feet. 0
this amount the Penobscot lumbermen Gu
225,OOO,OOO and the Keunebeo men ovt
lOO,O00,0O0.
Msssrs. Barker q Co., distillsrs, Of Peoria
during the twelve months com mencinI
March !, 1871, aud ending Feb. 20, 1872
used in the manufacture Of spirits at thei
oisIillSry 245 464 bushels Of grain, and pro
duoed 10 l5O barrels, containing 990,3l.
gallons Of spirits They paid internal rev
snus taxes in the same time to the amour
OF SOL ,olO.93. This Is only one of mint
distillsriss in Peoria.
MADAM" said . boArda, IN nj. landl.d,
VI am very sure that this pepper i. hal
peAs." Peas y cried the lAdy. br,dling mn
Peas. In Iced That pspper il smAl.
Hommersley'a very best. You don't kno,
AnyshIng about pepper, sir, if you thin
shores peas In that" For all that madam
ss'd the boArdsr, ''Tm sure that pepper !
nal Ps..-P-e-P pep, p Ell, ak letters, an
three Of them D"