Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-20
Miscellaneous Items.

| Miscellaneous Items.
A Young man in Columbia county, Ohio,
cuur,ed girl for week. Knowing that pro-
crastination was the thief of time, he got can Of
oysters and license, invited the justice to lis
| fair ones house at o'clock, and then popped
the question, was accepted, pulled out his dot, u
ment and informed the maiden that the squire
would be there at eight. She pleaded delay ;
he conldn' see it. Her silk dress WASH made:
calico would do There was no stove in the
west p;,rIor; oil coat, and in ten minutes there
was lire roaring. The squire came, the job
was fixed. and the ncw.nladc wife cooked the
! oysters.
The Louisville Journal. referring to the fact
| that somebody is going to build a hotel in
Rhode Island ninety-two feet long aud sixty
| feet wide, expresses establishment that the au-
1horitics should permit anybody to put the
| State all under one roof in that way.
\ wealthy belle of Lawrenceburg, Ind, in
| order to countclact the effect Of a false report
that she would receive calls on New Years.
| hung Il red flag out ofone OF the windows OF
the elegant mansion in which she resides.
| Perry H. Oliver. at one time the owner and
exhibitor Of the musical prodigy, Blind Tom,
! died the other day at Americas. Ga., where he
had resided for eighteen years.
The Thames tunnel thought TO be such Il
novelty was anticipated by one under the Flu
| pirates al Babylon, and the ancient Egyptians
had Sues canal.
Nilsson has made princcy fortune with
her voice. She will 90 back to Europe worth
| SlUO. 900. half Of which she made in this cOun
try.
Miss Alice Piiie. m American girl, has mar
/ ricd sG.Uo00nu and the Marquis dc Chase
lnnp l.aubat.
RAILROAD MEETING IN FArrAX.--A num-
Der Of citizens Of the county met in the Court
House, after the adjournment OF, the Court on
Monday last 10 take measures to urge the
Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Company to
, make Fairfax &. II. a point on that road. On
motion of Mr.. james VI. Love Mr.. VIM. Ayre
was called to the chair and Mr..job llauxhlrSt
! appointed Secretary After the chairman had
stated the object OF the meeting. on motion OF
Mr. James VI. Love, the chairman appointed
the following gentlemen. viz. James =. Mach
en-, B. Garfield ThoS. Il. Love. VIM. NJ
Fitzhueh. Job Iauxllurst, Newman Burke,
j. r. Love, and Dr. John r. Pugh. COM
mittee to wait upon the President Of the Pied
mont and Potomac Railroad, and urge the
claims of Fairfax c. H. as point on the line
of that road. On motion Of Mr. JAS SaDgster,
the chairman also appointed committee to
memorabilia the Legislature. and ask that the
Charter of the Piedmont aud Potomac Railroad
| be SO amended that Fairfax G. ii. be made q
point The following gentlemen compose the
| committee job IIauxhurst. r. L. Farr, I.
r. Love, H. G.. Fairfax, 4. T.. Wilcoxin, B.
Garfield. W. T. R1lmsey, and j. X. Rice. The
25th inst. was fixed upon as the day for
the committee to wait upon Chas II. Sheriff..
President of the Piedmont and Potomac r. Il.
ID. ". Whiting suggested that as committee
was appointed to ask the Piedmont and Poto-
mae Company to make Fairfax &. II. Il point.
and another to memorializc the Legislature to
compel him to do So that it would be better
that the former committee act first. Mr.. Ihos.
r. Love suggested that it would be better to
| direct our whole efforts to have the Charter
| amended, and thought but little could be done
| to induce the Piedmont and Potomac Company
to make the Court House point. Mr.. Thos.
Moore stated that it would take money to get
| the road here. The Chairman stated that the
citizens along the line Of the old road bed
would defend any company who would use it.
MIR. Moore said it was question Of legality:
and there would he injunctions, &c. and he
thought the B. q 0. r. R. Company would
try to control the old road bed. Mr.. Haux
hurst stated that all right to the old bed had
been forfeited by the terms Of the Charter, and
that the land had reverted back to the original
owners. The Chairman stated that many Of
the owners of the land had never been paid
the damages. and in some instances the con-
domination Of the land had never been confirmed
by the Court: his fathers land for one
Mr. Moore said he had had talk with Mr..
Cox. lone Of the directors Of the road who
had told him the company was anxious to ac
comnOdate the people along the line Of the
old road bed Mr. Runscy and Mr.. Rice
thought the committee to wait upon the com
pany had better stand appointed-and it was
agreed to- Mr. j. r. Love was requested to
correspond with Mr. Sheriff., the President.
Mr. William Ayre stated that he had taken
the trouble to ride over the whole length OF
the old road. aud had talked with the owners
Of land along the route, and had ascertaiDed
that So, 900 would be subscribed at once to
build the road exclusive Of the right Of way,
which would be given freely. Mr. Ayre stated
that Gen. Wickham would memorabilia the
Legislature to open the Charter Of the road, and
he believed the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
wished to build the road, but whether they
would make Fairfax g. II. point be did not
know, but if that company got possession Of the
road Aide would be cut off.-Fnuidr Ncrs |
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRYISG.-Al house.
keepers know that to fry we'll, their fat should
be hot But they do not attend to it half as
scrupulonsly as they would if they understood
the true philosophy Of it. Boiling. bubbling
hot fat cannot penetrate anything, and cooks to
perfection; tepid fat penetratcs everywhere, and
does not cook at all. but actually prevents cook
ing. Any house keeper who reads this and
chooses to profit by it, need never put any
greasy, fried half cooked and ndigestiblc food
upon her table.
The whole secret consists in having the fat
boiling before the things are put in. There is
one other condition which follows naturally
from the first one, but which is almost invaria-
bly, lost sight Of even by good cooks. and that
is that lat should entirely cover the article to be
fried. The reason of this is, that the part not
at once covered by the fat remains cold, cools