The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-08-09
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We have had several water famines in
Stanford. Pipes from Buffalo spring
would avoid them hereafter.
Ex-senator Warner and exIChief Jus
tico Rice, of Alabama (Republicans),
have declared for Greeley and Brown.
1t is reported that the Geneva Tribu-
nal will award Gl, 100000 for damages
sustained through the Florida and Ala
bama.
The Maine clerks at Washington have
been sent home to electioneer for Grant
with two months leave Of absence, sala
ries and expenses paid.
In a shooting affray between two men
named Lawson and Smock, near Owens
boro, Tuesday of last week, the latter
was shot and seriously injured.
Iron shingles have been recently pat
ented, and are said to be less expensive
than slate. They are made about six by
thirteen inches in size, and fasten with
headless nails.
Metallic roofs are said to be the best
safeguards against lightning, as the roof
instantly distributes the electric fluid
over It's surface, and by so doing pre-
vents all danger.
Dom Piart says there are two seasons
in which our Administration seeks repose
from its gigantic labors; one is that
which precedes the holiday, and the 9th
er that which follows.
Connecticut is credited with the LATEST
fisherman. The individual in question
is a Fifteenth Amendment" who ties his
fish line TO his dogs tail, and when he
gets bite kicks his dog.
It is estimated that soothing syrups
kill 10000 children annually, which
must be anything but soothing state
ment to the mothers who put their chill
dren to sleep by their use.
The Louisville Co,Tier-Journdl poeti-
cally remarks: "In Montgomery, Ala
bama, the other day, four negroes got on
a spree, one took out his little jackkniie,
and now there amt but three"
They do business with dispatch in
Texas. A man in certain neighbor-
hood, who had lost valuable mare, re-
ceived the following by telegraph! ~Mara
here. Come get her. Thief hung"
A girl at Usage, Iowa, whose ears are
grown up, has no method of hearing ex-
cept through her mouth When young
man is talking she keepJ saying eyes"
for fear lest he might propose to her and
she not hear it.
Missouri editors do not indulge in
coarse epithets. They merely remark of
a contemporary, in the spirit of quiet sar-
easm, that "his ears would do for avn
ings to ten-story wholesale hog-pack-
ing establishment"
We understand Mr.. s. +. Jones, late
of Richmond, has leased the franklin
Institute, in Lancaster, and will open a
school for the coming year. Mr.. Jones
brings recommendations which are per-
fectly satisfactory TO all.
A very little girl was learning to read,
and part of her lesson ran: "The cat
has a rat" She thought for a moment,
and then exclaimed: Seats don't have
rats, cats have kittens, But sister
Susan has rats in her hair"
A cynic suggests that the marrying a
deceased wife's sister implies either that
the husband has treated his first wife
very kindly or cruelty. If kindly the
sister wishes to experience thesam treat
ment, if cruelty, to avenge it.
The following is scale of the average
duration of animal life, from the most
celebrated writers ON natural history; A
hare will live 10 years, a cat 10, goat
s, a sheep 10, dog from II to 20, Il
partridge 25, a raven 100, an eagle 100,
a goose 100.
Tomatoes should be scalded, then peeled
and put into cullender, to let the water
drain away from them. They should be
cooked not Il moment after they are done,
else the seed will impart bitter flavor.
They may be canned in glass, in tin, or
in stone ware.
A Kansas paper has the following adj
vertisement; "Engaged-Miss Anna
Gould to John Candall, City Marshal of
Leavenworth, Kansas. From this time
henceforth and forever-until Miss Anna
Gould becomes widow-young men are
requested 10 withdraw their particular
attentions.
There is a wheat field on the west side
of the San joaquin river, California
thirty-fve miles in length by eight in
breadth, with an area OF 10000 acres.
Estimating the average yield at sixteen
bushels to the acre, it would give total
yield of 1854, 200 bushels, or S6,Ol5
tons. This amount Of grain would load
S,6Ol cars, which. if made up in one
train, would reach for over eighty miles,
A few days since one of our popular
attorneys called upon another member Of
the profession, and asked his opinion up
on certain point of law. The lawyer
TO whom the question was addressed drew
himself up and said: "l generally gel