The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-12-06

sea. says that mo less ttMH uiirteen
unfortunates bit the dust.
An editor III the upper part ot this
State, says: 1--WE expend $500. 0OO,-
900 yearly for drinks" Aud his pa
Der has a circulation Of oily, seven
hundred copies, too. We don't zee
the use ofexaggerating TINT way, even
If he u mi editor.
Oshkosh, Wis, has an an En0ch
Arden, who instead OF going away
quietly like hisgreat original, fingers
about the premises, and declares his
intention to make 1t '.hot for 'enl.
"A Washington lady. unable to pro-
cure llearse In the city for the burial
of her child, which had died Of small
pox, bought one for the occasion, pay
Ing $40 therefor.
A beggar posted himself at the door
of the Chancery Court, and kept saying,
"A penny, please, sir Only one pen
ny, sir, before you 90 inl' .And
why, my man ?" inquired alr old gen
tlenan. Because, sir the chances are
you will not have one when you come
out :"
/, A new dish is grape leaves fried
In an egg batter. Ii Is called a
French dish, and Is imported from
Lake Mahopac. We can't think OF
anything that would be more delicious
than fried grape leaves, unless 1t isa
circus poster on toast.
Says Josh Billings Of November:
"The butterfly has hung up bis fiddle,
The bug and the cricket are still;
No more can be heard IN the marshes,
The mosquito filing his bill"
A Redding gentleman who came to
DanbnTy this morning to make few
inquiries In relation 10 the coming az.
ricultural exhibition, stepped on q
piece of watermelon In front of the
post Office, and sat down on the pave
ment SO violently as to turn bis pock-
cts inside out. ..Pickled Jehosophat,n
said he, more in sorrow than In anger,
as he struck out for the depot. .--Daa-
6rny Ne,ts.
An exchange says: 1T Is said that
the Andes are gradually sinking"
When the Andes are entirely flatteTed
out 1t will be necessary to revise and
reprint the 'sThe Isles Of the Anna
I IONS, +" IN which ''the great Andes
ryme to peaceful seasvlsQ often and
Joaquin will prObabl ib dead BY that
time.
IA man at Cleveland, Olii0, Ssllasleep
Id a church, a Sunday or two ago, and
awoke just as the minister began to
read In a loud voice the lesson ofScrip-
ture which begins, "Surelv there isa
vein for the silver, ana ablace Ofgold
where they find 1t II JuinpingEw his
feet in the greatest excitement, the
merchant stretched Bis hand and shook
bis book TO the astOnished miIlister,
exclaimiHg, '.E'lltake 100 sharesr'
The vexed question Of the proper
mode u baptism was disposed or by
'sUncle CRsar,'f q cOlOred preacher
out West: Il hear great fuss Bout desc
words, In and iaitO aild folks wants
us to belhve tley. TiAealls under, and
dat when de Sgriptur' speaks ofian
individual going down into Dc water,
de Bible tlsean to say dat he went under
de water. S'p0se some day | 90 over
to see bruddef SOloinan and he very
politely say, Uncle Caesar, come int0de
house, does anybody s'poSe dat dis
heah nigger would crawl under the
house p"
Tie Detroit Free Press says: just
as a passenger train going west on the
Detroit and Milwaukee road yesterday
was clear of the city, and running at
the rate Of ten or twelve nlilesan hour.
an old man named Dixon, living
in Ionia county, suddenly ieaped
from his seat, rushed TO the platform
and bounded oil, turning about forty
aUHIGlsNtulVS DCAUIG HG DAVW&ub up
against the fence. Ina short time he
appeared at the depot. looked all
around and then exclaimed: ssWhat
an old fool; thought / had left my
umbrella here and jumped of the cars
to get it, and now, hang me. ii / don't
remember chncking It under the seat"
"A revival preacher lately worked
hard at Ironton, Ohio, 70 get up an
interest, preaching day and night but
lnsnccessfnlly. The last night the
house was crowded, and tho preacher
ontdid himself, but not 4 soul rose for
prayers, and be SIT down completely
discouraged. Before the benediCtlon
was pronounced, however, a lOngfaced
man cot up, and said tliats the Elder
had been working hard and Iahored
faithfully with them, and al a token
of their appreciation he moved the
congregation give him three cheers.
1t was done with d heartIness which
made the pews tremble.
Al little boy, attending the Episco-
pal church for the first tkme, innocent
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