The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-18
All Sorts Of .Paragraphs.

"A Madison, Wisconsin, paper says every
poor man in that, town has dog, and that
every very poor man owns half q dozen of
them.
1t is a curious fact that though the rain
keeps thousands away from church on Sunday,
it does not deter single man from attending
to his business on weekdays.
"A San Francisco milliner has invented 9
hat which will probably sell we'll in cases
where blushing is not so spontaneous as it
might be, or used to be. When the wearer
bows or lowers the head abruptly, a tiny pair
of steel clasps congresses the arteries on each
side of the temples, sending the blood at once
to the cheeks.
- Cards to which small corks are attached
by string are gratuitously circulated about
the streets in New York. On the cards, in
large letters, is the following inscription "The
most horrible death is to be talked to death.
To prevent the above terrible fate, use the
patent life preserver attached to this card.
Directions-put the cork in your ear"
- Scene in the Goldsboro' m C.) post Of
fee: "Nothing sir.". "rhar amt no letter for
me, you say?" Nothing" "Dad fetch the
luck! Say, mister, amt thar 'nuther post Office
to say, it's a one-horse town that can't sport
countryman as he strobe into the street. -. =.
= The New Hampshire Agricultural Society
offers the following list of premiums for the
baby show in connection with their annual ex-
hibition at Manchester: For the finest baby
under six months old, a fine gold necklace for
the finest baby between the ages of twelve and
twenty months a gold cup for the most beau
tiful twins, q pair of gold mugs for. the child
with the reddest hair, regardless, oftemper, ten
dollar gold piece ..3s ;t
r. S. Bruins, Grand Master of Masons in
the State of South Carolina, has addressed q
very cordial letter of thanks to Deputy Grand
Master Ellwood E. Thorne, requesting him to
express to the fraternity of New York and ad-
iacent cities the warmest feelings of gratitude
for the courtesies and honor rendered to the
memory and remains of the late James L. Orr,
Past Grand Master of South Carolina, and late
Minister of the United States to the Court of
St. Petersburg.
- The Savannah Ncws notes the successful
test of the recently patented new car seats for
passenger coaches, and predicts their general
adoption. They are cheap, convenient and
comfortable, and what more could be desired
by railroad official or the travelling public.
The cushions rest on wooden frame, to which
is attached eight springs and so arranged as to
accommodate the seat to the movement of the
car, as we'll as to the motion of the person oc-
cupying it. One of Inc pecularities of the
seats consists in the fact that each passenger
occupies his part without incommoding his
neighbor. q g, .,-s ~, z..-.;. . 8
? The Biblescontains 1856, ,4S9 letters ); 773,- :
692 words; 3l,173 verses; 1,197 chapters, and
66 books. The word and occurs 46,277 times;
The word Lord occurs 1856 times. The word
,.ererend occurs hut once which is in the 9Th
verse of the 11lth Psalm. The middle verse is
the 9th verse of the 11Sth Psalm. The 21st
verse Of the 7th chapter of Ezra contains all
the letters of the alphabet except the letter j.
The finest chapter to read is the 26th chapter
of the Acts of the Apostles. The l4tb chapter
| of I'd Kings and the S7th chapter Of Isaiah are
alike. The longest verse is the 9th verse of
the sth chapter Of Esther. The Shortest verse rs
is the 35th verse of the 11th chapter Of St.
John The Sth, 18th, 21st and 91st verses of
the 105th Psalm are alike. Each verse of the
| l36th Psalm ends alike. There are no words
or names of more than six sylables.