Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-12-18
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Miscellaneous.
A man at Omaha is said to have
pet wild cat. Some might that wild
cat will have pet man.
"He is dead; but he pays just a.
well as he ever did," was the reply the
Belfast Journal got to dunning
letter.
Two months ago Chicago dance
house hired giant to take care Of
rough customers, and last week he
died of exhaustion, aged twenty-six.
The Louisville Courier-Journal re-
marks that Secretary Robeson wants
war, but II the alternative were pre-
sented, war or sherry, he would take
sherry every time.
A young married man in Brattle-
boro' poured twelve, gallons of brandy
into the river, at the request of his
young wife. Young couples are very
extravagant.
Many people who have nauseated
themselves with too much luxury
have now to swallow the bitter pill Of
adversity, to purge them of the bile of
extravaganza.
eyes, sir, when man finds q
stranger In his hog pen, he has a
right to shoot that stranger down."
is the decision of Louisiana judge,
which, to some, may seem hoggish.
A young woman in Indiana Is re-
ported to have shot several hundred
quail this season. She may yet make
some poor mR quail before She gets
done shooting. aa;4xe,rs ra1a,
A Rhode Island jury were Ave days
debating on hog case involving seven
dollars, and then recommended both
men to the mercy Of the court. 4 4ahJ
The editor of the Vickburg Herald
spent $500 on O church fair, hoping to
get the prize of $4,000 in gold coin,
and drew brass chain and photo
graph of George Washington. This
world has no further pleasure for him.
While compositor on the Montreal
Witness was setting up an advertise
ment for lost canary, o few days ago,
the bird flew in at the office window.
This shows the value of advertising In
the right quarter.
It is satisfactory to read that the
Boston W0man's club Is, this winter,
to give special attention to the subject
of sSrhe Home" Aseries Of papers on
this subject will be read, and there will
be subsequent discussion, and then tea
and toast.
An eastern exchange intimates that
"the greatest bet that was ever made
is the alphabet;,' but the h'editor of a
British Morgan h'observes that it's
not 'alf bet for his book, because
the h'odds are Railways h'against
you, when you come to spelling, you
know.
Jails are bad enough without hav-
ing ghosts in them. The Jail in Joliet
Is haunted by a spectre that Is most
unpleasantly seen and felt. Itappears
with its throat cut from ear to ear, and
smites the wretched prisoners with it's
clammy hands. 1t is hoped that this
new terror will have an excellent eff
feet upon the morals Of Joliet.
A Sunday-school teacher of Philadel-
phia was explaining the omnipresence
Of the Deity to his scholars, and ended
by telling them that he was every
where. Whereupon o red-haired boy
asked: "Is He in my pocket? The
teacher replied that the question was
rather profane, but he would answer
eyes, He was everywhere" Owe got
you there" said the boy; III hain't got
no pocket"
A Van Vert (Ohio) couple, recently
divorced, were walking out Of the court
room together, chatting about their
separation, ywhen the old lady sud-
denly, as il having forgotten some
I thing, said: II say, old man, can you
treat to the beer?" "Of course" ans
wered the liberated lord of crea tion,
and off he and the old girl logged to-
gether, to wash away the memory of
their incompatible past in glass of
larger beer.
We have seen stick of wood weigh
ing scarcely four ounces fall from
boys arms, and striking on his toes,
render him incapable offnrther action
for hours afterward, while the same
boy has slipped with pair Of skates,
and striking on the back of his head
with sufficient force to split that arti-
Gle open, has not only reached his feet
unaided, but has given the boy who
laughed at him one of the most aston
ishing whalings he ever received. g y
There are divers farmers in the state
of Pennsylvania, whose wisdom is
"richer than Peruvian mines, and
sweeter than the sweet ambrosial
hive" The other day these gentle
men observed Professor Shearers
balloon gently descending in their
neighborhood, and Instantly rushed at
it with rifles, determined to shoot and
secure this new and interesting game.
Before, however, they got in range, the
balloon rose and sailed away.
In the seventeenth century q law
was in force in England that all women
of whatever age, rank, profession, or
degree, whether virgins, wives or
widows, who should impose upon, Sc
duce, and betray into matrimony any
of his Maesty's male subjects by
scents, paints, cosmetics, washes, ar
tificia1 teeth, false hair, Spanish wool,
iron stays, hoops, high-heeled shoes,
or bolatefed hips, should incur the
penalty ofthe law, and that the mar
riage should stand null and void. If
this seemingly harsh law was now In
force, there wouldn'tb be much done In
divorce courts. ~