The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-16

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The State election in New Jersey oo-
ours on November 4th, and nominations
have already been made in some of the
counties.
A new horse-car check has been in.
vented in England, which is said to not
molly register those who get on but .hose
who get off.
Cupious ,hovsrs Of mania are reported
in Hill county, Texas. 1t resembled
gum, and had all the sweetness aud fla
vor of honey.
Alta sale in Scotland Of thoroughbred
sheep recently, some fancy breeds sold
for $500 each, while single ram was
sold for $1,000.
Mohammed once said : when a man
dies men inquire what he has left be-
hind him, angles inquire what he has
sent before him.
Some one, feeling that actions are bet
ter than words, has said "We hear of
the acts of the Apostles. but never Of
their resolutions"
The wheat raised IN such abundance
ins sNorthern Texas this season, is said TO
rival the far-famed Genesee wheat in
quality and flavor.
The steeple Of the CHAMBERLAIN, Tenn,
church is tipped with gold The gold
is the first contribution made toward the
erection of the edifice.
Soloman says: GA virtuous woman is
a crown to her husband" By this rule
the most valuable Of the sex in only
worth dollar and ten cents.
AT Boston, we see it stated, SO, $40
and Sl2 certified cheeks are in circula-
tion. We agree with the contemporary
mentioning the fact, that this is "ruther
small"
Mr.. Foote, of Tonica, Ill.,, while visit
ing the Wenona tair, patronized lung
testing nachiug. The exert;on made
his lungs bleed, and in four hours he
was corpse.
A prosperous Princeton, Illinois, mer-
chant has for his motto "Early to bed
and early to rise; never get tight, and
advertise, let your wares by known, if
you are wise"
Real estate in Washington, D. c.,
that could be bought at ten cents loot
four years ago, cannot now be bought
for seventy-fve cents'a foot, and much
has risen higher.
An Tow, ad;tor Droto . HDur;no +b n
past week we have been visiting the
Solons of the country" and his constant
subscribers think that is funny way to
spell "saloons"
The officers of the Grand Trunk Rail-
road have signed pledge to abstain
from all intoxicating liquors, and are
passing the paper along for the signatures
of the employees.
AT hotel table one boarder remarked
to his neighbor: This must be a
healthy place for chickens" "Why?"
asked the other. because I never see
any dead ones herea bouts"
A woman in New York is under ar
est for trying to obtain divorce from her
husband in an irregular manner. She
set fire to the house in which the part
ner of her joys was sleeping.
A'young man at Evansville, Indiana,
coughed up a twenty-five cent currency
note the other day, and he has gone
right back to the boarding g-house whose
hash he formerly complained of.
A member of the Cabinet says that
the country is running SO smoothly that,
at the ar..meeting of the Cabinet
on Tuesday, not one Of the members
bad any business to bring up for discus
sion.
A pensioner of the Second Connect
cut Artillery drew one hundred and six
ty-two dollars pension money a week ago
and being distrustful of savings bank
deposited it in faro bank inside of two
hours.
A curious case is reported from Frank
lin county, Kansas. A young lady
swallowed a'pin, about year ago, which
recently made its appearance, coming
out through the left eye, entirely de-
stroying the sight.
A case involving the cost Of half
pie, which tho purchaser declared was
not the kind represented by the seller,
recently came before police judge in
New York, and was "abjourned till next
Friday at 4 o'clock"
A lady suggests that if the church
going ladies were to dress in calico and
wear SUI bonnets, scores of her sex
would attend divine service who stay
away because they cannot dress like
their fashionable sisters.
A MARRIED man says looking glass
affords aswoman marvellous amount of
comfort and qualification. He says his
wife thinks just as much of consulting
her glass when she ties Oh her apron as
when she ties on her bonnet. He says
that when there is a knock at the door
he goes there at once, but his wife, on
the contrary, calculates, "Mercy, ice,
who's that?" and dashes for the looking
glass the first thing.