Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS.

THERE is a scarcity of fish in New Eng
land.
VEGETATION and the season are late all
over the country. re4
A Hartford man has left $40, 600 for
the support of lame horses. 20 rs
DULUTH, the ''Zenith City," is still
frozen up. u'r zialif ~ cd
CALIFORNIA has q wheat field of $1,000
acres. - r..
MIDNIGHT serenades have broken out in
Louisville. u 20
EVEN Boston used 10000 postal cards
the seconds day. shoSN
The question of the day in the South is
"Wh0 burnt Columbia p
The Kickapoos are kicking up muss
In Texas.
THE CRY ON THE srREET-Down with
the duStl
MIssfssIPpI hires out her convicts at SIG
a month, and doesn't find them.
TWENTY thousand people took the
pledge In the recent Maine teetotal revival.
= BISMARCK is in Minnesota. 1t is the
name of q new town there.
GRAssHoPPERs are setting the wheat
crop ali aWry III texas. "a
The Hibernian citizens of several Wes-
tern towns demand that the Irish language
be taught In the public schools.
THEY are getting up a grand excursion
to Polynesia, at San Francisco.
A DUBUQUE benedict is writing letters
to the newspapers In advocacy of wife.
beating, unbeknown to his mother-in-law.
PEORIA, ILL.,, wishes to be made sig
nal station, guaranteeing to furnish the
most astounding weather on the continent.
THE s. P. G. A. of Buffalo has procured
a surgeons tail.
The invaders of Khiva have done such
Rushin' business that the Kahn couldn't
prevent his capture.
BUFFALO Teutons have called an indig-
nation meeting because German is not to
be taught in the public schools.
THE authorities of Sank Rapids, Mimi,
have established a free ferry across the
Mississippi River.
THE Christian Union thinks the Indians
have rights, but the right to kill white
men is not one of them.
A MAN in Chicago announces himself
as the methodist candidate for consta-
ble."
The difference between charity and full
dress-One covers multitude 0fsins, and
the other uncovers multitude OF necks.
JONES says that all his children take af-
ter him. That's the reason they amt
worth much, as he generally takes all he
can get. 49,
The Boston Transcript thinks that chill
dren who play vaccination ought to be
provided with something besides old steel
pens for the purpose.
How to get rid of the Modocs-Run q
New York horse railroad through the lava
beds. The pick-pockets would clean them
out In double-quick time.
AN exchange says $500, OOO, 900 Is the
amount of Credit Mobilier and'other pub
miles of railroad.
10.117 inches of the barometer, and 81
degrees of the thermometer, were the
mean heights last week-meaner than we
have ever known at the same season.
A CIRCUS proprietor announces his tents
always comfortable, even in the rain
probably because they are pitched as soon
as he gets to town.
5 A LITTLE Connecticut boy asking
mate who Coed Friday was, received the
whitening reply, swell, you go home and
read your Robinson Crusoe.'"
= A BOSTON guild nunc thinks Captain
Jack cannot be full-blooded Indian, be-
cause he must be full of white mems blood
by this time.
THE thought as to what people in cities
would do for lights, should q strike Of the
gas-men become general, is one of cere-
Gus nature.
AN exchange suggests that the advice
given by Colonel George Washington to
the British General Braddock, to- flight
Indians in Indian fashion," is in order
now.
IT Is generally believed now by meteor
ologists, says the New York Times, that
we are to have a cycle of very hot sum-
Health Department, DR.. Stephen Smith,
has already issued q report suggesting
measures during the coming summer
which shall prevent the fatal effects of the
expected heat. <s''s
TIE experiment recently made in Ohio
of placing women at the head of all the
schools below the high schools is pro-
nounced decided success. The instruc-
ton and discipline have been as good as
formerly, there have been fewer difficulties
between teachers and pupils, and fewer
complaints have been made by parents
against teachers.
Keep cattle and sheep in the yards
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