The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-14
GENERAL ITEMS.


lost not only his watch but his pulpit by
betting at "three-card monte"
Samuel A. King, the aeronaut, de-
clares it impossible in his opinion to cross
the Atlantic in balloon.
"A kentucky man has named his six
teenth child recently born to him, Omega !,
hoping the fatcs will let her be the last.
Greeley, COL. comes proudly forward
with a Mrs. WILDER, slight person. and
formerly school-teacher, who this season
has rugged up gang pillow, and prepared
and sowed eighteen acres in wheat.
Miss Clara Barton, of Worcester, the
Florence Nightingale of the late war, who
has been confined to her lodgings in LON
don, and her bed most of the time since last
October, writes that she is improving slowly.
An Illinois girl having six lovers offer
ed to marry the one who should 'tbreak
upo the most prairie in three days. The
result was that she got smart husband,
and her father found his new farm ready
for planting free of cost.
There must be two sides to perfect
bargain. So thought Florida sheriff, who
was recently invited to resign. He replied:
"Your communication is received, stating
that my resignation will meet the approba-
ton of the Governor. 1t does not meet
NINE"
Gov. Austin, of Minnesota, declines
to be candidate for reelection. He has
held the office for two terms, and says that
it has cost him $4,000 more than his
salary to live, (which when man has
made what little he has by hard knocks, is
not very satisfactory"
"A dealer in gravestones is mentioned
by the Montpelier (Vt) journal as having
hurriedly sent off monument adorned
with the legend, mo Graves there" be-
meath an idex figure pointing heavenward,
forgetful of the fact that the stone was de-
signed to preserve the memory of man
named "Graves.o
| The general Swedenborgian convention
of the New Jerusalem church in Cincin-
natl Tuesday elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Rev. Thomas
Worcester, d. d., of Boston president; j..
Young Scammon, of Chicago, vice-presi-
dent; Rev. w. III. Hinckley, of New
Orleans, and Francis A. Dawson, secreta-
ries; Nathan Hobart, of New York,
treasurer. After appointing committees
the convention adjourned sine die.
"A gentleman. whose morning dram
! had been little too much for him, in sad
ding his horse got the saddle wrong end
foremost. Just as he was about to mount,
German friend came up and called his at
tention to the mistake. The horseman gaz-
ed for moment at the intruder, as if in
deep thought, and then said: "You let
that saddle alone. How do you know
which way am going?" And the gentle
man from Germany passed on.
DIDN'T LIKE IT.-A lady with a
poodle dog entered the smoking-car on
Western train the other day, and when the
conductor endeayored to persuade her to
go into another car, she refused, saying
her presence would deter the occupants
from smoking. A gentleman, however,
took out a cigar, and began to smoke,
when she wrenched it from his mouth, ex-
claiming: IF there is anything do hate,
it is tobacco smoke" The passengers who
had witnessed the affair were convulsed
with laughter, but the offending smoker
| suppressed whatever emotions may have
been struggling for expression in words or
action, and maintained throughout the
same imperturbable gravity which had
| characterized him from the first. Calmly
rising from his seat, he opened the window
nearest him, fastened it up, and reaching
over the seat back, took that woman's
poodle dog and threw HIM out Of the win
dow as far beyond as possible, at the same
time saying, IF there is anything do
hate, it's a poodle dog"
How Much WILL KEEP A HORSE
A horse weighing from ten to twelve hun
| dred pounds will eat about six tons of hay,
or its equivalent. in year. And we sup
pose the real point to get at is, whether
one can keen his horses cheaper on some
other product than hay. This is an exceed
ingly difficult question to answer, it de-
ponds so much on circumstances. We shall
not attempt to answer it fully at this time,
but will merely say, that, in our opinion,
three and halftons ofcorn stalks and two
and half tons of corn would keep horse
year in fully as good condition as six tons
of good hay.
We may estimate, also, that it will take
three and half tons of oat straw, and two
and half tons Of oats, to keep horse a
year. A bushel of oats weighs thirty-two
pounds; so that it will take over one hum
dred and fifty-fye bushels and three and a
half tons ofstraw to keep horse year.
1t would take about two acres of good land
and to produce this amount. EXCHANGE.