American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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AN indignant young woman in Utic
who1iad not received cards to Il friend
wedding, sent in IA bill of 500 for invent
weeks board of Il canary, which she la
cared for during that friends winter
the city.
Postal-cards will be a convenience t
people who wish to tell you all the
know. Smith says to his landlady: AN
letters for me to-day? And sh
answered: ''Only two postal cards, bu
there's nothing particular on them"
A GENTLEMAN took the following tel,
gram to telegraph office: Il announc
with grief the death of Uncle Jane.
Come quick to read will. l believe W
are his heirs-John Black" The CLERK
having counted the words, said: "Ther
are two words too many, sir.' "All righ
cut out with grief"
published II vigorous poem, in which aT
appeared this stanZa:
| When spring comes with her floral gifts,
Then time viii glide on wings swift,
Wen gather flowers sick and sore,
To decorate the young, the fair"
| third line should read: "We'll gathe
| flowers rich and rare" But the explana
ton comes to late. The poet has com
mitted suicide
SOME time ago a New Hampshire farm
er discovered large toad near his bee
hive, actively at work catching and de
vouring bees. With that wonderful for
bearance and kindness of heart character
istie of New Hampshire farmers, he ten
derby picked up that frog and carried him
Il half mile away from the hive. The next
morning that identical frog was back
again at the old stand, actively at work as
hnf<, IL hi q
him long mile away, and dropped him.
But in twenty-four hours he was back
again, reducing the number of bees as
successfully as ever.
AN AGED BIRD.-The death in that CITY
of the oldest robin on record is announced
by a Troy On. " newspaper. He was
taken from the nest in June, 1857, and so
was nearly sixteen years old. For ten
years he sang ceaselessly from morning
until evening. Then his pipe begun to
show signs of giving out. For four years
he has had no feathers on his head or neck,
and for one year he has been totally blind,
not being able to find his perch, and re-
manning, poor bird, ANONYMOUSLY on the
bottom of his cage. He had always re-
sided in the same cage in which he was
first confined
TRAVEL IN WALEs.-The only convey
ance between Abcrystwith and Aberayron
Wales, is a two-horse wagonette. First sec
Ond and third-class fares are booked in this
primitive conveyance, and the following
curious distinction is made between the
passengers: Firstclass passengers are al
lowed to retain their seats throughout the
journey; secOnd-class have to get out and
walk up the hills, which are both numer-
Gus and steep, after the fashion of the
Welch hills; third-class have not only to
get out at steep places, but have to assist
in pushing the vehicle up them. This ar
rangement works very well, but the pace |
is not great.
LUXURY OF DOGs.-ProfessOr Tracy re- |
Gently read a spirited essay on dogs, be |
ore the St. Louis Farmers Club. After |
cling what he knew about good dogs, he |
lsed his mathematics upon the question
With about the following results: There
ire, according to his estimate, about 5,0O0,-
100 waste dogs; the food they eat would
atten 5,OOO,OO0 hogs, worth, say, $780,
10000; add to this a few millions for
heep killed by these ravenous CANNES,
md we begin to see what these dogs cost
his country. Just think of it: dogs
nough to half pay the interest of our pub
ic debt
CONTRAST
he exquisite charm Of springs first ringing laugh
we measure only by the winter = gloom:
The waiting winds, the whirng SHOWS, make
our half frozen hearts for sunshine after,
every morn were fair and all days golden,
And only emerald turf our footsteps trod,
Our sated souls would tire Of velvet sod,
ur eye in spells Of snow-capped peaks beholden!
Te gauge the fow'rets beauty by the mould
That lies so long and dark its sweetness over; II
As absence makes his rapture for the lover,
'ho no light till he fond eyes behold
So God be praised for wintry blasts and SHOWS e
That end their lessons when the violet blowsl !
-Hdf73er's Magazine |
SMOKING FOR THE PLAGUE-Thomas 5
earne, in his diary, writes: "17O-21,
inuary 3D. have been told that in the ;
st great plague in London, none that :
ept tobaccOnists' shops had the plague.
is certain that smoking was looked upon :,
a most excellent preventative, insomuch
at even children were Obliged to smoke 3
nd L remember that | heard formerly =
nom Rogers, who was yeoman- beadle,
y that, when he was that year, when the +
ague ragged, Il school-boy ut Eton all the =
ys of that school were obliged to smoke Z
the school every morning, and that he y
rs never whipped so much in his life as g
was one morning for not smoking" a
AN honest old Pennsylvania farmer had t.
rec on his premises he wanted to cut al
wn, but being weak in the back, and d.
wing dull AK, he hit upon the follow "A,
: plan: Knowing the passion among II
5 neighbors for coon hunting, he made l.,
coons foot out of "a potato, and ri
Dceedcd to imprint numerous tracks to ii
4 up the tree. When all was ready, he eI
ormed his neighbors that the tree must Sc
filled with coOns pointing to the exter- al
evidence made with his potato foot in
e bait took, and in n short time half IA er
zen fellows with sharp axes were chop re
lg at the base of the tree, each taking w
Ir regular turn. The party also brought n,
IS and shot guns, and were in ecstasies ey
II the anticipated haul of fat coOns The | m
2 finally fell, but nary Il coon was seen al
'drap." re
FTT FROM THE PULPIT.-It is related of la
ertain New England divine, who flour W
ed not many years ago, and whose mat re
Ionial relations are supposed not to of
e been of the most agreeable kind, that be
Sabbath morning, while reading to Sc
congregation the parable of the supper I'll
which occurs the passage: "And an or
er said, and | have bought five yoke of MI
N, and | go to prove them; 1 pray thee ca
e me excused. And another said: sci
e married wife, and therefore c0anot thu
che suddenly paused at the end of to
verse, drew off his spectacles, and
King around on his hearers, said, with wa
,hasis: "'The fact is, my brethren. one nj,
nan can draw man farther away in
n the kingdom of heaven than five yoke oh
KEMP Wi
HINT TO GRUMLERs.-"What Il noisy gu
Id this is,'' croakcd an old frog, as he IA f
ltted ON the margin of the pool. $40 to
hear those geese, how they scream and an,
, What do they do it for" "Oh, pie
to amusc themselves answered IA .
field mouse. Presently we shall
the owls hooting; what is that for?' sai
IL, o., ~.