River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-12-30
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All Sorts OF Paragraphs.
TIE last born-An hereditary cob.
bier.
A GOOD name for a troupe Of con.
tortionists-An India rubber band.
THREE-PENNY readings are the nightly
dissipation at Hamilton, Ont.
The Harvard boys have raised ST.
500 for next seasons new boat-house.
MUscArINR has the boss potato: 81
inches long, 10 inches in circumference,
4 pounds in weight, and mole eyes
than Argus.
A VIoKsBURG man, who spent $500 at
n church fair, hoping to get prize of
So, 900 in gold, drew brass chain and
a portrait of George Washington.
A NEW style of wallpaper for dining.
rooms has medallions of game and
birds, real skin and real feathers being
used. The figures are raised on light
background, which is very effective.
Flowers OF wax aud linen are also in
troduced, tied together with colored
ribbons.
A PARsoN and a lawyer were talking
about the direction of the wind. eve
go by the Court House vane," said the
lawyer and the parson replied, "We
60 by the church vane." Well, F." re.
torted the lawyer, "in the matter of
wind that is the best authority"
The corner stone for the Pough-
keepsie bridge is now being prepared
in Albany. IL is of Maine granite,
weighing six tons, and is seven feet
long, four feet wide, and three feet SIX
inches thick. 1t viii be cut so as to
receive box twelve by sixteen, and
twelve inches deep.
AN enraged traveller writing home
from the far West says: Descend
ing TO the barroom took my turn at
tin wash-basin with cake of yellow
soap, and dried myself on a musty
towel hung on broom. A bootjack
and lean dog lie in the middle of th e
floor, the chairs long ceased to be
quadrupeds, discomfort is king, and
dirt is prime minister.
TEA is now extensively raised in
Hindostan, the exports TO England in
1872 exceeding sixteen millions oil
pounds. The Indian teas are Of rare
flavor, and are used by English shop
keepers to mix with the Chinese. The
culture in India is now carried on by
four stock companies, which are now
paying from ten to twenty per cent.
dividends.
The New York Sun says that John
G. Heenan died worth 100000. This
was made keeping gambling-house.
He was put into the business in
1870 by Mr.. William NJ. Tweed,
He had three partners, William
Cridge, John j. Kelso and Big Muir
ray. The four often divided $40, 900 a
month profits between them. Mr..
Kelso ceased to be q partner when he
, left the police.
! GRAPE seeds are recommended as an
excellent substitute for chicory, OF
which our coffee is sometimes made
! nowadays. The grape seeds, when
roasted and ground, are said to have ar
aroma like that of East India coffee,
, and the taste of the coffee made from
/ them is said to be similar. The only
! objection TO their general use seems *
/ be that it would be more difficult to ge
, enough of them than to send to tn,
East Indies for them.
A MASSIVE monumental shaft of Now
Scotia freestone has been erected a
Mt. Auburn in memory of the Rev
John Pierpont, by his loving an(
J greatiul children. One side contains
/ the usual record of his birth, death
= and services in the ministry and army
r On the other side are these words
, Poet.
4 Patriot,