The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17

The upper-ten ladies of New York ar,
describing bracelets and earrings.
The c~ostlicst necklace in the United
States is owned by a New York widow
who j. not worth 81 900 in cash.
"A New York physician recently paid
two thousand eight hundred dollars for
the bones of the horse which carried Ma
polcon Bonaparte on the day of Waterloo.
-Titusyille, Pa, girls have moved not
to purchase any dry-goods where the
stores keep open in the evening. They
think the clerks might find some better
business, and more congenial.
Camp Mohavc. Arizona Territory,
Is supposed to be- the hottest military post
on the North american continent, al
though situated on the bank of a large
river. the great Colorado of the West. For
diyS during the past summer the Their
momctcr stood at 122 degrees in the shade.
The ingenuity implicitly wooden nut
megs in Connecticut has been surpassed
by a Maine farmer. who has just been de-
tected in a decidedly greasy swindlc. II
appears that this fellow. borrowing an idea
from the filters of gold coins. has taken
Jumps of taliow. covered them with a coat
ing of yellow butter. and then taking the
filled balls 10 market sold them Ia the
traders. Las; week his little trick was
found out, and he was punished a he de-
served.
- Thirty-two cents :" echoed a woman
Yesterday. when her grocer charged her
that sum for a pound OF butter. "les,
'um.'' he replied. with a bland smile.
= You see the grocers can't carry much of
a reserve and we can't turn out our col
laterals at a sacrifice. IL the Government
calls in the bonds due in 1874 and the i'm
ports of bullion tend 10 ease the money
market a little. butter must find its level
with everything else. Butter j. very pam
icky Just now. but ! think the worst is
over She paid the money without fur
Their gr0wling.-DetrOt Free Press.
The American Sportsman is trying
hard To teach people how 10 handle guns.
Ii gives four rules. The substance of the
first three rules is-never handle Il gun nm
less you know how ; always handle a gun
rs if il We're loaded I: always carry "A gun
AZ half-cock. The fourth rule we give en-
tire. "If YOU know of no other way of
asccrtmning whether a gun Is loaded or
not than by putting the muZZle to your
mouth and blowing. or if lyon feel inclined
to draw the cap. retire to a safe distance
and at once blow out yOri brains-if you
have any-bcfore you Kill or MAIN other
people by your stupidity or carelessness.'
The highest price ever paid for real
estate was not either in London or New
York. but in Bowlder. Colorado, where
town lots are worth about fifteen cents a
front foot. Two adjoining proprietors
gone to law about n and a half in
chcs ON the dividing line. The ease has
-. - .grs 80 t,.r. fMAu. .s.l n.Hl..tt
last tried occupied the time of one judge.
four lawyers. one high sheriff, one crier.
forty-six witnesses. three constsblcs and
twelve jurymen for six days. This was
the first trial. and the costs therefore
amounted TO Sl.5l2.65, and how many
more trials there may be can't be foretold.
for the jury didn't agree.
Distinct and pleasant cnunciation in
either sacred or secular vocal music Is a
rare attainment. Often IL j. wholly impos-
siblc to understand the words sung some
times the melangc of nonsense that seems
to be uttered is simply ridiculous. sing
ers who give no thought to this matter
may proiitably study upon the following
stanzas, which purport. rather absurlly
to be sure. 10 be the musical efforts of "A
fashionable young lady seated at the
"when Their moo boon is mi-hild-ly bc-heaming
D'er thcr ca-halm and si-hi-lent se-e-e-a,
Its ra-dyunce so so-h0ft-ly strce-heam-ing,
oh! ihcr-hcn, oh, thcr-hen,
thcc-hink
IIof thee-hee,
thee hink,
thec-hirk,
| Observation-Disclosures hink hof theeceecoe!
- when The sur-hun IL brigh- hi -highiiy glowing
Ger the sc-hcne SO dea-hear 10 niece,
And swcc-hptt the wee hind Is l. lO-ho-nOwing,
oh, tncr-hcn, on, ther-len,
thcc-hink
llof thee-hee,
thee mink,
thce-hink,
hee-he-he -hehehehehehe-hink hohOhOhoho-
hohohoho h-o-f heeeeecceoeceec!'