The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-07-04

AuSiNUuts nuu hSta"Shsos
"A Kapsss City mother lately logged
young man for marrying her daughter.
"A Princeton, H., girl, actually died
of grief because her new spring hat fell
into the river and was ruined.
"A goose In Terre Haute was attacked
with hydrophobia last week, and bit sew
eral individuals severely before 1t was
muZzled.
Carthage, N. Y, comes forward with
woman who, at the age Of one hundred
and one, jumps rope and plays at leap
frog" Next!
Ella Wood and her father, OF Dover,
N. H., were shot by Henry Jewett, re-
Gently. because the lady wouldn't be
wooed by him.
"A sprightly girl in Fort Edward. N.
j., who engaged herself TO young man
I" in fun" tainted on hearing that he had
published the fact in the local paper.
Henry Greer, New York photo
grapher, PLAYED little trick on the man
who roomed beneath him by pouring acid
In his eyes, entirely destroying one OF
them.
-Robt. East, an Englishman, lately
from Elyria, ILL.,, while intoxicated, laid
down on the railroad track. near Collier
vile, Tenn, and was run over by the train
and instantly killed.
An old woman in Maine crossed over
bridge that was marked dangerous"
without seeing the sign. On being in
formed OF the fact on the other side she
turned about in great alarm and recrossed
Ii.
The Ladies' Sewing Society, ofWhite-
field. N. H., has bought five acres of land
for cemetery, so that when any poor
girl breaks her back over a sewing ma
chine at fifty cents day, she may be sure
of burial at corresponding rates.
Owing to the careless changing of two
labels by Peoria clerk. an old lady in
that city has been swallowing a rheuma-
tism liniment three times day, and an
old gentleman has rubbed himself with
blue pills until he can slide up and down
the side of a house when the weather
changes like thermometer.
in Indiana lately lady gave bril-
liant party on the occasion Of the success
of her application for a divorce. The
guests WHO crowded her brilliant parlors
were enthusiastic in their congratulations,
and on leaving at a late hour each wished
the fair hostess many returns of the happy
occasion.
"A young lady. at st. Louis, Mo-, the
other day, just before being led to the
hymeneal altar, begged the officiating
minister to omit the word sobey" from
the marriage ceremony. He refused, and
rather than break off the match, she al
lowed the word to be uttered. and re-
sponded to 1t, with mental reservation.
A reporter for Western paper, speak
ing OF certain fair creature, remarked
that 1.-THE profusion and color of her hair
would lead one to look upon it as though
II was spun by the nimble fingers of the
bright June days, whose many sunny
rays flight had been caught in the mesh
es, and were contented to 20 no further"
This Is better than saying the girls hair
was red.
AT Greencastle, Ind, recently, boy
was elected from hall where an enter
tainment was being given. He sought re-
venge by Selling coal oil lamp which
stood in the lobby and throwing 1t into
the body Of the hall, where it exploded.
a stampede ensued, and in leaping from
the second story windows. many persons
were seriously injured. The officers had
not succeeded in &resting the young
scoundrel at last accounts.
-Ephraim johnson, of Chiffon. Iowa,
attempted to kick ceiling seven and one
half feet high, the other day, and. ne
glecting to properly adjust his supporting
leg, he came down with considerable We
hemence upon the seat of his pantalooDs,
dislocating his hip. The apartment in
which he carried his revolver was located
not far from the point of contact, and,
being. rudely Jared by the conclusion,
the touchy weapon spitefully elected q
bullet, which broke the leg Of by
stsnder The practice Of kicking at cell
lngs has received temporary check from
these casualties, but when Ephraim re-
covers, 1t will be resumed, in a lower
room. however, and without pistols.
The following elegant extract is
vouched for as a genuine document pre-
sented To horse owner In st. Louis
SAINT Lewis Ganewerry the I'D 1878. Mr..
to james Hankox Vetturerinary
physickian and Surgeant DIR. To medikle
advice twict, 3 dollars; Konsultashun
over ded mare sed too hev he'd the epp-
zout, 70 cents Coin TO see two sick hos
ses In the mite very cold), 2 dollars; to
treatment of kream kolored hoss two
days with medisuns, 4dollars and 50cents;
10 making an obstetrikul examinashun OF
q HOSES throat. l dollar 80 cents To set
I'm up all rite i'm barn with sick boss, 2
dollars 10 cents To written n preeskrip-
shun for bolts, and also one for spaving, !
COLLAR TO holding postmortim examin-
ashun on boss who afterwards recov-
cred, dollar 80 cents; To givin my op.n-
yum one day on the street regarding the
saIse OF the zoot. 4 dollars. Totil, 20
dollars 20 cents.-N. Y Stn.
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