Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-05-07
M,sceIlaneous.

The NeWtOundland seal nsnery
does not promise well.
The ten hour bill for manufacto-
ries has passed the Massachusetts
Senate.
Over 10000 pounds of vanilla
beans are annually imported from
Vera Cruz.
A ghost that haunted a Massa-
chusetts house has been effectually
exercised by means of rat poison.
Fifteen thousand oranges have
now been organized throughout the
country, most of which are IN the
Northwestern States.
There are forty thousand CONNER
cial travellers in the United States,
and it costs over $S7, 900, 600 year
to keep them moving.
A French doctor says that vapor
bath at temperature of l44 degrees,
ON seven consecutive days, viii cure
hydrophobia. Why not boil the man
at once?
The Church Herald Episcopal J, a
High Church paper, protests against
Nthe burial of DIR. Livingstone in
Westminster Abbey, because he was
a Presbyterian!
In removing a log house in Oak
land county, Mich, a man found
small quantity of gold, and now all
the log houses in that neighborhood
are 10 be torn down.
There is man in Oregon who has
such large feet that he is obliged to
go to a cross roads when he wants to
turn out his toes. So says the Hele
ma Mont. Herald.
Those persons who walk in and
try to convince one that it isn't
spring and point to the thermometer
and such trifes, should be discour
aged. Show them the almanac.
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
is said to be trying to procure the
election of his son, Mr.. John d.
Cameron, to the United States Senate,
in place of Senator Scott, next win
ter.
Nothing will grow in India without
water. 1t is to the English neglect of
the old Rajah's water works that the
famine is attributable. Of late they
have been and are remedying the
loss.
The Baltimore Gazette says: "Gen.
Grant suddenly finds himself popu-
lar and receives praise from pens
which are unaccustomed to accord |
him even his fair share of common
sense"
"What is the price of these
gloves?" asked an old gentleman of a
pretty shop girl. "Three-and-six-
pence, sir" "Are you not little
dearY "Well," said the girl, blush
ing, "alf the young men tell me So"
A Scripture lesson from Punch:
Preceptor-"Now can any of you tell
me anything remarkable in the life of
MosesT Boy-"Yes, sir. He was
the only man who broke all the com
mandments at oncew
One day recently the person in
charge ofthe late Mr.. Summers house
had the buttons cut from his dress
coat by party of ladies and gentle
men, who found the coat lying on
bed, and supposed it to have been Mr..
Summers.
There is more shipbuildIng going
on at the present time on the Connec-
ticut River than in any previous year
since 1861. Every yard from Hart
ford to Saybrook has one, and some of
them two or three vessels in process of
construction.
A schoolmaster asked one of his
boys, on sharp, frosty morning,
what was Latin for ''cold." The boy
thought little. "WhatT' said the
''can not you tellr' Eyes,
yes" replied the boy, 81 have it at my
finger ends"
Cremation makes light of a grave
subject.
1t is said that if castor oil is mix
ed with glycerine, and few drops of 4
oil of cinnamon added, the taste of
he castor oil can scarcely be reeog-
lized !
The sailors who saved the L'Ameri- !
lue propose to change the name of
he vessel to the ''Prodigal Son''-be :
'ause it had been lost and was found
gain.
The st. Louis Republican tells us q
hat the strongest glass will sustain al
1000 pounds to the square inch. 1t O.
lso has been known to twist a mans "
egs so that he couldn't walk. u u
According to the Horticuzturist, ri
he best labels for plants and trees as
lay be made by writing with lead 81
encil on slips Of zinc, and attaching III
lese to the plants by copper wire.
A cotemporary mentions that
ear sighted hen which mistook saw
ust for Indian meal, ate heartily
hereof, then laid nest full of wooden I'll
nobs, and in three weeks hatched
ut lot of parlor furniture.
A farmer in Erie county, Pa, has ia
covered 1882 damages from
llroad company for burning his
arm. The sparks from locomo-
We set fire to some standing corn in -
vicinity, which communicating a.
ith tho harm dastrnvad If.
The new style of oath is out. Mrs.
arrowfat ordered her husband to
'el the onions for dinner before he
It the house, yesterday, and Mr.. =
arrowfat, bringing down his fist
ION the table with much emphasis, m