Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


killing Cinnamon to 81.
How to become practically &C
quainted with the Rule Of Three
Live with your wife, mother, and
mother-in-law.
An old farmer says: Talk about
drainage, the surest drain on
farm is mortgage at high rate
Of interest.
What is honesty, anyhow? asks
the editor Of the Rochester Chron-
iclo. 1t is mono of his business
Courier-J ournal.
Killed by visitation OF Provi-
dence through the medium of u
horse was the Coroner's verdict
in the case of Georgia man who
was kicked to death.
Pork is only Two cents per pound
at Leavenworth, Kansas, and the
man wheels the hog right to the
door. The only drawback IS that
the man from whom it was stolen
soon appears.
The credit system has received
crushing blow ut Waterville, Kan
sas. A man named HUT, who ask
cd for time on some purchases, was
promptly knocked down with u
weight.
A Vermonter who sold his farm
and used all the money he got for
1t in buying lottery ticket, drew
$50 and brass watch. He then
threw himself upon u roaring buzz
saw and closed his eventful career.
A Boston Man wouldn't invest
9his money in Dubuque after finding
hat the Mayor didn't know any
thing about Plymouth Rock, and
didn't care a cuss for George
Washington
In Morgan county, o., some chill
drcn named Hurst made candy
from sour sorghum in brass ket-
tic. The candy was poisonous,
and three of the children were
dead ut last accounts and two very
sick.
A Missouri newspaper claims that
the hogs of that State are so fat
that in order to find out where
their heads are it is necessary to
make them squeal, and then judge
by the sound.
A common follow in California,
who was made target for revolv-
or practice, has been kept in Jail as
a witness for two months past,
while the gentleman who shot him
has been out on bail.
An Essex street man bought a
pig Saturday, says the Danbury
News. what do you feed your
pig on?' asked a neighbor. Corn,
he said. do you feed it in the
carp asked the friend. do you
think am fool?' said the Essex
street man sarcastically.
a couple in Colebrook, Mass,
tied their sick child to the bed and
went to church. They were gone
four hours, and when they return
cd the neighbors, attracted by the
prisoners cries, had broken in the
door. The parents were arrested.
\ young man in Fond du Lac
was party to Il mock marriage at
Il festive gathering, and it proves
that the man who married them
was u magistrate, and so the mar
riage is binding. The girl holds
him to it, but he is engaged to an
other girl, who threatens a suit for
breach of promise. 1t is complI-
Gated case.
Some time since the Carlisle
Mercury mentioned that Jno. King,
an Irish laborer, working on the
NJ. and L.. railroad, and living in q
shanty near the big tunnel, possess,
ed $23, 900 in United States bonds
The Mercury now adds that he has
lately bought the farms of Messrs.
Slicer and Fristoe, in Pleasant
Valley, for which he paid $4,000 il
cash.
The Boston Transcript says: 81
the gates of heaven were suddenly
to swing open and all mankind bC
asked on equal terms to enter into
the kingdom, don't you know some
people who would pause to set
what some other people were so
ing TO do about 1t, and some wht
would draw back for fear the celes
tial city was getting vulgar; an(
some who would refuse altogether
if they saw the so-and-sOs about &c
cntcrY
\ demure citizen OF Portlan,
WAS walking down town one morn
ing last week, when Il stranger ad
dressed him: 'Do you know wher,
the post-office is 'Yes,' answer
cd tho Portlander, affably, an,
walked ON without further parley
After proceeding for about tel
steps he looked back, and inquiries
in his turn, 'Why? Did you wan
to know No. replied the vic
tim, with great earnestness; anC
then, the account having been bal
anccd, the two shook hands grave
", and walked off toward the Fai
mouth.