The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-08
NO. 20.
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A Chicago man is to start 4 con.
densed egg factory.
A toledo woman mnzzlcd her
husband to keep him from kissing
the chanlbermaid., ls.it really nee.
essary this time Of the yeare
Nine. Lind ,Goldschmitlt and Mr..
Sims Reeves are each said to .liay..
a child whose promise of future r..
nownas a singer is very great.
Forty Iowa schoolma'ams could.
Mt tell 'what HI abstract Question
was, but every one OF them under.
stood the meaning OF pop the qnes.
stion. sHf; els - ~ 5.ac Fiji
Not one lady in ten bathes at
Newport sbecat Sc it isn't genteel.
and, furthermore, because they look
like "horrid trigbts' III bathing cos.
tune. -. . ss3-l{ {ss9 -tE T''ii.tff3e
Iowa is the State to live in. A
whole Sunday School picnic can be
thrown over bridge twenty SIX
teet high and no one bnt d red head
ed girl hurt. FH' st} y: ba"
''Only children and fools sit on
the beach under an umbrellas" says
the exasperated Miss Olemade from
her elevated {. seat overlooking
Swampscott beach. is' i js 5139f
One Of tile most vexations things
IN tAe world is to- have yo0r wSif9A
uucle kicked IN the stomach by s.
horse, will you ego, 600, aud then
deliberately get well. rs15 rxv
Donn Piatt says the proper thing
to DO when your horse is running
away is s:to hold fast to Your seat
and say your prayers; auyhow,
hold fast tv YOUR seat"
Catgut is prepared from the in.
testines OF the sheep or goat, and
the manufacture is chiefly confined
to Italy. No manufacture of cat.
gut is known in this country.
A year ago young man would
be real good to his mother on the
promise of 4 shirt which buttonetl
behind, but now sucli a promise
wouldn't swerve him an inch.
More than a hundred people are
drinking ward blood at the Boston
abattoir for various diseases, and
there is talk Of building a hotel to
accommodate the patients. "ss
Another old pioneer gone. Ho
lived at Troy, and lie ''gonetr with
$4,000 which did not belong t"
him, and took along the hired girl
to comfort his old age.
A Mississippi pilot saw the com
ct the OTHER night, and Immediate,
~ sxied, "l've got 'em ). snakes
I've had before, bnt now the Stars
have ! got osl tails u on on 'tem; I'm a dead
= 5I. ..Slu LIS is.alyiuL,. 80
4 little. boy was asked about the
story of Joseph, aud if he knew
what wrong his brethren done in
disposing Of him, when he replied,
9 i suppose they. sold him too
cheap" Fo.92 r9f sqr Gag
eyes, George Washington was
purity great and high ss.jlea Mis-.
souri, steamboat captain, '.but then,
stranger. he never owned a steam
boat which could hitch past. the
White Qneen."l enA l.s.s-si! "
The Vienna city architect has
obtained permission to construct !.
stove iu the principal cemetery for
cremation purposes, and An old la
dy has given SO, ,O0Us 1orins for the
construction 81 others. 5'-"
An old veteran was relating, his
exploits to d crowd OF boys, and
mentioned having been in Eve en-.
gagelnents. .'That's nothing
broke in a little fellow, |my sister
Agnes has bceu engaged elexeu
tilnes." ''F' 49,
= A peddler calling on an old lady
to dispose OF, some goods. inqpireI
OF her if she could tell him Of any
road OF which no peddler had t,av-
eled. s'Yes," replied she, II know
Of one, aud that's the road to
heaven. t... a-,.a aaa sou
J. Detroit Free Press :'Turn for 4
moment from tue Dcec'ler sc.noal
and ponder over the fact that tho
footprints of a Chicago sIadyun tho
prairie near Michigan City got Il
crowd of men out to hunt for a
stray elephant"
Ata recent reunion Of the. alum.
nj Of West Point it was voted unau.
imonsly that all living graduates of
the academy, both from the South
and North, be invited to join tue
anuiversary dinner nrxt wear, Oh