The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-09-10
Miscellaneous.

tnan 10 discover SOlltary uc
Many a rich man, in bringing up hi:
son, seems ambitious of making wha
Aaron made-a golden calf.
The Digger milan has risen il
cvcrybodys estimation. He is the gen
tlcman who eats the grasshoppcr.
Notwithstanding the fact that
slavery was abolished during the war
there is still Il surf ON the Nantucket
beach
-Glass bottles were first made in En-
gland in 1868. The art Of making glass
bottles and drinking glasses was known
to the Romans in the year - a. D.
"A Milwaukee dry goods clerk has
struck for ten hours sleep. He read that
Il man who does brain work requires
more sleep than one who performs sim.
ply physical labor.
Rufus for the neck are constantly
being increased in size. 1t is now the
custom to run wire in the rufus for the
neck, and distend it far back from the
neck, but high up in the vicinity of the
ears
When one is in the act of tipping his
hat to lady whom he supposes is an
acquaintance, it requires some tact to
make believe that he is only scratching
his head as he discovers the lady is Il
stranger.
| -" Do you know our good pastors
chief end and aim?" asked New York
Sunday-school teacher of her favoritc
| pupil. Eyes" replied the sagacious
child;" to get his sermons printed in the
daily papers"
A Pennsylvania priest stopped Il
| ,NrSvn fSsr1,f hry rot Srfr I,
stake money, which had been deposited
with a woman. He told the bruiscrs to
go ahead, but as there was no money to
be gained they lost their appetite for a
mill"
1t is now thirty years since the first
telegraph wire was established, and yet
two women will stand and "jaw" each
other from opposite sides of a fence the
entire morning without even thinking of
| the marvellous progress of science.
1T is rumored that the fall season
will see women apparently clad in coats
and overskirt, heavy with closely
wrought steel beads; and when, in addi
ton to this, the fronts of hats are orna-
mcnted in similar manner hclmct-wisc
the effect can be imagined.
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respect for the Rhode Island girl who,
recently, refused to accept the appoint
not stand the expense of such dress
as she would be expected to wear.
The public will be shocked to hear
that Weston is still alive and is to cx-
hibit the speed and endurance of his tai
cnted legs at the Cayuga County IN. W
fair some time next month. 1t was Il
cruel public calamity that Wcston's legs
didn't receive a professional visit from Il
tcn-inch shell during the late war
CoVrter-JUurndl.
By a recent survey of the State
boundary line between New Jersey and
New York it has been discovered that
Jacob Horne and James Cones, who for
years supposed themselves residents of
New York, arc really residents of Bergen
County, NJ. Both men have regularly
voted, paid taxes and otherwise dis
charged the duties of citizens in the
wrong State.
1T will be pleasant for the purchasers
| and eaters of candies to know that
among the ingredients employed in their
manufacture arc terra alba (Which is
nothing but plaster of paris, or GYPSUM.
glocus, lampblack, sulphuric acid, ami
line, verdigris, Brunswick green, gam
bogc, smalt, ultramarine, oil turpcntine,
prussic acid, rotten cheese, fuscl oil,
chrome yellow, and other drugs and
compounds.
The Indians who have settled on
farms in Marquette County, Mich, still
cling to their old style of dress and man.
ner of living. Although there arc good
buildings on their farms they have put
up tents, in which they cook, eat, sleep
and live generally, and while a few of
the male portion don "storc clothes"
when they leave home, on the farm the
old-style leggings and blankets consti-
tutc their raiment. The buildings are
only used for play-houscs by the
papooscs, or to store old traps in.
This picturesque little story is told
about the origin of accident-insurance
One day about the LIST of March, 1864,
Mr.. James Bolter, now President of the
Hartford National Bank, meeting Presi-
dent Patterson on the street in front Of
the Hartford Postoffice, said: "What'n
you take to insure me $1,000 if get
killed by accident in going from here to
my house on Buckingham street,"
1.-TWO cents" replied Mr.. PATTERSON,
promptly. Agreed; here is your money"
said Mr.. Bolter. This verbal agreement,
made in perfect good faith by both par
ties, was the first accident insurance
made by the Travellers Company.
The Druggist, of London, says that a
young lady who had been long accus-
toned to the use of opium applied to an
eminent physician to make hypodermic
injections of morphia. He commenced
ny making the injections as desired, of
morphia and water; by degrees the guam
tity OF morphia was lessened without her
knowledge, until within few days moth
ing but pure water was injected-aftcr
each OF which injections she would lapse
into quiet sleep, in the same manner
as she had been accustomed to do under
the actual use of mOrphia. This treat
during which time tOnics had been used
to strengthen the system and bring about
healthy condition after being 50 long a
time under the influence of opium. When
he considered it safe to do SO he told
her plainly that she had not taken par.
ticlc of morphia for months and was en-
tirely free from it's influence. Her sur
prise and joy was great, and she is now
entirely free from any desire for opium.
TO Remove Grease Spots, Etc.-The
following may relieve some of the eco
nOmical and troubled Marthas of our
times: To remove grease spots, fly
specks, etc, from oil cloth and window
shades, rub the soiled spot with a clean
WOODEN rag wet in the water of ammonia ;
1t will remove them without injury to
the color or texture