The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-08-07

The bite of man is said TO breed n.y.
drophobia, but this news won't diminish
the number of couples who coo over the
gates as the evening shadows Turk in the
cherry tree.
"A Michigan girl was killed by light
ming while picking feathers for her nup-
tial pillow. This seems 10 be "a fair warn
ing 10 those young ladies' who are too
proud to sleep on corn husks.
Young ladies subject to nervous de-
bility in summer ought to beware Of
taking too much exercise. They should,
as much a possible, lie quietly upon the
sofa and suffer their mothers TO fan them.
"A countryman took his seat at a hotel
table opposite to gentleman who was in
dulging in bottle of wine. Surprising
the wine to be common property, our un-
sophisticated country friend helped HIM
self to il with the gentleman's glass.
That's cool exclaimed the owner Of
The wine. Indignantly. "Yes," replied
the other " should think there was ice
in it,
- John Paul. who has had diversified
experiences with dogs, writes from his
home TO the Tribune. He mentions that
he was bitten on the ear once by a canine,
since which time he appears TO have suf-
fered much. not from The bite. but from
Mrs. Paul. He says: = She begged that
would send for The doctor at once and have
my ear cut off, declaring that if did not
she should not have "A moments peace.
Arbitrarily, perhaps brutally, i declined to
crafty her. In consequence. | have not
vet had the bliss of knowing what it is TO
bound gaily through life with leather
ear II may be that the experience is still
destined to be mine, however, for since this
mad-dog excitement reached its present
height. Mrs. Paul frequently asks me if
feel no symptoms. ! cannot scratch the
back of my head without her placing a
bucket of water before me to see If show
signs OF boiling
There was an old couple at the Central
depot yesterday waiting 10 go through TO
the West, and they seemed loving enough
until the old man went ont and returned
smoking a five-cent cigar. and with his
hat 81 inting over his left ear. The wife
looked at him twice before she could recog-
nize him. and then opened her mouth and
said: ..Whatd tell you. Philetus Rem
ington before we left New Jerseyg Didn't
| say you'd go and make fool of yourself
the first chance you got ~ He tried to
pacify her by saying that the cigar only
cost i've cents, but she shouted: " y on
leased and teased till let you git your
boots blacked: then you wanted some
saltwater; then you bought apples on
the train. and here's another five cents
thrown away. 1t all counts up, and II
you don't die in the poor-house then my
name hahn, Sary!"
Some time ago somebody or some
thing mentioned that Chicago was admit
rably located for summer resort. 1hey
were right. There r no place on the
broad earth where summer resorts more
or longer than i'm Chicago. Morn, noon.
and night the b, eeze blows off the heated
plain, sitting and almost unbearable. Rest
is impossible. Seeking out a cool spot for
a siesta. no sooner does tine wearied man
sink into slumber than the festive fly
promenades his passive features, waking
him to misery and profanity. Day dreams
of icebergs and frozen seas vanish at the
sound of ''hot wafiles J" To paraphrase
the scriptural saying, summers mock
cry and hot weather Is raging. And at
night the thermometer, cumulative of the
comets altitude. mounts upward stepping
on the eighties. touching the nineties, and
resting on the hundred ''like Mercury on
"A heaven-kissing hill" Then the nimble
musquito tunes his horn and like dun
presents his little bill. The tugmen in the
river sound their whistles. and the eats
contralto Joins the concert. SO through
the long night the summer sounds drive
stirred natures sweet restorer" from the
weary persons couch until rosy dawn,
and the agile fly heralds the advent OF a
new day .-Inter-Oc