Middletown transcript., 1874-10-17
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Varieties.

LETT property valued at 4UO, ,O0O.
A new style Of earring il made oi
gold in the form Of miniature cham
pagne bottle.
A negro minstrel troupe, recently
organised cut West. goes under the
name Of "Darwin's Darlings."
The ''Blue and the Gray" is new
order in the South. Its members are
chiefly ex.membsrs Of the Confederate
and Union armies.
| Of fifteen joint owners of . lot Of land
in town in Indiana, who recently
united in transferring it BY deed. not
one could write his or her name.
A family Of Smiths at Tsrrs Haute.
was recently increased by the simultan-
eous advent Of four little Smiths, all
boys. and each weighing y pounds.
The local election in Corinth, Miss,
held Monday, was carried By the Con-
ssrvatives for the frst time in eight
years . z.-..=....-. .-...
An Irishman remarked the other day
that he saw ''three foxes sitting both
together, only about twenty yards from
each other.''
"Change ears" is what . city boot
black said to countryman the other
day when he had finished blacking one
Of his brogans.
"Had you. sir" said Henry Erskins
to . dilatory carpenter. ''been to build
the ark, No should not have had the
Flood get"
20. George. yeur sister is . nice
girl but she does dress her head Up %"
Yes" said George; "but it Is the
fashion there's nothing in it, you
know"
Up to within the the present week
Baltimore had no Sunday papers, the
only papers for Sunday reading being
issued on Saturday. Two Of the daily
papers now issue Sunday editions.
What's the plural Of pillow :" asked
an Irish teacher the other day. "A
bolster, SIR" exclaimed bis rawsst pu-
pill. amidst the suppressed tittsrings Of
the whole class.
A farmer gives this bit Of advice.
which Contains good hint: "If you
want the boys 20 stay en- the farm,
don't bear on too hard when the boy i
turning the grindstone."
A New York drummer just rsturnsd
from Nebr aska, says the graashoppers
didn't trouble. him any, except one
day when the hotel waiter brought him
slice Of ''grasshopper pie"
At the Junction Of the Delauase With
the Nsvasink, At Port Jsrvis, 10
broad. fat stone, marked With boundary
lines, 30 that man can sit down in
New York, with one foot resting in
New Jersey.
Tight-gartering has killed Eve wo-
men in this country during the last SIX
months. Whene'er We take our walks
abroad, some limping girl We see. let's
cry aloud with one accord: .'don't tie
below the knee"
An old veteran was relating his ex-
ploits to a crowd Of boys, and mention
ed having been in ave engagements.
That's nothing" broke in . little fsl-
low. "my sister Agnes has been sngsg-
ed eleven times |" d s9a @
First class in spelling stand up.
John, spell weather !"
Observation-Disclosures"
"Well. John. you can sit down.
That is certainly the worst spell Of
weather We have had for long time.
o. Night. beautiful, dark-browed
Nightw soliloquixed Brooklyn poet.
but the window sash came down on the
bridge of his nose just the same as If
here were no such thing as poetry in
his world.
A new game called granger seven-
lp." is announced. Three persons play
or can Of oysters. The first man
ut gets the oysters. the last man out
,ets the can, and the middle man"
ont get anything.
A minister approached mischievous
rchin about twelve years old. and lay
ng his hand upon his shoulder. thus
ddressed him; my son. l believe the
evil has got hold Of you." II believe
Q has tos." was the significant reply
{ the urohin.
A yeung lady in this place. one day
lst week. went into dry goods store
nd thus unbutiened herself :-s.It il
" desire to obtain pair of circular
lastic appsndages, capable Of bsing
ontractsd or expanded by means Of
scillating FURNISHED steel appliances
'as sparkle like particles Of gold leaf.
It with Cape May diamonds. and
hich are utilized for retaining in pro-
er position the habiliments Of the
'wer extremities which innate delisaoy
'rbids me to mention" The vendor 4