The Grange advance., 1874-06-03
OMNIBUS.

American, Cooking at the long bill
just presented)-" Wal, I guess you air
an old boss y" Waiter" Old boss, sir!
What dye mean sir?" American
"Wal, just that you're a famous charger.
for sure "--Punch
"A party of young men dined sumpt-
uously at restaurant in Atlanta, and
each one insisted on paying the bill. To
decide the matter, it was proposed to
blindfold the waiter, and the first one he
caug ght should pay the bill. He hasn't
caught any of them yet.
-" William" said one Quaker to an
other: :: thee knows I never call anybody
names, but, William, if the Governor of
the State should come to me and say,
Joshua, l want thee to- find me the big
gest liar in the State Of New York. I
would come to thee and say, William,
the Governor wants to see thee part;cn-
larly''
The New York papers say over
three thousand immigrants arrived
there on Monday and Tuesday Of last
week. OF these, four r-ffths were loaded
on the cars for the West within four
hours after they had set foot on land
The large delegations Of Swedes and
Norwegians, which arrived on Monday.
were most of them ticketed to Blue Earth
county. Minnesota. where thousands Of
their kinsfolk have preceded them.
Bad words are as influential as the
plague and the pestilence, They have
wrought more evil than battle, murder
and sudden death. They crop through
the ear into the heart: cali up all its
bad passions, and tempt to break Gods
commandments. A few bad words cot
into the ear of the mother of mankind,
and led her on to eat the forbidden
fruit, and thus to bring death to the
world
There is something that touches
the heart in the last moments of dog
that died at Langsingburg, N. Y, the
other Gay. at the age Of twenty -four
years The old fellow ssaad hardly
stirred from his rug for Some days he
arose stif1y crawled with difficulty up
stairs, visited every room in the house
and seemed to bid last farewell to all
familiar objects, came back to his mas
ter's feet and died without struggle.
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA R. R.-Rep-
resentatives Of the first and second
mortgage bond holders of the Southern
Minnesota Railroad, have for number
Of days past been in consultation at St.
Paul, in reference to basis of settle
ment satisfactory to all creditors Of the
road, by which it can be taken out of
the receivers hands and out of court.
The proposition is to merge the second
mortgage bonds into the stock, make
the first bonds lien on the road. and
the stockholders who were formerly sec
ond mortgage bondholders, to take con.
troll Of the road after two years, provid
ed all delayed interest on the first bonds
is squared up.-Monkoto Union.
It is said that the simplest u.ethod
OF sharpening razor is to put it for
halt an hour in water to which one-
twentieth Of its weight OF muriatic or
sulphuric acid has been added, then
lightly wipe it off, and after few hours
set it on hone. The acid here sup
plies the place Of milestone by corrod-
Ing the whole surface uniformly, 50
that nothing further than smooth poi
lsh is necessary. The process never in
jures good blades. while badly hardened
ones are frequently improved by it, al
though the cause Of this improvement
remains unexplained
A CURIOUS DECISION follow
ing story comes from Ireland: Two
men had quarrel in liquor shop.
They adjourned outside to settle the
dispute. The first man, being from
Connaught, Immediately seized lump
of stone and let it fly at the head of
mis- opponent, who dipped his head and
missed the stone. which went through
an expensive plate glass window, and
dld much damage. A magistrate was
called upon next morning to determine
which Of the two should pay the cost.
The evidence clearly showed that the
aim was good one, and that it the
second man had not dipped his head he
would have been struck. s Therefore,"
said the magistrate, g he must pay the
damages, as it is certain the first man
didn't intend to injure the window, and
the window would not have been in
jured if it had not been for the act Of