The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19

The negroes of the inundated re.
gions Of the Mississippi are showing =
disposition to quit work entirely as
long as free lunch lasts, and the charity
committees are much embarrassed.
A man who fell into vat OF boil
ing lard aud got out alive, saws that 1t
was not an unpleasant sensation after
the first moment, but he thought what
a mighty queer shaped doughnut he
would make.
! An Iowa engineer married young
lady while waiting for a late train last
week. That's no great shakes. A cou-
pie might merry aud raise large fam
| lily of children while waiting for a train
in some of the indiana depots.
-" My son, you look like n boy who
has been brought up by ailcctionato
parents" said kindly stranger to a
golden haired child, and tho latter, in
an excited tone, exclaimed "Do i ?
Just look it my back T.
Some one has got hold Of the news
paper bore and set him to music, ~
follows:
He drops into my easy chair.
And arks about the news
He peers into my mauu-cipt
And gives his candid views:
lie tells me how he likes the line,
And where he's forced 20 grioyo;
He takes the strangest liberties
But never takes h- leave.
-"I tell YOU. =" said a Wisconsin man
to a neighbor next day after burying
his wife, "when ! came 90 get into bed,
and lay thar, and not hearing Lucinda
iawing around for an hour and half, 1t
lust made me feel ns if III moved into y
strange country"
Grace Greenwood says that il the
same test of virtue were 10 be applied
to the members of congress that is pro-
posed TO be applied 10 the female en-
ployes in the government offices, there
would not be quorum left IN either
house. o, Grace
-" Veil. ard vat to You sink tit hap
pen TO me at Matame Tussnud'B, de
oder day? A laty dook me for Won Of
de wax vickers, and ngiually abbolio-
chisod vor her mistake T. "Ou, what
fun, Mr.. Schmitz And was it in the
Chamber of Horrors?'
"A strange set those Dunkards.
They have decided tnat Duukard may
wear a full beard, but not n mustacho
only that members may not engage
in banking business, as il leads 10 COW
etousness and usury, and that II is un-
advisable to send boys 10 college.
London is literally built Of foun-
daiiOu of pipes. In some places IL
would be difficult 20 find room TO lay
another pipe. One gas company sup
plies two districts with 400 miles of
pipes, the lead and iron pneumatic
tubes, the sewers, the water pipes and
the underground railway.
An Ottumwa, Iowa, paper says
During the wind storm the other day
Richard Warden, of the Courier, lost
his hat, which went whirling into space,
or rather into a mud hole. Richard,
however, was equal 10 the occasion.
He simply crossed his ears over his
head and bid defiance 30 the storm.
A magnificent feather cloak was
wasted when King Lunalilo was buried.
They wrapped HIM in il. though 10 was
worth 800, 600 as n "A cheaper article
would not have served the distinguished
corpse as well. A million Of birds OF
rare plumage were sacrificed 10 furnish
the material of which this gorgeous
garment was made, and it had been
ldIluttl
erations Of royal chieftains.
Fashionable milliner: you'll have
the flower on the left side of the bon
net, of course, madam p Fashionable
lady: Well-er-nOl The fact iS,
there's n pillar on the left side Of my
head in church, 80 that only tho right
side OF my head is seen by ths conRre-
CATION. OF course, ] could change my
pew Z! Fashionable lady's husband {:
% Ya-as. Or even the church, you
know, if necessary" Fashionable mil
liner considers the point
An enterprising superintendent Of
one of our city Sunday schools was en-
gagged in catechising the scholars, vary
ing the usual method by beginning at
the end of the catechism. After asking
what were the prerequisites for tho
holy communion and confirmation, and
receiving very satisfactory replies, he
asked "Aud now, boys, tell me what
must precede baptism ?" Whereupon
lively urchin shouted out, "a baby,
sir" Fact; followed by sensation and
laughter.
"A singular natural curiosity is
found at Sadawga Pond, in Whiting
ham, Vt, consisting of one hun lred
and fifty acres OF land floating on the
surface of the water. covered with cram
berries, and even sustaining trees If
teen feet high. When the water is
raised or lowered at the dam Of the
pond, the island rises and falls with il,
and fish are caught by boring a hole in
the crust and fishing down through the
ice in winter. A similar island once
existed in a small lake near Bangor,
Me-. and there are many such in south
ern Florida.
"A few days since n young lady
from New York reached Omaha. She
was provided with handsome wedding
outfit, and announced that she had
come west in order 90 marry n man
whom she had never seen, but with
whom she had been induced 30 open a
by means OF personal
advertisements, which correspondence
had led TO an engagement between
hem. Her hopes Of husband were,
however, cruelty nippCd in tho bud.
A United States marshal suddenly ar
rested her betrothed as a mail robber,
and the disappointed young lady re-
turned home a sadder aud a wiser wo-
nan.
"A London letter SAYS Of the orator.
cal powers of the English princes:
. Every son Of Victoria, as soon as no
gets toward the beard growing stages,
blooms eut as public speaker they
lever are by chance damned by even
aint applause. The gift Of CAB is as
ully developed in these princes as IN
my Yankee schoolboy who spOuts Nor
-ai or Casa ianca.' Especially en-
lowed is the Prince of Wales with this
livine afflatus, nor is he chary of inn
PARTING its refreshment 10 others. Tho
,rince speaks on every possible occa-
ion and though he is, perhaps, over
enerous with his adjectives and super
ltives, it must be confessed that, for
rince, he acquits himself remarkably
Tell."