The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-11-05
Foreign Gossip.

An operator on the Paris Boursc died
with a broken heart because of his fail
ure to meet his obligations. He died a
few weeks since only, but he said
Write on my coffin that died on April
); that was the day on which did not
pay my differences"
"A modern Pygmalion is said to have
died recently in an insane asylum in
France. He was maker and exhibitor
of waX-wOrk figures, and made one of Il
girl SO supremacy beautiful that he
passed most of his time in contemplating
her. His business being neglected, bank
ruptcy overlook him. He still retained
his wax figure. One day his wife de-
stroyed it, which SO cnragcd him that
he made furious assault upon her, and
would have murdered her but for the
intervention of neighbOrs. The author
tiles, finding him to be insane, placed
him in an asylum.
"A Suabian schoolmaster taught
school for fifty-one years, and during
that period he inflicted the following
punishments, and kept faithful record
of the same, viz: 911 800 canings, 49,
600 foggings, 2O9, 900 custodies, 10, 200 ear
boxes, 2,70O tasks, 1876 tips with rule
700 boys he caused to stand on peas, G.
800 to stand on sharp-edged wood, 200
to wear the fools cap, 1,7OO to hold the
rod; total, ,2S2, 1856 cases of punishment
He had probably never heard of old
Roger Ascham's saying, that often the
rod is laid on the scholars back when it
should be applied to the schoolmastcr's.
--Garibaldi appears to be quite short
in his bank account. DR.. Ross, of To-
ronto, Canada, lately wrote to him offer
ing moderate pecuniary aid, to which the
italian replied that he consented to &C
ccpt, and requested "the man of Ross
to consummate the benevolcnce through
some responsible European banker
When Garibaldi was in the candle bust
ness on Staten Island Through the pc.
cuniary aid of Mr.. John Anderson, who
made the noble gift to Agassiz), he little
thought of the many ups and the very
many downs he would have to undergo
between that time and A. D. 1874. Mr.
Anderson. by the way, has sent word to
Garibaldi to draw on him for 81 900 an.
nually as long as he lives.
"A Scotch correspondent vouches for
the following: "a few days ago man
on certain farm on the estate of Lethcn
put off his coat while he was engaged
doing some work and hung it up on a
fence. A COW CHANGED to come that way
and espied the jacket and commenced
eating it. When the man returned he
found the COW had devoured the whole
coat with all its contents except a pocket.
book, which was left lying on the
ground. Slowed away in the pockets Of
the coat were two sets of plans and spec
ificatiOns, two ounces of tobacco and a
box of matches, all of which were swal-
lowed by the COW with apparently no
discomfort! The pocket book, which it
fortunately left, contained two one.
pound notes. The COW that day had
certainly a strange dinner. Marin 7sle-
graph.
"A scene took place the other day in
Preston (Eng.) Parish Church. The
daughter of tradesman was about to be
married to butcher coming from Bar.
row, whom she had only seen twice pre-,
viously. The father and the brother of
the bride, hearing of the wedding, went
to the church before the ceremony had
begun. The former seized the bridegroom
while the son endcavored to get the
bride away. She refused to go and chung
to the bridegroom. A police sergeant
entered the church, the father demanding
that the bride should be taken into GUS
tody for stealing a watch and also ap
parel which she was then wearing. The
bride, who was terrified at her fathers
conduct, gave up the watch. The father
averred that his daughter had lost G3, 900
by marrying without his consent. The
police sergeant refused to take the bride
into custody, the father and son were
turned out of the church, and the mar
riage ceremony was proceeded with.