Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-11
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All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
CuRnEST notes GreenbacAA
COLLINS GRAVES, who AuI. =, f.: t
down the Mill River valley+tc w::rn ti,e,
people Of approaching danger, is said to
be the first milkman who ever ran aw;,y
from water.
! A HARVARD man says that be doesn't
know much about spheres, but is willing
to bet that he can blow a ring Of cigar
smoke that will last Will: any .dcc~j't
problem is demonstrated.
"BoY is that licensed dog? a:;Acd
a Detroit policeman. "No," said The
youngster she's rat terrier dog, and
I'm taking him down to have his teeth
fled"
OLD lady TO her daughter, who is
anxiously watching for the boiling of
the water in the tea-kettlc)-A watched
pot never loils. Daughter disposed t,
put on airs)-Du:s any pot boil !?
THERE is everything in the way yu,,
put thing. A Massachusetts, editor, Of
| u humorous turn Of mind aud iila:sck If
! twisting expressions to suit emergclicic:,
heads the list of births in his paper,
"Our Young Folks for May"
"IF save ten cents a day from my
drinks" ruminatcd old Retlnose, cit
will be $36. so a year, and in fifty year,
it will he 81 ,S25, and then / can marry
Mary. Dear Mary !'-BrookIynA Argus.
"WHY don't you give lis little Greek
and Latin occasionally?' asked a COIN
try deacon to q ncw minister. ':Why,
do you understand those. languages: -
"No but we pay for the best, aud We
ought to have it."
RESTRICTIONS on the prcss have been
considerably relaxed in Russia. 4
writer III q newspaper of that country
dares to discuss whether the present
form of government there is best for the
people.
Two colored mel in Washington quar-
relied because q lady Of their own per
s,,asion was black ballcd by literary
club, and shot guns were named as the
weapons. The police heard Of it, how
ever, and the parties left the city in
charge Of their respective friends.
FISH were never more abundant off the
coast of Long Island At Greenpoint,
the other day, porgies' weighing two
pounds each were selling at two for the
cent. Meanwhile, shad fishing in the
Delaware, Hudson, and Connecticut is
better than it has been for twenty ye,ars.
"M1srHER misther what have We
done ?" said d native of Wicklow to I'LL
Englishman who had just tied his horse
to telegraph pole on the street.
"Well, Pat, what's the matter % -'tJist
this, yer honor. Ye've mitchell yer
horse to the magnetic telegraph, and
yell be in Dublin in two minutes If yc
don't look out"
The popular superstition regarding
the days on which it is lucky or u1lucly
to trim the finger nails is expressed in an
old rhyme thus
Cut them Oh Monday, cut them for wealth:
Cut them Oh Tuesday, cut them for health:
Cnt them on Wednesday, cut them for news:
Cut them on Thursday, . new pair of shoes ;
Cut them on Friday, you'll cut them for VOC i;
Cut them on Saturday, journey to go:
For all the next week you'll be raled by the
devil.
A BOY named Parker, aged ten years,
was killed by several schooIfellows at
Burgh, in Norfolk, England, few days
since. He was thrown by them into;,
dyke three or four times and killed. He
was injured so that he could not get
home, and was left lying OH the bank Of
the dyke, where he died during the
night. The surgeon who examined the
body said that the lad had a great and
violent struggle with death, for the
hands were clenched and pieces Of grass
were between his fingers, while his coun-
tenance bore an expression OF anxiety,
dread, and fear. A wound or the tenn
pie was the cause of death.
SOME specimens of English aces were
shown Mt the South Kensington exhihi-
ton this year, the thread of which cost
$500 per pound. Much of this thread
has to be wasted, not being sufficiently
perfect. The threads of these and other
laces are SO attenuatcl TINT the slightest
motion in the mir foils the worker, alisl
even when this is imperceptihle, north
wind has the same effect. So gOss:uner
like are some of the filaments that the
separate threads arc almost undis-
ting,isllable to tho naked eye unles;
backed Ivy cclor.
The affecting story Of the little hatch
ct cxcrts considerable influence upon the
youth Of pennsylvania. 1t was only
recently that !; little boy dug a big hoi'.
II his fathers garden, and the parent, OF
course, wished to know who did 1t:
Now WAS the test he hesitated, looked
at the hole and then ut his father, !,
smile ovcrsprcad his face, and he yelled
at the top of his voice, as he disappeared
from the garden gate, (" 1t WASH It George
Washington The boys father did not
act in the same manner us did the parent
of G. W., however, for yells and threats
of infantile vengeance were heard III that
locality for some time afterwards.
"AMoSa the most interesting book
varieties ut Washington" says III" Bib
liothcca S,cr,s, sis a quartz copy OF
Bcnoit's edition Of Pin,lar, which '"-
lmgcd toJohn Milton. Thcma,nlscrirt
contains thirty-fve quotations from ca!
limach,ls, nine from Moschus, and tif-
teen from Tzctzes. OF Lycophro,iS
'C:sssantlra, Lord Mac:eulcy says that it
is the most obscure work III the whole
range of ancient literature : vet Milton
read it, and made notes on it. and cited
! from it eighteen passages, while II" WA;
reading this Pimlar, Mt the age Of 81
"SrN comes moon comes,
limo slips away;
Sun sets, moon sets,
| Love, fix a day"
| '' \ year hence. year hence.
| ''We shall both be gray"
:" A month hence. a month hence
Far, far away.
| "A week hence, a week hence.
And that's y long delay.
| wait little, wait a little,
You shall fix the day"
"To-morrow, love, tomorrow,
And that All age away"
Blaze upon her windows, sun,
And honor all the day
} The Nevada Journal Of April q r.
lates this incident Miss Bradford III.
} a boy i'll her school who combines kec
e perception with ready speech. Til
t other day, while cndcavoring to cxplai
: the difference inwaterfalls- not the kin.
D that make ladies' round shouldered, h,
r the waterfalls OF. nature-she gave IL
II class to understand that q large w:.terf;.
;, was cataract Now said sh
q "what is little waterfall % kit
A act, hlurtcl ont the tow headed y,''l'.
e ster, who sat chewing tn, corner uf !,
primer on the front seat.