The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-04-01
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The Nebraska State Board of ARri.
culture last year offered premium Of
fifty dollars for the best yield of corn
in that State in 1873, which was awar-
ded to Mr.. M. M. Nelson, of Cass
County, upon the following showing;
The crop. was raised on thirty i've
acres of ground, first prairie broken in
1871, aud the cost of cultivation was
ns follows: nr.
Flowing, $1.25 per acre e43.75
Planting per acre, 45e. 1876
Cultivatlng, per acre, S1.S0 63.00
Harvesting, SIPS per acre 1875
Total cost SAFE per acre s166.25
These thirty-five acres yielded three
thousand two hundred and two and
one-half bushels being ninety.one
and one-half bushels per acre. The
variety was the ''mahogany,i and its
weight averaged sixty three pounds to
the bushel.
81 The above statement was suppor.
ted by affidavit as required by the
'DOsso0'l 'DOssro0'l L..lall u llltUi
A young lady, one day vent into a
dry goods store and thus unburdened
Herself: at is my desire to obtain
pair of circular, elastic appendages,
capable of being contracted or.expan-
'ded by means Of oscillating, FURNISHED
steel appliances, that sparkle like
particles of goldleaf set with Cape
May diamonds, and which are utilized
for retaining in proper poSilion, the
5habiliments ofthes lower extremities,
(which innate delicacy forbids me to
mention" The vender of calicoes was
,non-plussed, but not wishing to appear
ignorant, said that lie was ''iust out"
After her departure he ruminated in
silence for a few moments. when
new light broke. upon his distracted
brain and he bGrsto forth with: "By
thunder. I'll bet that woman wanted
a pair Of garters." !" E,ss ros
A man went to- butchers shop,
and, finding the owners wife in atten.
dance, in the absence of her husband,
thought he would have Joke at her
expense, and said, MADAM, can YOU
supply me with yard ofpork T'"Yes,
ssir,' said she. And then, turning to |
boy, she added: "Jamesygive that gen.
tleman three pigs'feetPhr
In q religious excitement in q COM
try town, person met a neighbor, who
took him by the hand and said:
q 81 have become Christian"
"I am glad of it," was the reply,
sfor suppose we shall have settle
nent Of that little account between
us. Pay what thou owest.n vi S /
ssa.No," said the new born Christian.
turning on his heel, "religion is relig-
ion, and business is business"
The Boston Globe remarks: A copy
Of the Bible, bound in calf, according
to the Edinburgh Scotsman, was lately
found in the stomach, of a Goldfish, and
bore the name of William Sim, and
the date 1880. 1t has been learned
sthat Sim was n sailor Of Dundee, who
went to sea in 1884, and has not been
heard from since. The supposition is
that everything appertaining to him
was devoured by this fish, which had
been tormented for forty years with an
eirdigestible Bible in its stomach. /
n Young men who go to see young Ia
dies have adopted noval method of
'obtaining kisses. They assert, on the
authority of scientific writers, that
theconcussion produced by kiss will
cause the lamp fame to flicker, and
easily induce the damsel to expert. |
ment in the interest of science. The
first kiss or two the parties watch the
fame to see, it flicker but soon become
Interested in the experiment as to
let it flicker lift wants to,
At a juvenile party young gentle
man, about seven years old, kept him
self from the rest of the company.
The lady ofthe house called to him,
Come and play and dance, my dear.
Choose one of those pretty girls for
your aMife." Mot likely, cried the
young cynic. "No wife for me Do
you think want to be worried out of
my life like poor papa !" aa-s IS
''pm particularly uneasy ON this
point said the fly to the young gen.
tleman who stuck him on the end Of
needle.
AfSontliern papers say that insanity
among negroes, which used to be very
rare is increasing fIeuuent since the