The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

500.
THE Dunkards wear Quaker clothes,
and shake hands and kiss when they
come together. Most of them live in
Ohio.
AMONG the young ladies of Spring.
| field, Ohio, "leap-frog has gone under
and giving place to the graceful game
of croquet.
| PASSION gets less and less powerful
after every defeat. Husband energy
for real demand which the dangers Of
life make upon it.
"THrNK of it, Mr.. Bobbs, the United
! States drinks 800, ,000, 900 worth of
spirits every year J" Bobbs (excitedl'( ;
| -"How wish was the United States"
IoEIAEDERs are beginning to emigrate
| TO this country, and are described as
| bright, cleanly, healthy looking class OF
people, closely resembling the Scotch.
SARToRIs' connection with the Grants
has not improved him grammatically.
When asked, "Wilt thou have this wo-
man to be thy welded wife ?" he replied
81 do.
OLIVIA. a lady correspondent, writes
to the Capital "In all delicacy may
we ask why you apply the term hen to
the woman attorney and the pronoun he
to the man ?"
In Missouri when a man has been in
Jail but three times he is entitled 70 run
for Office, and havo it said by the local
paper that ''his bright record is his
campaign document"
TmE intelligent comp9,sitor thus de.
''Tho parents of the bride were numer-
ous and handsome" And vet some
folks say there is no hell.
HARRY, after looking on while his
new little sister cried at being washed
and dressed, turned away saying If
she screamed like that mp in heaven
don't wonder they sent her of
ADVICE to persons living in houses
adapted for two families When your
bell rings, wait the other people may
90 to the door. When their bell rings,
rush to your door and listen devoutly.
BECAUSE a welI-dressed young man in
n Chicago omnibus remarked that
s'there we're no good looking girls in
Chicago" the elegant Times Of that
place denounces him rs "a polished
ass.
WHEN the assessor came round to fix
his fax. and asked Mr.. McDonohue how
to spell his name, he, wishing to be
verv polite to his neighbor, replied,
"Spell it just as you do your own, Mr..
Smith"
MISS BUss, a Kentucky crusader, has
drawn sixteen men from the intoxicating
bowl. She merely had to put her arms
around them, kiss them, and lead them
away. Philanthropy grows once more
in our esteem.
WHEN Napoleon was q small boy he
was asked whether he could tell what
nationality he was Of, and he indignant
lv replied, "Of Corsican." When
Chang and Eng WIS a small boy he was
asked whether he was native Of siam,
and he Indignantly replied, " Oi course
Siam.
THE Cunard steamship line is about !.
to turn a cold shoulder to Boston, and
has come to the conclusion that 1t does
not pay to send their vessels there. The
reason, however, IS clothed IN more
deIicafe language, and is based on the
ground of high cost of railroad ireights
on grain and other products.
THY attention of crusaders" is re-
snecffulIv called to the significant coin
ciEeuce that, for some years past, the
imDortation of opium has increased
11ari l1assu with the advance OF the
teetotal movement, one hundred and
twenty-five tons of that narcotic solace
being our present annual allowance.
NJ Gr1zor recently sold for S24,0 900
Murillo's Infant Shepherd" which he
had received as a present from the
ss,,,.,, .,s sAss.i.. eS tts~ rr..rries,- &c Mo
.x-ninisfer disposed of the picture in
order that he might be able to refund 10
tbe ex- Empress Eugene the SO, 600 his
con accented without his knowledge
from Napoleon Ill.
Gov. NOSES, Of South Carolina, who
has gone into bankruptcy, presents
curioTs schedule of debts. Among the
minor ones are these items Twenty
thousand dollars due on house; $780,
600 due TO Baltimore furniture dealers
81 500 due tailors -, 900 due TO restau-
rant keepers and shoemakers %2,OOO
due butchers, and $1,000 due to the
Indian Girl cigar store.
The value of the fruit crop OF Call
forpia last year, may be estimated IN
ro,nd numbers at two millions of dol 4
iore From the tenor of the reports
from all portions of the state, the iruit
crop of 1874 will exceed that OF last
wear by about City rer cent, ana as the
/ LARGELY increased demand for packing
will keep up the price, It's value may
be estimated fairly ut three millions OF
dollars.
STEAM has been successfully used on
the street railroads IN London. Inc
machinery, which has been patented py
Mr.. John Graham, member OF tne IN
stitute of civil engineers, is quite hldoen
from view. There is, IN TACT, notnlhg{
to indicate its presence except a TI.i Sinall
fnnI,eI in tbe middle of the roof. There
10 NO heat felt. no noise heard, and stop
,ages are effected more readily than
with horses.
F,,,apAT1oN. which has been unusu-
ally light so far this year. Is no" Mo
| ;dIy increasing. Last week over 9,OUO
| foroio,ners were landed at New YORK.
/ An ANIMAL proportion Of these come
! from, Italy. and there are now thousands
of Italian iaborers in New York clty,
raody to work ten hours day Tor 81: 20.
mis- breeds a good deal OF ill-feehng
-, tbe mart of the Irish against them,
o-1d a recent murder in the city was due
TO this hostility between the two races'
rr.r oroinentlv respectable and nu-
,,,ornns hodv of religionists who call
/ Themselves Dunkers, or Dunkaros, VIII
ia Good deal astonished, II not hoIrl-
fod 70 see the way the telegraph mas
IibeIed them in transmitting the rePoits
of their convention at Girard, IL, 10
the eastern newspapers. Several lour5-
aIs ,,1IIisbed the report with the nehd-
inc "a Drunkards' conVenttoD, 40
the telegraph made it, and the boston
Jonrnal improved upon it IN tins way
"a novel neutrality-suspicious. cOn-
yention of Drunkards.
THE Japanese government haVing
been officially advised that the prolecteI9l :
, war upon the island of Formosa Woulu
/ involve also war with China, mas oe-
, cided not TO enter upon such cam l--
paien !: and the $1,000 japanese noSPS S'
, who had already been started from a., va,
; gasalIi for Formosa island have pfeH ,Iat
2 ordered to Corea, but it is thought Una. ha
7 this movement will also be checked 10y
the Russians. Twelve insurrecIlonlss1
( al Saga against the Japanese gonsnm, 0S;nG
e ment have been executed, lnclparns IqnI
l Katski. who was educated at AiDSn' ,a
q He had been back but few mohelS'
r The Fastest steamer in the "Orlu'
!. Such is the title claimed py I hel
| for boat liltN