The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-10-30
GENERAL NOTES.


ding in his church the day before the
ceremony was to take place.
The TRANSMISSION of blood from a lamb
into the veins of a consumptive patient
was tried at Fall River, Massachusetts,,
recently, and seems likely to prove sue
cessful
The New York Express says it seems
somewhat Of "a pity that the Icelandic
people, who are said to be enterprising
and highly civilized, and are used to
cold weather, do not undertake the job
of investigating the north pole and its
surroundings.
DR.. Holland says a reign of inidelity
and unbelief is approaching. 1t has al
ready approached-it is even here. If
the Apostle Paul was installed to-mor-
row, he'd preach to empty benches, un-
less it was proved he'd been turned out
of heaven for flirting with Jeptha g
daughter, or Hannah Moore, or some
other Bible woman.-[ New York Let
ter.
In Panola County, Mississippi, a
young man, while hunting in cane
brake, saw the cane shaking at a certain
spot, and supposing there WAS a deer
there, fired. He mortally wounded
Thomas Masley and David White, and
seriously wounded s. w. johnson, COM
panions, who had become separated from
him.
J. Cleding has been indicted at War
aaw, Indiana, for an attempt to murder
his family by poieoning.
An orchard planted by Daniel Web
ster at Marshfeld yields this year thir-
teen hundred barrels of apples.
In Delaware the costs for calling the
court "bloated rhinoceros" is eighty
FIVE dollars.
"The honeymoon is we'll enough, ;" said
prudent belle, "but what | want to
see beyond that is the promise of a fine
harvest moon"
The salary of forty thousand dollars
per annum paid to President Jewett, of
the Erie Railway, is the largest paid to
any railroad official in the United States.
DR.. Hollands "poetry" does not make
the world feel as if the death of Byron,
Wordsworth and Shelley was loss for
which the birth of Holland could be ac-
cepted as on adequate compensation
Brooklyn Argus.
The singular statement appears in the
St. Louis Globe that General Sheridan
won't marry because he doesn't want to
give up the privilege of going to bed
with his boots on"
Coupon tickets are the latest thing at
fashionable weddings, says the New
York Mail. The large card secures ad-
mission to the church, and the coupon
entities the holder to reserved seat.
1t is estimated that there are at pres
ent 900, 900 canary birds in the United
States, of which number 100000 were
exported last year. In addition to these
there are upwards of 100000 other cage
birds. To feedsthis army of feathered
songsters 175, 600 bushels of seed, repres-
enting value of 100000 are annual
ly required.
A man attracted attention IN Troy by
his queer demeanor. He seemed to see
something interesting in the buttons on
ladies' dresses, and in several instances
was impertinent in his close examintion.
Finally he found a dress from which
button was gone. He seized the wearer,
pulled from his pocket button, and
compared it with those left on the dress.
1t matched. She was his ptisener. He
was a detective. and she had stolen the
dress.
A wife was enjoined by the doctor to
give her husband all the delicacies she
could procure, as there was no prospect
of his recovery. Said the loving spouse,
"Then what's the use of wasting dainty
bits upon him if they won't cure him?"
ado you known why you are like the
third term?" said Susan Jane to her
brother, who fingered to talk with her
LAOO4 lllC Olu IOAhS
"No don't" "Well," replied his sac
charine sister, ats because you're one
too many"
l do not say that Mrs. Luther had
great understanding, but she had under
standing enough to understand that her
husbands understanding was greater
than hers, and that is a very great thing
for any woman TO understand.-G George
Ddicson.
the growth of our American railroad
system has been at an average of four
and half miles per day for the last
forty-four years, there being now in op-
Grafton in this country about $4,000
miles of railway. In the year 1880
there were but % miles of railway in
operation in all the country.
We have often wondered whether
there is a person in the country who
does not know and appreciate the value
of Johnson's Anodyne Imminent as a
family medicine? II is adapted to most
all purposes, and it is the best pain de-
stroyer that can be used.
A gentleman on coming home from |
the theatre was surprised at the hubbub
in the porter's lodge. He soon learned
the cause-his mother-in law had sud-
denly expired. He invited the persons
present to note that he had just return
ed from theatre, as he wished TO be in
position to establish an alibi.--Faris
Letter.