The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-19
MISCELLANEA.


minister Of Cumneock died, it was
found in his will that he had ex-
pressed desire that any of tbs
parishioners who wished might ask
and receive from his wife soue toker
of remembrance Of their deceased
p or One day, shortly after the
funeral, an old farmer in the district
called'when the widow, remeinding
him Of the desire Of her husband,
asked John what he would like TO
have. ''Weel, a'am," replied John
stroking his shin and scratching his
head, Il hardly ken what sort O a
mement mort. as We ca it, tae hae,
but if ye haze nae objection | wud
TAX that lump Of guano ye haze i the
back yard"
Bringing him down peg. ga
story is told in Paris paper Of u
new method for recovering one'4
debts. The other DAY q crowd gath
cred in the vicinity Of the Odeon,
roHnd a girl with wooden leg. whom
gentleman al an adjoining window
was apostrophsing with loud cries
and gesticuIation, 1t turned out
that the girl was a washprwomao,
vino had gone 10 the gentleman 10
ask for payment of her bill and
finding that the money was not
Forthcoming, she had seizao her
Customers wooden leg, hich was
laying in corner, anu had walked
off, declaring hat she would not re-
turn it till she was paid.
Perhaps the hearfiest laugh dur
ing the Iichborne trial was produe-
ed by the attorney general in The
course Of his speech. The learned
council read letter TO the court and
july, written by he claimant, under
the name Of Roger Charles Tichborne
to his ''dear mammal The dowager.
The reading was accompanied with
comments, and was thus concluded !:
'And lie finishes said The attorny-
ge' eraI, with this edltying piece Of
religion: tod bless you, my dear
uaarnms, and may ur Holy Mother
prot CT you; aud, although he possih
" does not mean it, il reads,
Protect you from your affgctionate
son, r. G. 'ri:nborne. .
One Of the old story. One day,
in the midst Of rhe Sc, mon, certain
S ortlug clergyman suddenly excIaim
ed, "liood heavens. he'll stake him
set " aud rushed ont IL tie assist
ance OF his black cob, which he had
OBJ erved Though the window % have
got INTO difficulties ana ditch by
attempting 10 jumpt a hedge out Of
his paddock. 20 do him justice,
he re: une1 the moment the cob was
extrica'ed, and resu,ning with great
dtcoruin, "ThirdJy (as L was about
10 say " hen | was called away, "
concluded his disco urse with great
frrvour. 1t is said that the same
tivine once desired the prayers OF
the congregation for a sick person
dangerously i'll; which ''person" prov
ed, on enquiry, TO be the cob aforesaid
which at that time VS. suffering
from inflammation Of the lungs, and
which was to him as the apple Of his
eye But this is not generally
believed. as
Mack.in was once lecturing upon
literature and the stage, and in dis
cusslng the education of memory.
boosted that he could repeat any
Sormuala of words after once hearing
it. Foote was in the audience, ard
at once wrote and sent to the stand
thar tigmarole that has since grown
SO famous: $50 she went into the
garden 70 cut cabbage leaf to make
an apple pie; al the same time a
great e-bear, coming up the street,
pops It's mead into the shop. 'What,
10 soap? So be died, and she very
imprudently married the barber; and
tLere were present he Picininies. the
Jcbillies, and the Gayruliee, and the
Grand Panjandrum himslf, With the
htlle round button at the top and
they all fell TO playing tie game Of
catch-as-catch-can till the gurpowdel
10y, onA "a L. laE II