The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

and Shearer.
IT seems that female suffrage has not
entirely banished matrimonial infelicity
in Wyoming. Six divorce suits are pend
ing at Cheyenne.
FIT ZEN years ago Washington gen.
tleman scratched his name on a gold
dollar and sent it on it's travels. He has
never seen it since.
THE First Congregational Church of
Lexington, Mass, is still using Bible
which was presented to the parish by
John Hancock in 1893.
THE flower charity, one of the most
beautiful and graceful charities of the
season, is meeting with widespread sup
port and encouragement.
THE Georgetown (Ky.) Times is quack-
ing over a breed of ducks, in Scott
County, that lay eggs with double yolks-
not occasionally, but all the time.
A CONNECTICUT Coroner's jury naturally
decided that.a suicide must, to all in
tents and purposes, have lost his head
when he neatly severed it from his body.
MONTREAL merchants are kicking
against the duty on tea. Another revo-
luton? If so, we can lend several thou
sand Indians to throw the tea overheard.
A VERMONT man, whose name is Bugg,
has been confined to his bed nine wears.
Should think his wife would try some of
the patent eXterminatOrs on such bed
Bugg.
CAPE MAY has an ancient lady who has
worn the same bonnet since 1912. If any
watering-place can lay claim to superior
attractions it should ante up" at once
Boston Post
A PoErICAL New Hampshire editor,
speaking OF trees, says: Every tree is a
feather in the earth's cap, plume in her
bonnet, tress upon her forehead ;
wherefore, plant trees!"
In Maine, recently, by the advice of a
clairvoyant, body was exhumed and re-
buried with the face downward, as a
means of staying the ravages of con-
sumption in the corpse's family.
NUMERICALLY the male sex is the
stronger in Japan by about 100000, and
it is to be hoped by every one who takes
stock in civilization that the much
squelched and altogether-ignoredf father
in-laW receives proper recognition by the
Japanese ladies.
AN old negro woman was arrested and
brought before the Mayor of Montgomery,
Ala, for picking up. some driftwood at
the edge of the river. Her defense was
that God sent the rain that raised the riv-
er that brought the wood. The Mayor
thought it good defense and discharged
her.
SEVERAL persons were recently made
i'll in Cleveland, Ohio, by ice-cream which
they had eaten, and one of the theories
is that the milk was exposed to dense
poisonous fog, when set for the cream to
rise, and absorbed the foul vapors of the
fog.
THE bridge painter who fell overheard
at Niagara, and succeeded in getting a
front seat directly over the edge of the
falls, says he never in his life saw such a
grand and imposing spectacle; also, that
he never knew the true beauty of ropes
end till he got hold of it on that occasion.
BLISS GODDARD, of Londonderry, Vt.,
whose $4,000 of United States bonds were
burned in the tea-kettle in which he had
placed them for safety, during the recent
burning of his house, has had the whole
amount restored to him 10y the Treasury
Department.
THE St. Louis Bridge Company, in a
few days, will put in place mechanical
arrangement for counting each pedestrian
! that passes over the bridge. This ma
chine will be stilc that allows only one
person to pass it at time, and on turn
ing registers in successive numbers upon
series of dial wheels, like gas meter
THE prevalent custom on the part of
most women of wearing the hair twisted
into q mass on the top or back of the
head, and the more modern and still more
pernicious custom of loading the head
with false hair or substances resembling
it, is frightful source of headache, and
indirectly cause of dyspepsia.-Er-
change.
A CORRESPONDENT of Hnrdwtck's Sci.
ence- Gossip states that hollow tree was
| cut down in Kent last February, when
out tumbled upward of thirty squirrels
most of which were dormant or in state
of semi-sleep. On being reused they dis
| persed to various parts of the copse
They had stored large stock of nuts in
the hollow. 1t is common to find squir
rels thus slowed away for the winter
but not often in such numbers together.
THE Louisville Courier-Joarnn1 says
"The transfer of the Louisville g. Port
land Canal to the Government, and the
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has lifted from the commerce of our riv
ers burden which it could i'll afford tc
bear The fall from fifty cents to ter
cents on every ton of freight passing
through the canal is very certain to slim
ulate the river trade and to benefit all the
river interests. To large vessels heavily
loaded hundreds of dollars will be saved
on every trip, and the smaller boats will
be benefited in proportion. Louisville
will be as much gamer by the change
as any of the river cities, and she re-
joices with them that this thing has come
to pass"
NEW York young lady has returned
from Omaha sadder and q wiser youne
lady than she went thither. It appear
that she read q Personal" advertisement
and corresponded with the advertiser
The result was = promise of marriage
from both parties, so the young lady hied
to Omaha to fulfill her portion of tht
VOW. But when she had reached thai
: famous city Q railroad dispute she wal
disappointed with his personal appear
ance, and refused point blank to permi
the tying Of the nuptial knot. It wa