Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-06-06
NUMBER 81.
GENERAL ITEMS.


Can any deaf man have n sound judgmeI
is question | would like to ask.
1t has sometimes .,ppcned that ms
who collects the impost, turns out to be;.
imposter.
| have often seen blind bride, and it
getting to be Il common thing to see de
halter.
Cooing is we'll emo 'gh before marriag
but the billing doesn't come till after; Il:
then it comes from the tradesmen.
Horace Greeley used to say that he h:
rather see an old woman take snuff tn
stand before the finest painting in the wor.,
"Putty-eyed monster" is what appearsin in
Tennessee paper, the editor of which wr.'
with great respect, Pretty aged minister
pa, said little friend of ours, "what'
the use of giving our little pigs so mu'
milk? They make hogs of themselves.
Pa walked away.
BY cultiyating the beautiful we scattc
the seeds of heavenly flowers; by doin
good we foster those already belonging t.
humanity.
A witnes, in an assault and battery case
in Maysyi!le, Ky, swore that Parsons di
not get mad until he had been called "liur'
cighty-onc times.
An amateur farmer wonders "why on a
this fair earth the ground is spread bottom
side up, so that it must be turned over wit
plow before crops can be raised"
An old lady of jackson, Tenn, has aske
the city authorities to exempt her from cit
tny Il,n il,, al H.,
walks OF payements.
The old style of combing the hair owe.
the ears is revived among the ladies'. Whn
Il blessing this will be to those who hay.
homely Organs of hearing and what
sacrifice for those who haven't!
An Irish magistrate, censuring some boy
for lettering i'll the streets, said: ''If every
body We're to stand in the streets, how cJul.
anybody get by?'
Fashion is said to have been the nam
of a handsome C0uturiere of the eighteent'
century, and renowned in London for tn,
taste and elegance of the articles which shl
made.
An inch Of rain, we learn from scientif.
exchange, weighs l0l tons to the acre bu;
if party is dcsirous Of buying, we have no
doubt the proprietor will cheerfully throw
off the odd ton.
A paper at Elgin, Illinois, says that
man 5 social standing in that town is graded
by whether he drops tcn-penny-nail or Y
quarter into the church contribution box.
One of the best recommendations of char
acter that | ever had, is receipt for my
wash-woman' bill, duly signed 1t is fifteen
Il al lao. II tto
well that have had no occasion to &c,
another since.
am considered to be one of the most re.
sponsible men in the world. am response.
bic for a good many debts; responsible 70,
a good deal Of trouble in the world rcspon.
sible for lots of things. | should like t.
see more responsible man.
A man Of tact will keep his honor intact;
his interiors he will not attack he will
keep his lille and his ears tackled, and he
will be civil to everybody with whom he
comes in contact; and from his principles
he will never tack.
Lamartine was asked by a friend if he did
not spend too much in advertising. NO"
was the reply, advertisements are absolutely
necessary. Even Divine worship needs to
be advertised, else what is the meaning of
church bells %
Mrs. Malaprop has no patience with the
people who want women to have votes
She declares that, for herself, her nerves
would never bear the shock of having any
thing to do with the electrical franchise
"A New Bedford wife, who has not ye.
completed her iourt> nth year, became q
mother on Sunday" Either that couple ought
to be presented with one of the new territo-
ries as Il homestead, or that editor lied
Schoolmistress "Johnny, I'm ashamed
Of you. When | was your age l could
write as well as do now'
Johnny: ''Ah, but you'd a different
teacher to what we'te got
Where was Bishop Latimer burned to
death ?" asked Il teacher, in commanding,
voice.
''Joshua knows" said little girl at tho
bottom of the class.
"WelI," said the teacher, eff Joshua
knows, he may tell. "
''ln the fire." replied Joshua, looking
very grave and wise.
We learn from Paris letter that it took
the drcssmakers three or four years to make
the trousseau of the present duchess of Edin-
burg 1t will be observed from this that the
trousscau was begun long before the lady
knew the man she should marry and to tell
the truth we have little doubt it was begun
some time previous to her birth.
A Yale student who is evidently in the
journalistic department, writes twelve
verse poem, which is entitled, "We kissed
each other by the sea- "Wcll, what of
it?' asks a western editor; "thc seaside is
no better for such practices than any other
locality. In fact, we have put in some very
sweet work of that kind on the towpath of
canal III our time, but did not say any
thing about it in print"
It's pity the celery season is so far gone,
for hygienic epicurc has just found out
that it is specific for nervous diseases, pal
pitation Of the heart, &C., and now we shall
have to remember it till next winter. On
ions, to be sure are substitute, and those
we have always with us, but most of US
would rather have nervousness than onions.
A traveller who had crossed the Atlantic,
tells story Of Il storm, where the rain
poured down in such torrents that the ocean
rose ten inches,
.Thcre's no mistake" said he "Besides,
the captain kept mark on the side of the
vessel"
An old Scotch lady had an evening party
where a young man was present who was
about to leave for an appointment in China,
AS he was exceedingly eXtrayagant in his
conversation about himself, the old lady
said when she was leaving: Tax guide care