The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-08-26
AND OTHER ITEMS.

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seems, knew all about the Beecher
scandal two years ago. And now
they say ''I told you so.''
A man travels around in England,
exhibiting himself at fairs, who, with
his hands tied behind him, kills d
certain number of rats within given
time with his teeth.
While workmen were digging q
well at New Haven, Indiana, they
struck oil at a depth of only eight
feet. The petroleum thus discover
ed is said to be of the best quality.
A scheme Is on foot in Georgia,
under the supervision of the Cover
nor, for combining the various COLI
leges in the State into a central uni
versity. Ia fs.zt.--r .. .ss..F
The wrinkled old lady who prdict-
ed that calamities would follow fast
upon the tail of the departing comet
can now go around and collect her
bets. aHf aa ... as
At port Jervis, N. Y, on a single
evening not long since, there were
assembled not less than 1915 cars
and 10t locomotives belonging to
the Erie railway.
Pathetic appeal from Chicago
express driver, during the fire do
yon want 10 see your family beggar-
ed before your face! Wake up and
be q man I'll save you for $50.'
A gentleman, on presenting a
lace collar to his adored one, said
carefully: "Do not let any one
else rumple it, "No, DEAR she
replied, q I'll take it off,
"Old Wells Dug Out is the title
of Dewitt Talmage's last book, and
q religious weekly, with a facetious-
ness very rare in papers Of its class,
wants to know who the Moses old
Wells is.''
On the ffty-eighth anniversary of
the battle of Warerloo, which oc-
Cured on June 18, there were living
fifty-nine men who were commissions
ed officers under Wellington in that
battle.
Two Michigan families lately cele-
brated with much rejoicing the union
of their houses in matrimonial alli-
ance. the contracting parties being
respectively aged twelve and thir-
teen. i'''i' F."
In the longevity of its inhabitants,
WiIliston, VT, claims to be the ban
ner town of the State. 1t has a
population of ,441, of whom 201 are
so years Of age and over; 145, 65
and over; SO, 20 and over; Gl, "a
and over 29, 80 and over; 6, 50
and over; 8, 90 and over,
A correspondent of the American
Register says. "And here let me
give word of advice to young tour
lists: DO the first castle you come
TO in Europe thoroughly and Keep
ont of all others, for this castle busi-
ness is like the circus; the first one
seen is the only one ever appreciated
one being an exact reproduction of
the Others"
..Artaxerxes,' said Mr.. Marrowfa6
to that attentive and curious child,
''there is too much gush in this world
and / want to caution you never in 81
moment Of pious enthusiasm, to
make such fool Of yourself as to
declare that one hour of sacred COM
munion with Sarah Maria Jane is
worth Ia thousand years of Paradise" ="
1t took just four years and ten
months for check mailed in North
Adams, Mass, in October, 1869, to
reach it's destination in Albany; n.
Y. 1t was delivered by a letter
carrier at the latter place last week,
and she postmarks upon the envel-
ope containing it prove that it was
duly sent from the North Adams
Postoffice.
A young lady at Norristown put d
piece of wedding cake under her
pillow, and went to bed with the
happy belief that she would dream
of seeing her future husband. That
evening, however, she had eaten
1.-TWO plates Of ice cream, about pint
of Strawberries. several sweet cakes
and two large pickles, and she now
says she would rather remain single
all her life than marry the man she
saw in her dream. @
While a school teacher was hear
| ing his, classes at Briggs Rancho,
California, on June 80, a woman and
her son entered and accused him of
an indecent assault on her daughter.
The woman struck him with club
and ordered her son to shoot him.
and q terrible contest ensued, during
which the frightened children es-
capped and the teacher was mortally
wounded. lie lived long enough to
make his will and dying statement
protesting his innocence Of the
charge. aW
The balloon ascents recently made
in France by n. Croce Spinelli and
NJ. Sivel have demonstrated that the
color of the sky, at great heights, is
in fact blue, and not of that sombre
hue which other aeronauts have at
tributed to it, probably in conse-
queDce of their fatigue caused by
rarefaetion ofthe air. These gentle
men carried with them a mixture of
oxygen and nitrogen, which they in
hailed from the vessels containing it
whenever they experienced any
sense Of physical or mental weak
ness. In each instance after these
inhalations the sombre color Of the
sky was replaced by its normal blne.
The late DR.. John Pierce, of
Brookline. Mass, had a remarkable
memory for dates and genealogy.
lie remembered the whole catalogue
of Harvard University, and could
name the valedictory orator in every
nInoa that had crrndnafnd since he