The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-02

"A gr1nQstOne should not be exposed
to the weather, - it not only Injuries the
woodwork, but the Gums rays harden the
stone and render it useless. Neither
should 1t stand in the water in which II
runs, as the part remaining in water
softens 80 much that it wears unequally.
About twenty acres of new land are
being added to Boston at Commercial
Point. Already line of piles 500 feet
long has been driven, ON which q bulk
head of stone is to be placed BY subms-
rine divers. The piles were cut of six
feet under water by simple yet novel
continuance. -.
Nearly z, 900 coke ovens in the vicin-
ity of Conceivable, Pa, have suspended.
owing to the inability to obtain satisfac.
tory freight rates ON account of the war
between the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Companies. If matters
are not adjusted nearly 5000 menwill be
thrown out of employment, ocBasioning
great distress.
Miscellaneous.
Pneumonia has become epidemic in
Sacramento.
An Oshkosh Judge got four bars of
soap for marriage fee.
Many saioon-keeper would like to
hold pistol at his head and say die, oh,
Lewis!
-Decorum and etiquette are to be
taught by a Professor in the st. Paul
schools.
"A Vermont husband punished his
wife by pinching her heel with a pair of
ice-tongs.
Lake Champlain froze over last year
on the 25th Of January; this year five
days later.
Some of the wholesale liquor houses
in Cincinnati have had to call in their
drummers.
"A Michigan schoolma'm points out
the sad fact that no schoOlmaster has
ever been President. .t
Moose Lake station, on the Northern
Pacific Railroad, contains but four build
ings, and they are all to let.
The Indians in Nevada predict
great Hood as soon as the snow in the
mountains commences to melt.
"A partridge comes regularly from the
woods tn q dwelling in Craftsbury, VT,
and is fed with crumbs by the children.
-" He has left q void that cannot be
easily filed" as the bank Director touch.
ingly remarked of the absconding Cashier.
One who wishes the world to know
what he knows about horticulture says
that the best way to raise strawberries is
with spoon.
Goats milk is said to make the
cheeks look red and peachy, but a goats
head will do the same thing if the animal
has fair run of ten feet.
The old style of combing the hair
over the ears is revived among the ladies.
What a blessing this will be to those who
have homely "organs of hearing" and
what sacrifice for those who haven't!
The great majority of crimes are
committed between the hours of ten at
night and three in the morning. The
Chief of the New York police recently
said that if every place where liquor is
sold in the city were vigorously closed at
ten O'Clock at night one-half the police
force might be dismissed.
"A man named Robinson, employed in
lumber camp ON Beaver River, Mich.
igan, was left alone in the shanty recent.
ly, and being taken with a fit fell into
the fire. The heat brought him to his
senses, but his clothes had taken fire and
he was roasted nearly to death.
"A servant in the employ of family
living on Michigan avenue, Chicago, was
recently dispatched in great haste to q
grocer's for bottle of capers. He aston.
ished and mystitied the grocer by calling
for bottle of tricks, and dinner was kept
waiting until he made the second trip.
"A North Carolina editor thus writes
/" With wearied brain and fatigued limbs
from the duties ofthe day, as we bent ovel
manuscript, the soft and soothing
strains of music, such only as Johnson'a
band can make, falls upon our ears, and
the revivifying influence is as though
some magic wand had passed over u.s."