Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

himY said a Sunday-schOol teacher
to a pupil. No. said he, Il would
pray for another like him.
Tennessee does not elect Uni
ted States Senator until 1875. That
will give all the candidates time to
join the Changers and cultivate a
crop this SUMMER.
In lone cave near Schaifnausen,
in Switzerland, reindeer's horn
was recently found on which fig
uro of that animal was drawn.
This shows that even in prehistoric
times art was not unknown.
That's just thu sort of umbrella
that people appropriate, or, in 9th
or woods, hook said Smiggles to a
companion one morning, showing
him very handsome parachute
Yes said bis companion. q tho't
so when. saw you have it,
A Father in Wisconsin offered
his boy IS TO take a dose of castor
oil, and then got a counterfeit bill
off on the boy. And it is thus
christian statesmen arc manufac-
tured.
fest Is not quitting this busy career;
Rest is the fitting OF self to ones sphere.
'rls the brook 5 motion, clear without strife,
Fleeing to the ocean after Its life.
'Tis losing and serving the highest and best,
IT'S onward, answering; and this is true
(foefLe
a Lancaster man was heard to
say that during the twenty years
of his married life he was never
known to speak cross word to his
wife. Those who know him say he
dare not.
Robt. G. Whiting, of Littloton,
n. III sat down on circular saw,
last week, and was divided against
himself. As that New York fellow
would remark, they buried him
both in the Same grave.
The Irish Catholics of Toledo,
Ohio, have imported a great block
of the Rock of Cashel, to be placed
on tho top wall of st. Patrick 5
Institute as the pedestal upon
which the statue of st. Parick is to
stand.
'Profane swearing is abominable.
Vulgar language is disgusting.
Loud laughter is impolite. Inquis-
itiveness is offensive. Tattling is
mean. Telling a falsehood is con-
tenptiblc. Ignorance is disgrace
ful. Lazincss is sham eful. Avoid
all the above vices and aim at use.
iulness.
The cpitapbs of Dakota papers
are most pathetic: Jim Barrett had
been shoveling snow, from which
he caught bad cold, which turned
into foyer. The fever settled Jim's
mundane affairs; and a local paper
says; most affectingly, in his obitu
AIRY, 'Ho won't have to shovel snow
in the country he has gone to-
When a Philadelphia reporter
writes that Such scenes must long
linger lovingly in the memories OF
all who saw them, for with Youth
at the helm and Pleasure at the
Prov, the gondola of Enjoyment
swept swiftly along on the azure
sea Of Hope, he means. "a public
ball.
AFTER A MARYLAND HANGING
After the execution the crowd di-
vided itself up into small mobs,
which spont the balance of the day
in rioting and drinking. At four
O'Clock this afternoon overy hotel
in the town was scene of disorder
and fighting, and a number of per.
sons were wheeled about the streets
in wheel. barrows who were toe
drunk to navigate in any other
way.-N. Y. Herald.
When Charles Lamb Was invited
ut public dinner, to say grace
and responded with the remark
is there no minister prescnt?-
Then let nc thank God?' he was q
satirist, and knew it. When u sher
if down in Vermont, in opening
tho county court, cried, 'All per,
sons having causes or matters pen
ding therein, draw near. and they
shall be heard, and God save the
people2' he was n satirist, and didn't
know it.
A colossal bronze statue of Johr
Bunyan, by Mr.. j. Z. Boehm, ha.
been cast ut the works of Messrs
II. Young and Co., art founders
Pimlico, London. The statue il
tho gift of the Duke of Bedford
to the town of Bedford, and is in
tended to be placed on a larg,
granite pedestal erected on st
Peters Green, at tho junction o
five roads with that town. The
likeness is taken from a contempt
rary painting by Sadler
We believe it is rare that editor.
indulge in drop, but when the,
do, their readers are sure to fine
them out. A Syracuse On. " CO
temporary was called upon to re
cord melancholy event at a tim
when his head was rather heavy
and did it up after the followin!
manner: Yesterday morning, at
o'clock, p. M, man with heel il
the hole of his stocking, committe,
arsenic by swallowing a dose of 81
icide. The inquest of verdict re
turned a jury that the decease
came TO tho facts in accordane
with his death. He Leaves a chill
and six small wives to lament tn
end of his untimely loss. In deaf
we are in tho midst of lifep
THE RIGHT TO GO TO HELL.'-Rt
Gently, at q revival meeting in tn
north part of the county, the cxcl
cises of tho evening were closed b
general invitation to all VIII
wanted to 80 to heaven to rise
The entire congregation, with
solitary exception in the shape of
boy, rose to their feet. The cor
ductor then varied the Invitation
by asking all who wanted to 90 t
hell to arise The solitary exceI
ton rose to his feet. OF cours
the good people were scandalizeC
and the result was the arrest of tn
youth and his trial for disturbin
the meeting. But to the intens
disgust of those liberal souls, tn
Court held that if the boy wante,
to go TO hell he had perfect RICH
TO do so, and that such conduct dir
not necessarily disturb the meetin!
within the meaning of the law, ant