The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-04
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Items of Interest.

A passenger on o steamship, says
Birdey, must be either seasick or de-
spised. It is not pleasant to be de-
splsed.
1t is now asserted that Santa Fe, in
New Mexico, and not st. Augustine,
Fla, is the oldest settlement in the
United States.
Long stories tire the listener. Your
shotgun only kills the woodcock few
yards off; the same lead in rifle ball
knocks grizzly at mile"
Granite and macadam are to be ban
ished from the city of London, the
Street Committee have determined to
lay down in future nothing but asphalte
or wood.
If you wish to live to eighty-fve in
the full enjoyment of all your faculties
go to bed at 8 o'clock, eat twice day
moderately of plain food, and drink ac-
cordingly.
"If I save ten cents day from my
drinks" ruminated old Rednose, "it
will be $685. year, and in fifty years
it will be 81, ,825, and then 1 can marry
Mary. Dear Mary !"
A Savannah dancing master has en-
tered suit against the Savannah and Skid
away Railroad for $100 damages from
the failure of the train to take him to
his dancing class on time.
A gentleman of Louisville has dog
a pointer. The dog ran up the steps
of house and refused to come down.
His master followed and found "a.
Partridge" on the door plate.
A French surgeon proposes to pre-
vent the spread of hydrophobia by
bunting the teeth of dogs and cats
with files, pincers, or like instruments.
This would prevent bites which would
break the skin.
1t is pleasant to see young creature
come into hall, seat herself for admi-
ration, look happy for five minutes, and
then wake up to the dismal conscious
ness that there is a rip in the middle
finger of her right glove.
A Miss Anna Short, of Hazel town.
ship, Alexander county, ILL.,, was bitten
by spider few days ago, and in
few hours her whole body became so
terribly swollen that no hope was en-
terta1ned of her recovery.
A Western paper says dealers in but
ter classify it as wool grease, soap
grease, variegated, tessalated, COW
grease, boarding house breakfast, in
ferior tub, common tub, medium roll,
good roll, and gilt-edge roll.
The romantic youth who bankers to
be canal boat driver and encounter
typhoons, and so forth, ought to know
that every canal boatman is knocked
down an average of twenty-one times
per month. so says the Lockport
Journal.
One of the most recent advertising
novelties in London is o system of
printing advertisements upon eggs, and
in several of the windows of the pro-
vision merchants may be seen guam
tity of them inscribed with all manner
of notices.
A young man calling himself Minis
ter JEWELS son has been living very
handsomely lately in various parts of
England and Ireland, and several trades
men have sent their bills to st. Peters
burg. The Minister desires an intro
duction first.
An old negro woman was arrested
and brought before the Mayor of Mont
gomery, Ala, for picking up some drift
wood at the edge of the river. Her de"
fense was that God sent the rain that
raised the river that brought the wood.
The Mayor thought it good defense
and discharged her.
In Sunday-school, the other day
when the basket was handed round or
collection for the heather, the teacher
was somewhat surprised to find bank
note in it. Closer examination revealed
the fact that it vas counterfeit. The
inquiry among the boys brought to the
front one who acknowledged having
handed in the spurious scrip. Yes,
he said, "but l didn't think it made
any difference to the heathen; they
could pass it off"