The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Ioi1ty March Is Ihere l. TO be grea
gathering at Chiselhurst on the occa
sion.
JoHN G.. POTTs, the oldest Odd Fellow
I'm the world, died at Galena a few day
ago. lie was initiated I'm lodge No. l a
Philadelphia, in September, 1925.
A ToBACCo-JUICE expectOratOr was re
Gently fined Sll at New Albany, Ind, fol
persisting in ejecting his highly-cOloreC
saliva upon the floor of a church in tina
city.
ALMER HUNTLEY. of Cuba, n. Y, aget
one hundred and seven years, sat upon hi:
horse as straight as a boy of fifteen
and was photographed few days ago.
A LoGANsPoRT joker closed the saloon:
in that village for the space of one after
70 noon by sending each proprietor notice
signed "Many ladies' that the ladies
would kindly call and hold prayer-meet
ing.
TENNYsoN doubtless had the temper
ance war in mind VIXEN he wrote:
4" Woman is the weaker man, and her passions
are TO mine
As is cider unto whisky, and as water unto
wine. -
A PRAIRIE DU CHEN bail, given in hon.
or of wedding, began at 10 O'Clock one
morning and lasted until the next daylight
When il closed, the bride was drunk, and
the husband had been taken to Jail fol
beating one of the guests.
The following sweet dispatch passed
over the wires TO a Maine girl the Other
day: "To-: Your life is a rich bou,
quet of happiness, yourself the sweetest
flower. If northern winds whisper south
ern wishes, how happy you must be
Good night. Happy dreams, sweet love
FRANK"
A GENTLEMAN who has penetrated the
eastern end of WetZel county, West Vir
ginia, describes section of about thirty
square miles where newspaper, secular
or religious, never finds its way. tn,
mud and log shantics contain from eighf
10 ten children each, and there was ont
family of fifteen persons. Indian meal, he
says, is the chief article of food.
A NEwLY-MARRIED lady in Haddonfield
n. j., lust for fun" hid a toy snake in
one of her husbands boots a few days
ago. The result of the joke was some
what peculiar. The husband, on discov.
ering the mock reptile, first took a crit
cal look at himself in a mirror, and then
going to a closet, seized his demijohn and
threw it far out into a neighbOring pond.
A CUBA letter says the sugar crop thi:
year will fall short about twenty-five pei
cent. Ii attributes the falling off TO lacb
of rain, which it says is a very exceptions
al circumstance. II the real truth were
sought for, it would probably be found
that the decline in the crop was caused
by the devastating effects of her civil
war.
The Kentucky Lunatic Asylum has &
Of 10
table garden of sixty acres. The entIrC
work Ofcultivating is done by the patients
The cooking and Homework is done by
the female patients, who also make al
their own clothing and the undertaking
of the men. Dances, gymnastic exercises
lectures, and games keep the minds of the
inmates from melancholy.
Mr.. JOHNSON GADDIE, living in the ives
end of Lebanon county, Kentucky, ha'
raised thirteen children, all living and do
ing well, the most of them being married
He has fifty-twO grandchildren, all living
i'm the neighborhOOd. He has never los
either child or grand-child by death. Il
is believed all the family are Democrats
If every Democrat was TO do his duty a,
Mr.. Gaddie has done his, says local pa
per. no power on earth could keep tht
Democratic party down.
They have novel way of enjoying the
honeymoon i'm Detroit A man named
Schuyler Long was married Sunday even,
ing to widow named Updyke, and the
next day both were after warrants for as
saut and battery. 1t seems that she wan
ted some money and he didn't have it tC
give, and she said he was pretty fellow
TO be strapped OH the third day after mar
riage. One word brought on another, anC
they had a fight which left both looking a:
if they had fallen through a Sidewalk
grating.
The "Wasserguild'' is the name of new
secret Temperance order, with natiOna
organization, which is being started a
Washington. ItpurpOses through legisla
ton by Congress TO increase the tariff OF
liquors to such an extent as to discourage
retail traffic. and restrict the sale TO hotels
and drug stores. Each State is to have {
Grand Guild, with subordinate branches in
every county, and the Supreme Guild viii
be at Washington.
Mrs. ANNA GOSS. of Amherst, \. II
celebrated her one hundred and fourth
birthday on the LIST of February. She is 4
strict observer of the Sabbath, and some
days ago called her daughter Elizabeth anC
said, Now, Elizabeth, you know that my
birthday this year comes on the Lord !
day; and as His days are so much better
than any of my days, | want you TO write
TO our friends not to visit us on the Sab
bath, but to come Saturday"
The absence of the Princess Louise and
the Marquis of LOrne from the recent mar.
rage ceremonies at St. Petersburg is thu:
explained: The Princess would not eX
pose her husband to modification, as Ell
quette forbade him a seat at the Emperor
table. and therefore she remained away
A previous experience at Berlin, where
the Marquis was excluded from a state
banquet because he is not of royal blood
was her motive tOanOblc and wifely court
csy.
Ar Portland, Me-. recently. a gentleman
dropped glove on the street; as il was al
old one. he thought he would leave it,anC
walked along. In a moment he felt tho
cold nose of Il dog touch his hand, and
looking down saw large Newfoundland
dog looking up in his face. Paying no at
tention he passed along, but he had no
proceeded far when the dog touched hin
again. A third time this was repeated
when hackman sang out: " You hav,
lost something, and the dog wants you Il
90 and get it, The gentleman retracet
his steps, recovered his mitten, and the dog
was satisfied.
4 PARIS letter says the Empress Eugeni'
has aged sadly. There are deep lines a
each side of her mouth, and her whole fac,
looks drawn and haggard. The little fla
Grape hat which she wears pushed bacl
from her temples seems too youthful TO
her worn face, but it is relief not to SCI
her lips set in that stiff smile, artificial a
the gold of her tresses, or the roses i'm he
bonnet. whercwith she used to greet he
subjects OF Paris in other days. The yOun!
prince imperial is her very image, but In,
Slight mOustache Just budding on his uppe
lip will soon mar the present perfection o
the resemblance.