Middletown transcript., 1875-11-06
Harities.

| The latest fashionable amusspents
at Montreal are cat shows
Genius makes its observations in
short haud-talent writes them ont at
length. a 5a.. ,s,.s .a
The friend whose advice tallies, with
our own opinion--how! We levs him
Hornet. fE 81, si. issaie 44
Think Of Il. Minnssota's popslation
has increased thirty-three alper cent
since 1870. si.aiiH
An enterprising bookseller lately I'D
vertised that be had plenty Of scarce
books for sale. ss
"A thief in Boston lately tied ! lady
to the leg Of piano and then ranssck-
ed the house.
Madrid (Spain) has college for the
instruction Of young men in the art o.
hair-dresing. .,.ks
ttRti3 ri 9S.s@A 5sss tfi4sAt hl g.
Nearly one-halfsof the surplus hard
woods in. the contry, are said to- be
found in Western Virginia
An Indians Court has decided that
girl msy, II she wishes, simultaneously
sue hfty young men for bresch Of
promise. i ssdi ss ,8sida 80
It is reported that the souhdiDgslfof
the submarine tunnel between Esglshd
and France arc being carriedion active.
y. - !. ''is go
When Adam got tired of naming his
descendants. and when be got half
through, he said /: ''Let's quit and cali
the rest Smith,
Monterey, CAL. has found encrmous
quantities Of vhalebone ON il beach,
which it thinks ought 70 be madeayail-
able for commerce. -.
The Michigan, fab hatchinge estab-
lishnent has juat received in good con-
dition 800, 900 California salmon eggs
from the Pacific coast. 4Ihs.sss xs.l
= a certificate Of narrisgs was issaed
in Boston a.fsw daystago to "a woman
only Is years old, who had been mar
ried twice befors.s a. ~ s
"a ghost which hasnted Masashu-
setts school house for months. md
frightened one teacher into spasms,
turns out to have been D tom sst in
the garret. s74s.l# ~ . ssd
g A very lafgs depoait fnsghetisiron
ore has been discovered in Befks esun-
ty Pa. and the shah which has .besn
sunk shows that the vein is over nine
feet in thickness. m ssra
A resident Of Reekineham, Va,
boasts Of . radish which measares sev-
enteen inchsa in length, seven inshss
in circumference, and weighs eight
A dozen cases Of typhoid fever have
recently occurred at Providsncs. all
caused BY the use Of asingle we'll, The
water Of which has been analysed ahd
found 70 be. impure. 1sas
There we're employed nearly 600. 900
persons last year in and about the coal,
fire-clay. irou-stone and shale mines Of
Great Britain and Ireland. four-fifths
Of whom we're occupied under ground.
The Missouri sherifs now allow the
condemned prioners to lie down in their
cofins and see if they, will st., and per-
init them other privileges such as see
ing the scafeld built, feeling the rope,
&c. :
Il is estimated that the total cost of
the new buildings put up in Chicago
aince the great FIRE. numbering betvsen
eighteen hundred and nineteen han-
dred, has been between $16. 100000
aud SIS, ,0OO, 900. -. 60
iqsA snake WAS killed in iArkansas ire
Gently which measured twenty feet
long, twenty-feurn inches. around the
girth, three or four inches between the
eyes. and which made track Of sight
and three fourth inches.
Two bunches Of grapes we're eahibi-
ted at the recent fruit show At Edin-
burgh,. Scotland. one Of which weighed
tWenty-six and . quarter pounds and
the other twenty-five pounds. These
are believed to be the largest punches
Of grapes ever known in Britain. and
probably the largest ever grown:
Said distinguished politician to his
son: ''Look at me! Ibegan = an al
derman. and here I am At the top Of
the tree; and what is my reward :
Why when I die, my son will be- the
greatest rarcal in the city, 70 This
the young hopeful replied: "Yes, dad,
when you die-not till then. ."-Dan-
bury Neps. M aa sfs
A man rushed breathlessly into law
yer's Office in St. Paul. and, approach
ing the legal luminsry. exeitedly re-
marked: "a man has tied . hoop to
my horses tail. e Can I do anythingf'
Eyes" replied the attorney; .'go and
unite it." This was good advice. and