The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
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There are good many storie.. afloat
about the punctillious observance of
Sunday in Scotland, but none more IL
Illustrative of the absurdity to which the
custom is carried than the following,
which Is told by the Count de Medina
Pomar, in his newly published work,
stThe Honey Moon" cit was at the
hotel of Dumbarton. had just got up,
and rung the bell for some water
for shaving. A waiter answered
my call. Il want some hot water, if
you please, I said. And what
for do you want hot,water p For shaw
ing, said I. sYe Gamma have hot water
on the Lords Day for sic thing as
shaving, said the waiter, horror-struck
at the idea. I insisted again, but with
the same effect. Ma, na,' said he, We
Gamma have it, Necessity is the mother
of invention, It's said, and this aroused
mine. I thought that if could arrange
the order in such way that it would
not affect his religious scruples he would
bring it directly. I therefore proposed
that 1 should like some toddy, and told
him to bring me the materials for making
it, consisting of whisky, sugar, and
boiling water. These he brought with
out the least demur. / gave him the
whisky, which he drank, and L used the
hot water Soconscience was satisfied. :"
An Almost Fatal Joke.
A farmer named W. Smith, residing
near Mt. Pulaski, ILL.,, on leaving his
house the other evening, instructed his
colored servant to take good care of his
horses, and if any one come near the
place to shoot them at once. The two
daughters thought they would try the
darkey's nerves to see if he would shoot.
So one of them disguised herself in her
father clothes and went ont to the barn,
while the other informed the boy that
there were thieves in the barn. The
boy at once rushed out with his gun,
and, meeting whom he thought was the
! thief, fred the contents of his musket
into the shoulder of the girl The Joke
proved nearly fatal, but she is recover
| ing rapidly.
ASCoTcH WOMAN, whose name was Mar
garet, did nothing but wear aud abuse,
| instead of answering the minister. cay,
where a. the sinful gang 2" ''Deil tax
them that kens, as weel as them that
speers,' cried she. "Ay, Margaret,
they gang where there'Il be wailing and
gnashing of teeth" ''By my trow,
then" says Margaret, "let them gnash
that haze them, for dell a stump haze I
had these twenty years.
Bismarck and Count Arnim.
A special dispatch to the London
Times of the 21st of November says:
ga Autographed sheet issued at Berlin
by DIR. Zeh1icke, the late editor of the
Spencer Gazette, states that shortly be-
fore the fall of M. Theirs, Prince Bis
marck gave parliamentary soiree, at
which the conversation turned ON M.
Theirs position. A deputy remarked
to the chancellor that NJ. Theirs was
on the brink of a precipice and might
fall in few day s. Prince Bismarck re.
piled: Things are not SO bad, Om
ambassador has sent reassuring reports
about it. 1t is all false alarm. Thiers
will remain in office A few weeks af
forwards, when the Paris intrigue had
succeeded, the same guests were assem-
bled, and the conversation reverted tx
the French crisis. The same Deputy
twitted Prince Bismarck with the un
expected turn things had taken, anG
the latter warmly exclaimed: have
been Intentionally deceived.
I INDIAN CHErNEY SAUCE. - Eigh
ounces of sharp, sour apples, pared ant
cored; eight ounces of tomatoes, eigh
ounces of salt. eight ounces OF brown
sugar, eight ounces of stoned raislns
four ounces of cayenne, four onnces oi
powdered ginger, two ounces of garlic
, two ounces of shalots, three quarts o
vinegar, one quart of lemon juice. Chol
the apples in very small square pieces
} and add TO them the other ingredients
Mix the whole well together, and put il
/ a well-covered jar. Keep this in
warm place, and stir every day for
i month, taking care to put on the lid at
} ter this operation; strain, but do no
{ squeeze it dry; store it away in cleal
i jars or bottles for use, and the hquo
will serve as an excellent sauce forrnea
{ or fish. Make this sauce before the en-
OF October. .Beeton.