The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-13
FACTS AND .FANgIEs..


sd like to give something to the
poor" remarked Toledo lady atst s.It's It :.
hard times and they must, be suffering,
but I've got to use this $40 to buysan-s "a
other SWITCH" .,4 ~. fti~ IL A.
-"Hellen was proud, !" said an aTndi-sd;
ana widower of his late wife, g and,she
was great worker. You ought 20 q
have stood by and see her jerk q beds
stead down and go for bugs J" 1850 ="
"A woman recently died in Alabama
leaving to somebody, it is said ;, an inhers-..
itance of no less than 297 hoop-skirts,
That woman was as we'll hooped as al
imported barrel of French brandy.
"A good many young men would be
content If they were only astronomers,
great he will never stop until people
speak of him as pisciculturist.R Sh7a3s-
"A Troy fool got beef's heart, put
and sent it to Troy young woman for q
a valentine. The fair creature gave the
heart to her poodle, but will keep the
arrow. sssh sG4atina
A silly fellow whose ears were, Inn-
usually large once simpering1y asked
witty lady: "Will not make fine IF
angel ?" "Wen, no." she replied,
pointing to his ears, ST think your
wings are to high" N;gn
New England seems to be driving
up. At Brattleborough, VT, water
costs thirty cents barrel, and at Graf q.
ton, N. H., one man asks five hundred
dollars for the privilege of drawing ~
water from his well.
-IHE total receipts of the trans
atlantic steamship companies plying Z
botwcen New York and Europe were
only $50, 153, 1856 in 1874, against $57,- !
577,350 in 1874, decrease of 1927, ,423,4-
365.
--Murderoua ARRAYS, burglariey, andai'
demonstrations arc Of constant. occur :,
renee in Port Said, Egypt. TIE ressi- :
dents are hardly safe in their q0wna :.
houses. and lady scarcely dare venture I,
to appear in the streets for fear Of c'
insult. ,-,,.a r,,,i,
"A very flexible temperance pledge
is this, which is circulated among BosJ
ton fashionable ladies' ST promise,
that no Intoxicating liquor shall be -
used in this house for cooking purppses;Df
and in sickness that it shall be given
conscientionslYep til .safsE2ga u sfiiys
The Pail Mall s Gazette "a ,corres
p6MdsiiJ at Berfn nrep0 Is. .fiiaE Ene Ger IS =;
man government has received a memo.
rial from the Protestant clergy Of Spain,
complaining that thaliberty of Worship
is threatened. Sim9lat memorials have
bean forwarded to$Qther Protestant
|powcrs in Europe and to the Unitedost
States. 4 ..-.,
SHow my old grandmotleF Used &; spank mo; 7c.
Over her knee, over her knee. .f., . s;otsP
When was quite a small boy!
It. was spank, spank, spank ~. sia gI5I
No use was 1t kicking, for on she went lick- .
ing, Sil
With spank, spank, spank -,
The thing rle used to enjoy!
Chorus-Then it's ovor knee, etc. 8,
"A wealthy and eccentric woman ins,e
Spring field, ILL.,, contributes $500 a year
to the support of one of the churches
there, but cannot be induced to attend =
q single service. Nor will she allow its
pastor to enter her house. She says
that he "means WE'LL" and that is why
she gives the money, but she doesn't.
desire to "hear any of his can't.
They have good deal of wind in
Holland and the people make q good
deaf Of money out of it. There are (.
$4,000 windmills in operation, each do
ing six or ten-horse power service,
through the twenty-four hours. These :
81, 100000, and they perform all the
service required of steam engines at
one-twentieth the cost. s3ni
For the year ending September 80, 4
tine p, ople OF The United States con-
sumed $4,000. 900 bushels of peanuts.
Tennessee furnished $4,000; Virginia, .
225, 600; North Carolina, 10000; and +
the balance, 125000 bushels, was i'm
ported from Africa. The maturing
Virginia crop is said to be large, prob &
ably about $4,000 bushels, while the
North Carolina crop is estimated at
120, 600 bushels.
The compiler of foreign gossio
doesn't often give us anything so ro-
mantio as this: The will of an old man,
who died recently in Brussels, tells how
he once found valuable diamond in
Asia, which he concealed in a out III the
calf of his leg, where he had made an
intentional wound. The apparent a:;ss
fortune procured his release from the
mine, and he was made immensely rich
by the sale of the gem, which is now
one of Russia's crown diamonds.
old man Wheeler of Minnesota
wants divorce from his wife. She
sent him down the cellar one night last
week after bottle of yeast. He got it
and WAS trudging along up stairs, think
ing of nothing in particular, when the
bottle exploded, soaring Wheeler 80 that q
ho fell with one great whoop down in
soap barrel under the stairs. When
they pulled him out he prancsd around
vel1inO U C,,sa q wife cuss veaat cr,ss