Connecticut western news., 1875-11-05
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A tramp tore the rings from Harris burg (Pa.) lady's ears the other night:
 In what colors should babies be dressedf Why, infancy colors, oi course.
 Kerosene is said to be cheaper than gas as an illumination. You can't save @ scent in using it, however io
 The ghost which haunted Massachu- setts schoolhouse for months, and fright ened one teacher into spasms, turns out to have been a cat in the garret,
 Bad news for the birds. The Uali- fornia canary seed crop is almost total failure, and prices have risen from four to twenty-five cents pound.
 It is said that girl lately sang Darling, Am Growing Old" with an expression so pertinent and forcible that her procrastinating lover was brought to time on the spot. M -.-...,.la
 The Detroit philosopher thinks it is the best way not to make will. If you do make one the lawyers will prove you an idiot or lunatic and take the proper ty for proving it. F--'sat
 How grand it sounded the other day when @ justice of the peace at La Crosse called out: De Forrest Ronald William | Thespius Donaldson, you will have to take the witness stand.
 "Ssyl" said the city youth to the modest countryman, "got the hay seed out O your hair yeti" "WaIl, was the deliberate reply, "I iedge not, from the way the calves run arter me"
 It was at Hartford, Pa, where the tenor stopped in the middle of sole in the oratorio of Esther" and scratching his head soliloquized thus e Let's see hold on-how's this thing going to come out, anyhow 2" 4 ea@1Ss
 It is proposed in France by the tele- graphic administration to encourage the introduction of private wires and to of- fer such inducements that no great fac- tory and no rich mans house in the country will be without it's wire.
 Two sisters, named Challis, have bought newspaper in Martinsville, Pa., and are publishing vigorous editorials urging the young men to marry. Who will be the first, inquiries the Pittsburgh Dispdtch, to put a Challis to his lips 2
 It is rather dubious sort of an obitu- ary which an old lady lately received in @ New Orleans newspaper. It is stated, as if in her honor, that she was l" the widow of that renowned fighter, Rezin Bowie, the brother of the famous James Bowie, whose name was bestowed upon that fearful instrument of death known as the Bowie knife." This beats the epitaph of the Irish lady who was |" first cousin to Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful " all hollow.
 An unfortunate accident that occurred at Hydeville, Vermont, proves 5he fear full explosive powers of nitro glycerine. A lad picked up an empty can which had once contained this compound, and which had been thrown away two years ago, and was attempting with a hammer and gouge to remodel it, when the blows of the hammer caused an explosion. The lads right hand was torn from his body and the fragments scattered, while bis body was terribly mutilated.
 There IS story told of Joaquin Miller, the poet, that when he was at Barnum's Hotel, New York city, few weeks ago, he wrote to friend in New Jersey and ended the letter "Come and see me whenever you can. am at Barnum's." The friend, who does not appear to have been familiar with the names of the city hotels, answered "I am sorry you have commenced to exhibit yourself. If you had stuck to literature you would have made your mark and fortune. is the show now2"