American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-25
MULTUM IN PARYO.

No GOOD place for Toms and Tables
Catalone-ia
BIG crop of tobacco in Connecticut-lots
of " Havana" cigars next winter.
A NEW definition of an old maid is-a
woman who has been made for long
time.
KRUPP's great gun to be cast for the
Centennial will weigh, altogether, 1925
tons.
STERN winter stands good way off yet,
but once in while he gives us a % bit'' of
his breath.
WHY don't Sweden have to send abroad
for cattle9 Because she always keeps her
Stockholm.
WHY is fashionable society like warm
ing-pan? Because it is highly polished but
very hollow.
RED CLOUD sticks up his nose and says
he'd just like to see himself hoeing corn
or pulling turnips for Uncle Sam.
NATURE is changing her style in colors.
Green is ceasing to be favorite hue, while
scarlet, gold, mauve and brown are CON-
ing to be worn.
FAIR woman was made to bewitch-
A pleasure, pain, disturber, a nurse,
A slave or a tyrant, a blessing or curse
Fair woman was made to be-whichf
A PHILADELPHIA confectioner advertises
" Centennial kisses,'' but he can't sell
any; no; people don't like them so old.
They prefer them about Sixteen-nial.
FASHION says that the newest shirt-stud
is of lacy white enamel, in gold. And
those who wear them are the same-lazy
and white enameled, only without gold.
CAsToR-BEANs escaped the ravages of
Kansas grasshoppers, and there will be
enough cOld-drawn castor-oil to warrant
its use on pancakes, if people prefer it to
strip.
ITALY is having four monster cannon
made but they will be of no use except as
curiousities. 1t costs 81 200 each TO fire
them, and one salute would bankrupt the
country.
A PENNSYLVANIA farmer who cut open
hornets nest to see how it was made,
will probably be able, it is said, to see a
barn and other like small objects in
month or two. y
Few women are like Mary Ann Davis,
of Louisiana. When she found that her
bread was heavy she hung herself with
a BEDFORD, and gave Davis chance to
marry French cook.
THE oldest bell in Connecticut hangs in
the church tower at Wethersfeld, where
it was placed in 1887, the members of the
church being taxed two and one-quarter
punches OF onions each to pay for it.
AT the opening of a dancing academy at
Boston, the other night, a young man, in
stead of presenting his note of invitation,
passed in his marriage certificate, and the
doorkeeper did not discover the mistake
until he had got out of sight.
1T is reported that the neutrality of
Montenegro has been secured in the Turk
ish rebellion. Bates inquiries if this is
the three-card monte negro he saw on the
train when the s'iety had the last ex-
cursion s''-Ne,o Orleans Republican.
THINK about marriage as we please,
there is no pleasanter sight than newly
welded couple walking home from church
on the first Sunday, with the brides moth
er in the rear thoughtfully adjusting the
hustle and back bows of the happy daugh-
ter-Ddnbury Nea1s.
IT is this way that the Detroit Free
Press casts discredit upon the great State
of New York: -" ears and years after the
Erie Canal has been filled up and planted
TO corn some contractor will present
fraudulent claim-probably for furnishing
the tassels to the corn"
The other day, as Detroit undertaken
was walking along, accompanied by his
son, he took off his hat and made low
bow to an oldish man whom they saw
across the street. Father, why do you
take off your hat to such an old codger?"
inquired the son. my son, that man
has ten children, some of whom VIII die
before the summer is out, and he pays cash
down for everything" answered the
father.
THE following appeared in the columns
of the Tribune short time SINCE
UyANTED-A MAN CAPABLE OF PER
w forming the duties of private secretary to q
member of Congress; salary S2,0Os. Address,
with references, GEORGE W. BENTON, Muscatine,
Iowa.
In reply to an applicant Benton says
that he is business agent for the honorable
gentleman, and finds the references salts
factory, ETC., but must have little fee of
five dollars to pay expenses of advertising,
etc, before forwarding the
Only another version OF an
old dodge.-Chicogo Post and Mail
THE Amador (Cal.) Leader of the 4th
inst has the following: We learn with
deep regret that on the morning after the
election the remains of Thomas Andrews
was found in the barnyard Of Mr.. Ledford,
horribly mutilated by hogs, large num-
her of which were at the time of the dis
covery feeding upon the remains. 1t APP
pears that Mr.. Andrews left Volcano IN
the evening and went as TAR as the resi-
dence of Mr.. Ledford, where, feeling I'M
well, he went to the barnyard, and 1t is
supposed laid down and probably fell
asleep, in which condition he was proba-
bly, attacked by a large number OF raven
Gus hogs and torn to pieces. When the
remains were found early in the morning
the hogs were still rioting over their hor-
rible feast.