The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-24
HERE AND THERE.

der - Years of age.
TIE whole number Of failures in the
United States this year,, so far, is 1871,
and the amount of liabilities S74,940,-
$50.
IN some parts of Texas the people are
complaining because their cotton crops
are so large that they annot gather
them.
OUT of 800 cOnvictS in the Georgia
P~cnitentiary only one-tenth are white,
the majority being negro boys of 10
and II.
ANEGRO Justice Of the Peace in Jcflcr-
son County, Fla, passed Judgment
against his wife for stealing a chemise,
and in default of bail sent her to jail.
\ SAVINGS bank in Hampshire, Mass,
has refused to receive deposits be-
cause it cannot find any secure way to
make investment of what it has on hand.
JOIN King, of Pclla, Iowa, rode forth
to Kill old Richie, but his horse stum-
bled, and old Richie, as foreman of the
Coroner's jury, rendered q verdict that
it served John King right.
ALL the varieties of the maple, hand
some and desirable as they are, are very
much subject to the Suu-scald and the
attacks of the borer. The same may be
said of the elms, and although recon-
mended for ornamental planting, they
are not profitable as timber trees.
THERE are walking, running, trOtting
and swimming matches, as we all
know, and now come the jumping
matches, than which nothing more use
less can be conceived. However, quite
4 crowd gathered in Hobokcn the other
day to see which Of two jumpers could
jump the farthcSt. Why does not some
one get up some useful matches
strength and skill applied to some real
ly useful industry? We suggest pota-
t~o-di@ging matches, apple-gathering
matches, brick-laying matches, street
sweeping matches. and the like. Then
some good might be accomplished.
"SAMUEL X. RICHARDSON, box 12S
Hartford, Conn, |. :. A." needs the
attention of the Postmaster of that city.
Letters with that signature and address,
and III language as follows, are said by
the London Times to have been sent to
many British merchants: "1ou may or
may not be aware that You are the vic
tins of Il systematic fraud which is be-
inc practiScd on YOU by some Of your
employees, in conjunction with some
persons outside OF your firm, the latter
OF which ! was till recently connected
with. If prompt and full information
which will lead to the detection of the
above is worth 4 so note, send it to the
following address in IN unregistered
letter, and only on these terms will [
reply. Answer by return, as leave
here in a month"
Mrs. ELIZABETH POPE Of Clay Coun-
ty. Missouri, was 100 years old the 18th
OF March last, but Judging from Il letter
she has written to the Secretary of the
Old Settlers Reunion at st. Joseph, she
is Il good deal more bright and active
than many persons who were born 4
quarter or Il half century later. She
SAYS her father was one of the cOlOniStS
who went into kentucky with Daniel
Boone, and that her nearest neighbOr
was the father of President Lincoln.
She adds: Il have been in his house
very many times, and was 16 or IS years
old when Abraham Lincoln, Jr., was
born. | have oftcntimes mursed the
dead President, which in itself was not
then nor is it now any thing eztraordi-
nary, for he was simply Il baby and q
terrible UGLY II at that
\ ARBLE memorial of Sir John
Franklin has been placed in Westmin-
Stcr Abbey, in that part now known US
the Nightingale Chapel. Beneath an
elaborate canopy is the bust of the ex-
plorcr, wearing his medals and orders
his breast. The bust bears the one
word, ''~Franklin." Underneath is u
marble picture of Il ship ice-bound in
the arctic regions, bearing above it the
words:
o We frost and cold, o We lee and snow,
Bless We the Lord; praise Him, and magni-
fly Him forever.
Beneath the bust are these lines:
Not here; the white North has thy bones;
and thou,
Heroic Sailor-SOul,