American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-07
MULTUM IN PARVO.

lHE nODleSC 1tOW-manS OF them all
the Cornell students.
BETWEEN 400 and 600 sheep perishe
in a recent storm in Wethersfield, VT.
A CLOCK has just been repaired a
Mauch Chunk, Pa, which has been run
ming for forty-five years.
THE frog pond of Boston Common ha
been thoroughly cleansed, but not a fro
was found One solitary turtle was tn
only inhabitant
THE prevalent summer complaint
that oysters are out of season. Some pee
pie are shellfish enough to want every
thing all the year round.
THE Salt Lake Tribune charges tina
Brigham Young and the lesser priestl
saints have stolen lumber to the value o
s., 0OO, 600 from the Government.
A PENNSYLVANIA man captured rattle
snake and set about teaching it som
tricks. He was on the high road to sue
cess when they had to bury him.
"a PITTSBURGH man has invented al
iron shirt. ''-Miners' Journal. There
no doubt either that the shirt in question
will prove the thing for hardware.
THE worst feature in this whole Charlie
Ross affair is that brand of execrable!
meant! sticky!lM chewing gumiii,! ha
been named after the poor little abducted
BUSINESS opens first-rate considering
the tight times. Two people in Delaware
have already been choked to death will
peach stones, and more cases are daily ex
pected.
FIRST SwELL-Deuced hot, Fwank
Call a cab. Second Swell-Tell you what
old fellow, you shout and I'll hold up UNI
bwellar. Get through it that way [Plar
adopted.
A YOUNG lady who vainly tried to stare
a gentlemen out of countenance, looking
at him through the border of her fan, sub
sequently told him he mustn't fan-see he'd
cider down.
"WILL you have a small piece of the
light meat or small piece of the dark p
! asked Bob's uncle as he carved the turkey
at dinner. az will take a large piece Of
both" answered Bob.
THOMAS MOORE, the poet, stopped fol
several weeks nearly century ago in a
house in Norfolk, Va. The building is
still standing and the inhabitants of the
city talk of celebrating the centennial.
THE Jersey farmer sits among his potato
vines and weeps, like jeremiah in the vine
yard, all because he has visitor from the
West-whose initials are &C. b." and
whose whole name is Colorado Beetle.
WHEN you see man in the bayfield,
suuueniy jump from the GROUND, Iail
DOWN ana roll over, spring up ana rush
for the barn, you may pet your last dol
him ,'-"' ' ans
ONE of the oldest, ablest and best-known
members of the Suffolk (Mass.) bar once
dryly said that there was no such thing as
knowing what law was until the Supreme
Court had had its opportunity to guess
at 1t.
INF missouri OUns'ituLlonai con!ention
mas auopleu sec.lon wnlcn loipius any
raiIro.u .! o'n:l elansP coniPany
iioi .ssuS III, =. e. vs. 'n uia q.
I G 90 nenoeis vi TIC Hesisi"'"ie III
o'a.e oiiceS'
IVY srEolAL poilcellen vi 'ne aieIe ioI
Suspicious l .h Ss uaoS HT " a. .,tsH
each o'her at SPlingneiu, Mass., 'ne o. .tta
hasd and tatan ' 10 the ~s st.t;on .house bH h;s
more lar adversarv
r- ,-, ~, -
IhE census oevelops ule iac' uial
81. regis trlDe OF INDIANS, living on tne
border between Franklin County. N. T.,
and the canada line, are increasing IN
n nunpe, nat .ar neay uou"ieu Siiioe 'iie
n'o "''A . s''
Put both Of your lower limbs into one
leg of your pantalOOnS: take the other
leg roll it into a bunch and tie it behind
YOU; then try to walk. That will teach
you how nice and comfortable an ultra
pull back dress is.-Erchanoe.
"WHAT are Won about ~ incurred a
lunatic of a cook who was industriouAv
picking the feathers from a fowl. Dress
ing chicken" answered the cook. 81
should call that undressing" replied the
crazy fellow. The cook looked reflect
i've.
THE latest novelty in ice-cream saloons
is situated in Petrolia, Pa. The saloon,
with its tables and chairs, is inclosed in a
drum covered with light gauZe, and the
whole concern is constantly revolving,
the power being derived from an adjacent
machine shop.
coRREspoNDE,Sr of the Teavenwortb
(Kan ! Comnon,cel1Itb int;mates that tbe
new grass supposed to have been brought
hither in the craws of the grasshoppers is
nothing but the buffalo grass, which he
as nuisance for various
reasons. It's too tough and limpsy for
moving, dies too soon in the fall, lacks
brilliancy of color, etc. He thinks it will
prove pest and Tartar
THE Pilgrim Society of Plymouth,
Mass. having DELAYED for wears to call for
the APPROXIMATION of $4,000 granted by the
Connecticut Legislature in the year 1856,
in aid of proposed &c national monument
to the forefathers," the Connecticut Comp
trOller concluded to look into the matter
little before paying it. He found the
monument in process OF erection, with
promise OF completion before the centen-
NAL year, and VIII accordingly pay the
ACcORDING to the Springfield Mass
ReDublicnn. the fate of the Pomeroy bow