The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-13

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rae Tree by his side on the box to Herki-
mer. 1t affords me pleasure to balance
this little account sixty-one years after the
iriehuiy obligation was incurred by sub
scrlption to Mr.. Faxton's Hospital"
curious fact connected with the grass.
hopper migration has recently been OH
served Last year they came from the
southwest from the dry planteau of Colo.
RADIO and perhaps from New Mexico, and
this year they are leaving by the north
west, instead of crossing the Missouri, and
we hear of them in Kansas, Nebraska, and
even as far off as the Black Hills. Natur-
ailsts are called upon to explain the vaga-
res in the hopper migrations.
The Taunton Gazette tells of n vounc
man who recently conceived the brilliant
idea OF popping the question by postal
card. Accordingly he despatched one to
the idol of his heart. bearines nnlv he
name and this character "?" His feelings
can be imagined on receiving by return
mail card inscribed most ener9eticallv
~! When last seen, lie had checked his
collar box Tor Chicago, and was inquiring
The price OF through tickets to the west.
A bottle containing a paper giving the
story of the German girls who were so
long in captivity to the Cheyenne Indians.
mas recently been picked up on a beach of
the Gult OF Mexico, near the mouth of the
Brazos River, and it turns out that il was
thrown into the water far up stream bv
the girls during captivity, in the hope that
1t would fall into the hands of some ciyiliz.
ed person. 1t was not found, however.
till after the girls had gained their liberty
There's nothing like know ing what TO do
in sudden emergencies. The other morning.
when man fell overheard from the ferry
steamer, long-haire man who sat read
ing newspaper rose up and called out,
stop her-back her-go ahead-throw
him plank-stop the boat-give him n
rope-lower boat-where's lite preser
ver-stop this boat ~ The victim was
saved, but of course he would have been
drowned but for the efforts Of the long,
haired man.
Chaucer could MT SPELL Shakespeare could
MT spell. Milton could MT spell. Lord
Bacon could MT spell. Or, rather, they
we're luxuriant spoilers. They spelled
their words as apple trees blossom. The
vigor of their spiritual and intellectual
life proved itself by their spelling. Happy
men There were no dictionaries in those
days. People supposed that ideas were
important then, and loved the notions that
came by words-not the letters with which
the words were made. And when the
writers were in hurry they wrote the
words short and when they had plenty of
time they wrote them long. They would
spell the word three or four different WAYS
on the same page.
A writer in the Meridcn Miss. lleycuyy
expects the readers of that paper to believe
the following 81 have a cat that will
occupy my seat at the table until come.
and will not willingly give 1t up. was
n c nd
1t, and the cat would come from the table
to the bed frequently. She finally caught
n mouse and brought it to the bed -laying
it down by me. | threw it off. but as
often as | did so the cat would bring it
back, until thought she wanted me to eat
1t; so made believe ate it, and the cat
went away apparently satisfied. And
before night the same day she brought me
a striped squirrel, and each day Tor the
three days | was in bed she brought game,
with the same result-she would never
leave until had pretended to eat it."
Galveston Noos--A negro fisherman
ment he sSHa6tb T9aEaRs i4o p2g9da re
men examined the fish, and offered what
they deemed fair price. The negro
wanted more. The bidders refused TO
come down. Another man, attracted by
the little crowd that had gathered to view
the fish, approached the negro and offered
a sum IN advance of the amount rendered
by the first bidders. Still the darkey held
out he wanted his price or nothing.
While the question was under discussion,
a huge shark, twelve feet long, one of the
largest seen in these waters of late, gently
took the Jewish in, cutting the head from
the body as though it had been done with
sharp knife. Everybody looked on in
amazement, but the most astonshed in
dividual in the group was the fisherman,
who appeared much aggreved when
laugh went around. Turning to the last
bidder he said gravely, Il believe you
knowed dat shark wos dare all de time"