The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

dren of British soldiers were compelled to
petition the State for bread
Providence, r. l., is exultant over a
rare circumstance-thee erection of a school
house for less than the appropriation
$4,000 was appropriated and only $23, 667
spent.
The new Canadian Postal law went
into effect on the list of October. By its
provisions letters not prepaid will be sent
to the dead-letter office; if insufficicntly
paid, the receiver pays double the original
charge.
I'm case the countrv's fathers little
Ratchet cannot be found no effort should
be spared to secure for the Centennial one
of the doubleelliptic brass pens with
which the country's poet writes obituaries.
N. 7. Sun.
The Board of Visitors of the Balti-
more Jail have decided to try the expert
ment on the professional bummers of
mixing whisky with every article Of food
and drink issued to them, in the hope that
their thirst for liquor may be permanent
ly satisfied.
The following "solid men" are the
officers of the Providence (R. ~ steamer
Electra: Captain, 291 pounds; quarter
master, 275 pounds; steward. 276 pounds
chief pilot, 246 pounds; second pilot, 23S
pounds, and chief engineer, 235 pounds
an average of 260 % pounds.
There is lawyer in Detroit so con
scientious that when he makes mistake
that entails loss on his client he pays it
out of his own pocket. We hope the Cen
on this phenomenon, because if Keeleys
oto oh fa11 I'D I,o
to have something like this to fall back
upon.-Butalo Express.
1T had been supposed that the barbar-
Gus custom of hazing freshmen in our
colleges had been abandoned, but we learn
that it has recently broken out afresh al
Harvard University, and many of the
freshmen of this year have been treated in
a most cruel and wicked manner. If what
we hear is true, the most vigerous meas
ures should be taken to punish the guilty
parties and stop the practice.-Boston
| Traveller.
Quite recently short-sig GIFTED husband
saw large bouquet of flowers on chair
and, wishing to preserve them from fading
placed them in basin of water. When
his wife saw the "bouquet" half an hour
afterward she gave one piercing scream
and tainted on the spot. Her defective.
visioned husband had mistaken her neY
bonnet, with its abundance of flowers, fol
freshly-culled bouquet.
Its all right to talk about bringing up
child in the way he should 60, but the
other day when Third street woman sci
out to do it man halted at the gate and
shouted: "Go in, mother-cripple the
boy for lifcv And woman leaned ovel
the fence and screamed: "Why DOM
you cut his throat?" And boy climbed
on the alley fence, waved his hat, and
cried out: Why in blazes hain't the re.
porters around here to get this lawful
tragedy?'" And the mother had to STOP
pounding and get into the house.-Detroi
Free Press.
| Those favorites of fortune who expect
to be able to buy new trousers this fall
may be pleased to know that the prevail
ing tone in the pantaloons of the season is
breadth-what the artists call a generous
expression-straight up and down and
large all the way. "But with all this
ample development" writes an accom-
plished critic, there is nothing slouchy
and too big about their appearance. The
artistic designer and skillfulworkman has
happily avoided all these evil expressions
and the present modes in pants are, in
deed, models of beauty and elegance
So giad.-Bufalo Courier.
Everything should be sacrificed tt
keeping the expenses of business inside o.
the receipts. That eminent philosopher
Wilkins Micawber, sounded the keynote
when he formulated his theory: Income
ego; expenses, e19, 19s. 6d.-result, hap
piness. Income, ego; expenses, EGO, Os
6d.-result, misery; and his life furnished
a powerful negative argument in its sup
port. As rule, wealth is not acquired
spasmodically. The solid men Of all
communities are those who by steady in
dustry and (as the advertisements say
"close attention to business" make con
slant accretions to their capital, and ever
in hard times find themselves on the hap
.py side of Mr.. Micawber's formula.
There is funny side to even so sad 8
case as the abduction of Charlie Ross
The father of the lost boy tells the story tc
a reporter of the Philadelphia Times
While in Canada recently he saw a circu
lar of circus manager announcing wax
figures of the Ross family, together with
an offer from the manager himself Of .
reward of $4,000 for the discovery Of the
boy. Mr.. Ross went to the circus and
saw figures of himself and wife, and Char
lie, none of which bore the least resem
blance to the originals. Without making
himself known he talked with the exhib
itor, who told him he was a frequent Wis
itor to the Ross household, and that all o.
the figures were strikingly accurate like
nesses. When Mr.. Ross made himself
known the man was dumbfounded for {
moment, but Immediately expressed his
deep sympathy, declaring his willingness
to pay the 81, 1000 reward, and offered, il
case the boy were found, to give tn,
father 81 600 week for thirty weeks fol
1.-The privilege of exhibiting him!