Middletown transcript., 1875-02-27
Uarieties.

Darieties.
The Allegheny Workhouse cleared
$13, ,293 over and above expenses last
year.
The first block Of granits-built dwell
ling houses in Washington is in process
of erection.
The value Of the sardines annually
caught in the Mediterranean, is esti-
mated at 81 ,OOO.O 600 go
A feet of small steam yachts will
| ply next summer on the placid waters
of Saratoga Lake.
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon has been obliged
to leave England for the Continent on
account Of bis health.
The Erie Railway pays out nearly
$3.50. 900 month to shop and track
hands in the neighborhood of Port
Jervis. 6s,oslsss4es 4ia@sf rsl
It is said that not q single graduate
Of the Kansas Agricultural College has
become q farmer since 1867. z@i AZ
A New York man was recently SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment
for barbarously killing cat. as s2f'a
The Danbury News says that Boston
has at least one man who cannot tell a
lie. He is deaf and dumb pea nut
merchant.
Men are guided less by conscience
than by glory and yet tho shortest
way to glory is to be guided by con-
cience.-[Henry Horne. as gzs
Nothing recalls to the mind Of the
married man the joys Of his single life
SO vividly as to find that the baby has
been eating crackers in bed. 'se'isa
Fanny" in note from Brooklyn,
says the one great wish of her heart is
that she may live to see what will be
the fashions in bonnets in 1900. f
Politeness is not always sign of
wisdom; but the want of it always
leaves room for suspicion Of folly, If
folly and independence are the same.
One by one the roses fade. It is
now boldly denied that men who wear
long hair are possessed of any more
talent than men who have it shipped
close.
A facetious artist, in Cleveland, WAS
recently mulsted in $1O0 damages, for
painting the nose of a colored boy
bright red color.
The increase Of the population of the
city of San Francisco during the past
year was rs. 900, and more than 1000
new buildings were erected. .i.b
A Boston paper takes occasion to
protest against the ugliness and inde-
cency Of many of the so-called "comic
valentines" offered fer sale this season.
A new form of Boston charity is
''diet kitchens" The food is given
only to the sick poor. and tickets are
distributed by the dispensary physi-
clans.
Three young women recently opened
! barber shop in Cincinnati, but after
! few weeks trial the experiment was
'eund to be unsuccessful and the shop
vas closed.
DR.. Glenn, said to bs the largest
armer in California, has just sold his
asst years crop Of grain, for nearly
lalf million dollars gold coin,a
A tax of six cents per pack is impos-
d on playing cards in England Dur
ng the financial year Of 1924, the
ak was paid on 1,02O. $50 packs
In consequence Of the number offero-
ious dogs on his route, Milwaukee
etter carrier is said to have made ap.
'lication for pair ofsheet- iron trousers.
A New Orleans newspaper offers the
ollowing sentiment "Gsorge Wash
ngton-frst in war, first in peace, and
ast in getting monument.
The Beecher trial is said to be a con-
est of heavy weights. The ayoirdu-
ois Of the prosecutors amounts to three
Moul-ton, and Fuller
)n.
A New York man expects to, exhibit
the Centennial bottle of Madeira
'ine which was put up and hermeti-
ally sealed by Robert Morris in 1774.
A club modelled after the Alpine
lub Of England is to be organized in
an Francisco, for the purpose Of climb
'g the snow bound peaks Of the Rocky
a a
A Duluth girl bet she could step
st two chairs placed side BY side 1t
'ok three doctors to get her thigh bone
ito place. s 'ii2
Rutherford, Md, promises to become
usually healthy. The doctors refuse
attend people without receiving pay
advance.
A Michigan town has horeshoer
ho car set one hundred and thirty