The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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"A farmer in Mississippi County, Mo-,
has pair of butfaloes broken to work
under the yoke.
"A man is said to exhibit public spirit
who has . readiness to do anything likely
to prove lucrative.
The Umatllla Indians have on their
reservation in Georgia 5000 horses, 1000
head OF cattle and $50 head of hogs
| The young man with flower in his
coat is to marry the young woman who is
in the habit of saying, "The ide-yah."
WHAT'S the difference between the
debt and the report of a gunpowder ex-
plosion? Ones nations debt and the
others defamation.
| "A New York woman refuses to le-
her children eat food of which Indiant
meal forms constituent part, for fear it
will make them savage
The Hartford Cournnt was 112 years
old Oct. 20. From the day it was first
published until the present it has never
once failed to appear on time.
The Philadelphia Press is of the
opinion that the most distressing feature
OF political campaign in this land of
liberty is the Grassland nuisance.
Prof. Wise is again fooling around
with his balloon. II some near and dear
friend of his-some one whose whole af
lection is conferred on the old man-would
take him quietly by the button hole and
whisper softly the name of Donaldson in
his ear, some undertaken would be cheated
out of first-class Washington Re
publican.
Some people are too trusting for this
world. At a recent trial the prisoner en-
tered plea of {" not guilty." when one of
the jurymen put on his hat and started
for the door. The Judge called him
back and informed him that he couldn't
leave until the case was tried. "Tried ?"
queried the juror, why, he acknowledges
that he is not guilty"
1T is related of a girl, seventeen years
old, down in Southern Georgia, that she
can cut up one horse load of hickory
wood in one hour and twenty minutes,
with an AK. She can carry the same in
the house and gather up all the chips in
twenty minutes. She cam write compO-
sition the same night, make up rolls for
breakfast and learn four difficult lessons,
which she recites perfectly the next morn
ing.
Nelson was made an Admiral in the
British navy in a peculiar manner. He
was only Captain at the time, and fifty
third on the list. The Government had
guessed that he was a man of great
abilities and wanted his services. Accord
ingly fifty-three Admirals were named, of
whom tifty-two were at once placed on
half-pay, and the hero of Trafalgar came
to the front.
"A newspaper is window through
which men look out on all that is going
on in the world; without a newspaper a
man is shut up in small room and knows
little or nothing of what is happening
outside of himself. In our day the news
papers keep pace with history and record
it. A newspaper will keep a sensible
man in sympathy with the worlds current
history. it is enfolding encyclopedia, an
unbound book forever issuing and never
finished.
The Supreme Court of Maine has
taken long step in the opposite direction
from the course of judicial decisions on
the liabilities of carriers. According to a
Portland dispatch Gustavus Broad and
wife were awarded STA damages for be-
ing put off train Of the Eastern Railroad,
their tickets being for a passage from Ban
gor to Boston, while in fact they were
travelling the other way. The decision
appears TO hold that tickets are good for
passage either way.
"A large bear that is kept on exhibit
ton at one of the parks in Sacramento,
Cal, escaped from his pen the other even
ing, and set out in the direction of an in
closure where number of tame deer
were feeding. Seeing him coming, the
deer leaped their fence and ran at full
speed down one of the city streets, but
were atterward caught. TIE bear, when
weary OF roaming about, crawled volun-
tarily into his pen again and let his keep
ers fasten him in.
-" Sir" asked an attorney yesterday of
a witness who was testifying in a case of
assault and battery, have you been in
this court before?'' eyes, SIR" said the
witness, =" I have been here often.' ''Ah,
been here often, have you:" said the at
torney in a triumphant tone. "Now
tell the court what for3" "Well," re-
piled the witness slowly, II have been
here at least dozen times to see you to
try and collect that tailor's bill you owe. y"
San Francisco Chronicle.
There will be two cclipses of the sun
and two of the moon in 1876. First, a
partial eclipse of the moon, commencing
in New England about 10 80 a. M, March
10. Second, an annular eclipse of the
sun, March IS, the moon concealing the
suns disc, except a ring around the
border. In New England it will be Wis
ible as partial eclipse only, beginning
about five minutes to four p. m. Third,
a partial eclipse of the moon on Sept. 3,
not visible in the United States. Fourth,
a total eclipse of the sun, invisible in the
United States, but visible in the South
Pacific and Antarctic Oceans.
I'm Boston street-car the other after
noon-the Globe tells the story-the seats
on one side were we'll filled; on the other
seven ladies were seated, and they con-
trived to spread over the entire space.
Presently tired, pale and feeble-looking
woman entered, and the ladies, glancing
at her, settled back and let her stand. The
only gentleman in the car, one of Boston s
est-known authors, moved by righteous
indignation, rose and said: "Ladles, how
can you expect any gentleman to give you
seats in car when you treat one Of your
own sex with such unfeeling cruelty?'
Then turning to the poor woman he said:
Madam, my seat is at your service
Mr.. Owen Clarkin, of Pawtucket, has
grievance. He visited Providence the
other day, and, bent on little trading,
bought 100 cabbages at six cents apiece.
As he wanted to return in the cars he put
his young son in charge Of the wagon-load
of produce, bidding him to drive home at
his leisure. The boy, thinking agreeably
to surprise his father, turned peddler and
sold the cabbages one by one to chance
pedestrians at the rate Of three for ten
cents, and finally turned over his whole
stock to a huckster for two cents apiece.
Mr.. Clarkin's dismay may be readily i'm
agined when he learned what the jealous
youth had done. and he is now seeking to
recover his property through the medium
of the law.
I'm the building which was burned
last week on West Main street there was a
cat with litter of four kittens. At first
the cat WOULD not move, but stayed with
her little ones, but as the fire progressed
and became too warm for her she finally
jumped to her feet and seized one of the
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