Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01
Uarietits.

A patient waters young doctor.
A French court has decided that .
landlord who fails to have his guests
awakened in time to catch desired
trains is liable for damages.
Where do people 60 who deceive
their fsllow-msn?" asked . Sunday
school teacher of = pupil ITO Europe. -
was the prompt reply.
The latest Eastern slang with which
to come down on . long-tongued bore
is. Write the rest down on piece Of
paper and we'll read it Sunday"
A regular reader Of the Brooklyn
trial has named his tom cat 81 Sir Mar
maduke." as delicate recognition Of
the bruts's nightly new sings on the
back fence.
The most curious freak Of one Of the
recent cyclones in Georgia was the
driving Of hickory tree, about two feet
in diameter. shout four feet deeper into
the ground. @
Somebody in Dubuque got an organ
grinder drunk and gave him an ice
cream freezer. The old fellow turned
the crank by the roadside patiently till
he went to sleep.
A number Of pudlsrs and other iron
workers in Pittsburg are reported r. b
negotiating for the purchase Of mill.
which they intend running On the &C.
operative plan.
Says an exchange: At an Akron
spelling match the words were all given
from Beechsr's defence of himself, snd
the ladies could spell every wsrd. from
"ragged-edge' to ''paroxysmal."
In a Connectieut town Of about II, 900
inhabitants, there are from sixty to
seventy dentists. Upon aa average,
two-thirds of the people have their jaws
bandaged the whole year round.
Ex-Gov. Cobnrn, Of Maine, during
lumber business extending over period
of twenty-five years and involving sales
Of logs to the amount Of $4,000, 900, is
said to have made no written contract.
A recent traveller has discovered
that the ladies in the north Of China
bang their hair, and considering the
conservative habits Of the people have
probably done 20 for the last thousand
years.
One Of the last acts of the Nsv Jsr-
sey Legislature before its adjournnsnt
was to defeat the bill introduced to pro-
hibit pool selling in the State; hence
Long Branch is happy and preparing
for her usual races.
To be always intending to live new
life. but never find time to Get about IL;
this is as if . man should put of eating
and drinking and sleeping from one
day and night to another till hs is
starved and destroyed.
An entertainment was recently given
BY colored citizens in Fredericksburg,
Va. The body Of the hall in which it
was given was appropriated to colorsd
folks. aud the gallery set apart for
white people. with half price admission.
1t is the contest that delights rs, not
the victory. We are pleased with the
combat of animals. but not with tear
ing the vanqaished. What is sought
for but the crisis Of victory? and the
instant it comes it brings safety
Pascal.
There il member Of the British
Commons who is SO stout that the cab
men all dodge him when Le 10 locking
for a vehicle to carry him home, and il
be happens to catch enc Of the Jehus
The saucy fellow is apt to decline TAX
ing him all at once.
George Bonde. Shelby county.
Iowa, farmer, found . wire suspended
% raftsr. in nsighbor's barn, and in
'is curiosity to see how it would feel to
have it round his neck, As if be we're to
De hanged, accidently slipped and was
aunshed into eternity.
A few days ago an octogenarian Of
Dayton, Ohio. challenged any one Of
lis age to run him foot race for the
benefit Of an old peoples homo. and a
ady 81 years of age accepted the shal-
engs. Both parties are in training.
md the match will come off in few
lays.
In Burgundy and Lorraine ! wild
liant grows, on the root Of which are
ubers like small potatoes. but which
lavs the taste Of chestnuts, on ascouut Of
which taste it is called BY the people the
'rouud chestnut. 1t is now proposed
o cultivate this for foed in place Of the
'otats.
A physician Of Saylorvills. Iowa, whs
vas made the victim Of first Of April
loax by receiving summons from .
fictitious patient and travelling sonsid-
rable distance in haste to answer it,
uraed the tables on the Jester BY send