The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-13
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MAX ApRLERs RIyALBY n. CBAPR,-
learn from newspaper that - Kan.
sas widower was tarred and feathered
the other day because ho didn't wear
deep enough mourning for his do.
parted spouse" This reminds me of
the contest that has been raging in
our village between Brown and Jones.
Both OF them lost their wives on tho
same day, and. after the funerals.
Brown appeared again in public with
three inches of Grape on his high hat,
while jones only had two. Jones was
30 much afraid people would think he
didn't monrn for his vito as deeply a.
Brown grieved for his, that he added
four inches OF Grape to his hat. where.
upon Brown. apprehending that peo-
pie would believe that he thought more
lightly OF his loss than Jones did of
his. put eight inches Of Grape on his
hat. Then, Jones determined not to
be outdone AZ q mourner for the dear
departed, put on 80 much more Grape
that it extended considerably above
the top OF his hat crown. Whereupon
Brown bec .me excited, and, cutting
tho crown from his old hat, he dove
tailed it on his new one, and swathed
1t in Grape to the sum nit. jones was
unwilling to display envy. but the me-
mory of Mrs. Jones was go sacred to
him that he enveloped his nat in paste.
board fonr feet high. and wrapped it
all IN the blacklist Grape he could buy.
But Brown, feeling that his love for
Mrs. Brown demanded energetic ac.
ton. bought fifteen feet of stove-pipe,
i+mmed it down over his hat, ban
daged it with 200 yards of Grape, and
once more appeared upon the street.
Then Jones sent to the city and
ordered hat eighty feet high. oraped
six inches thick. It Was sent home
from the freight Office ON dray, and
the next morning Brown knocked of,
married the Widow MetcaIf, and re-.
sumed bdsin ess in q straw hat. Jones
is having his mourning hat cot up into
lengths. aud he hoped to bs able to
ill his bets with them, It hi. side lost
in the election.
A fire-shield has been invented by
Capt. Elijah Low. of Bangor, Maine,
Intended to meet want long felt BY
aremen in preventing fire from leap
ing ACROSS q street or to adjoining
buildings. 'This shield" says local
journal. ''gives the fremen a great ad-
vantage. In TINT while they can ap-
proach at working distance the hottest
fire. they can command tho opposite
side OF the street, Or any adjoining
building which could not be an.
proached in any other way. The de-
vice Is light aud portable-two men
can easily handle lt-abous ffty-four
inches in width by six aud one half
feet in height, with protecting curve
at the top, the whole being OF galva.
nized iron. Near the centre. and on q
level with the eye. is an orifice some
eight inches in diameter, which can be
wholly closed or opened sufficiently
for the introduction of the nozzle Of
the hose when playing. The patent
aiso includes the insertion of q small
window Of mica, through which the
hoseman can watch tho action OF the
flames while Sighting the hottest FIRE in
safety"
Trouble in the cotton mills OF Fall
River, Massachusetts,, probably reached
4 elimination Saturday, aud q disas.
trous and general strike seems insvi-
table. A conference of manufacturers,
at which delegation OF disaffscted
weavers was present, was held Satur-
day evening. and after lengthy discus
sion proposition was agreed upon
virtually giving back to the operatives
one-third o., the ten per cent. re- luc-
tiou. A meeting of the weavsrs of
the Metchants' and Granite and Cres.
cent Mills was Immediately held. und
1t W. :ssuuanimonsly voted to refuse
anything short OF the restoration Of
their full pay. The two weeks notice
OF the weavers in the two last named
mills was ou Saturday night. and of
the MsrchantS Oh Monday night.
The operatives are. therefore, on
strike. which must canse stoppage Of
these three mills. Much sxcitement
exist. over the matter.
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