Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-17
Items Of Interest.
There is a grandmother in Oregon
who is only thirty-two years old.

There is a grandmother in Oregon
who is only thirty-two years old.
In a neighboring printing office is
tackled up the following notice: Loud
laughter is in the mouth of foolsl Loud
talking or whistling in this Office is
strictly prohibited"
Some people are rude enough to say
to an editor whose writings is not very
plain: "Always telegraph never
write we like your telegraph hand SO
much better than your writing hand. I"
Milford, N. a., talks;Iof contributing
Jimmy Blanchard to the Centennial, to
be exhibited with a picture = the
young George Washington, rs speci-
mems of two kinds of little boys raised
in this country.
"I'd rather have my tooth pulled
than sit for nv picture" said the fair
Arabella, as she resignedly took her
seat. every well, miss" said the
artist, producing pair OF dangerous
looking pliers, "as you prefer"
The San Francisco Bulletin says !:
"Seals ase as intelligent as dogs, and
may be made to perform rs many
tricks" But no man will try to keep a
pet seal around the house until he has
first bought his wife sealskin cloak.
"What do you mean, you little ras-
cal9" exclaimed an individual to an i'm.
pudent youth chat had seized him by
the nose upon the street. ooh, moth
ing, only I am going out to seek my
fortune, and father told me to seize hold
of the first thing that turned up.
A resident of q Pennsylvania town was
much troubled with rats, and having
been informed that guinea pigs would
destroy them, he bought several and
placed them where the rodents were
thickest. The next morning he found
the cellar strewn with dead-guinea
pigs.
The Patrons of Husbandry in Ohio
are using the power which they possess
by reason of numerical strength in con-
trolling elections of officers o. agricul-
tural societies, with the intention OF
putting stop to horse racing at fairs.
They have triu,nphed thus far, and it
is said that they are to make the same
effort in every county where they are
strong.
For q straightforward plea 10 the
question of "Guilty, or not guilty"
commend us to that Missouri chap, on
trial for murder. eff your honor
please, am guilty. killed the man
because he took my gal from me. She
was about the only thing 1 had an 1
didn't want to live after she went, an l
didn't want him to live neither. An l
should be much obliged to your honor
if you would hang me as soon as posi-
ble."
Some years ago a man by the name OF
Sellers, in Ohio county, Va., had his
brain penetrated several inches at the
back Ct his head by the tooth OF a
thrashing machine, carrying the bone
from the skull incision to the bottom OF
the wound. The patient lay In coma
tose condition until the bone was re-
moved, when consciousness was imme-
diately restored, and with proper care
the patient recovered without serious
damage.
A hot quarrel between Landers and
Smith in q rancho in Pine mt valley,
Nevada, apparently subsidized into good
will, and they went to bed in hunks one
over the other. In the night Landers,
who was on the lower shelf, awoke to
find Smiths face and pistol hanging
down in sight from the upper shelf.
GIVE made up my mind that L want to
kill you," said Smith; and then he fired,
leaving Landers barely time before
death to give this account of the murder.