The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-12-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is proper 10 say that the "Short Herr
Convention" just held ut st, Louis, was no
a convention of moderate drinkers.
-547, $50, 439 and 4O5 pounds were the
weighs respectively of four hogs slaughter
ed in Frederick city on the 9th inst
In Ge rgetcwn county, S. g. are Offered
for sale &C. 500 acres of land, forfeited in de-
fault of lax payment.
The largest clock ever known is that in
the cathedral at Strasburg. 1t is 100 feet
wide, and IS feet deep, and has been in use
for 800 years.
Atlanta, Ga, is good place for poor
man. According TO the local paper, good
dinner can be had at some of the restaurants
for ten cents.
Nothing pleases fly so much ms o he
mistaken for huckIeberry, and if he can
be bnked in q cake and passed off upon the
unwary us Il curract he dies Without regret.
The Cincinnati Enquirer remarks thai
"there have been Two Presidential elections
IN Louisiana and Florida this year-one by
the people, the other by the Returning
Boards"
In Russia collins covered with pink
cloth are used for children and young un
married persons crimson for women, brown
for widows. Black is in no case employed
An amendment to the Constitution has
been proposed by Mr. Blair of New Hamp
shire, forbidding The manufacture and sale
of Distilled liquors rs beverage after the
year 1900.
The iron roof of the Palmer House in
Chicago is being raised thirty inches. The
roof has superficial area OF 95,S00 square
feet, and weight of 7644,00 pounds II
is being lifted in five sections, and it takes
200 hydraulic iackscrcws and G5 men two
days to raise section.
The Utica Herald says that a young
woman in that city who had nordinately
big ears, hut otherwise was pretty, came to
New York and had them cut down by
skillful surgeon. The operation was sue
cessiul, and now her ears are small, symmet-
rical, and not badly SCARED,
The remains of q balloon have recently
been found on the coast of Iceland. In the
car were human bones-an incomplete sllele
ton-and leather travelling bag containing
papers so moldy rs not to be deciphered IL
is coniecturrd that this was the balloon in
which the arOnaut Prince assembled during
tho siege of Paris.
The St. Joseph (Mo) HeraH regrets that
it cannot by the widest process of versi-
HcallOn, possibly make fnlnOcerOS,
rhyme with Queen Elizabeth" or "gazelle"
with Sewing machine" and so has respect.
fully declined poem by one of the most
talented of st. Josephs fair daughters.
Six Rhode Islam men have made per-
haps the queerest election bet on record
Each Of the losing three must eat, within
two hours, three plates of soup made Of one
hind leg of a dog, one hind leg Of cat, four
rats legs, six chickens legs and ten frogs
hind legs. The seasoning and vegetables
will be discretionary with the cook, who
must be paid $25 by the losers.
"A girl in Louisville, Laura Ratified by
name, was re emily put into her coffin, and
preparations were made for her burial Be-
fore the coffin was closed, however, an old
woman who sat by the body saw the lips
move. A fire was lit in the room and means
taken TO revive the girl, but without success
Since then she has undergone such q change
that one doctor pronounced her dead and
another more than half thought she was,
too. After this, howey, l., a portion of the
body which had entirely stilfened relaxed
and became warm, and great hopes of her
recovery were entertained But there she
lies close by the stove, and wont either Iii
or get round again, and tn. physicians Can
do nothing apparently beyond giving the
undenably wholesome advice that she
shouldn't be buried for day or two yet.