The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-24

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-Elihu Burrit can drive q strange dog
out IF his yard in thtrty.three languages.
~Danbury Nss0s. !
Its . curious incident of mstriinonv.
says the Cincinnati Times, that IL you tell
your wife to get up and build the fire she
exhibits her dutiful obedience by forth
with proceeding to fire up.
DIR. Weisse, who has been lecturing
In New York on the English language,
has come to the conclusion that it is des-
tined to become at no distant period the
universal language on the earth.
"A Buffalo man dreamed that ne was
going over the Falls, and he had his wife
by the throat when he woke up. Next
night she had dream, and broke his
nose as she struck ut IN Indian.-Detrois
Ffes Pysss.
1.-The water we drink" says the Bos.
ton Transcript, "costs IS, 100000. Go
on with your extravaganza. The whole
country will be ruined presently by its
devotion to that costly beverage. -Roehes-
ter Democrat.
"A man went home the other evening
and found his house locked up. Getting
in ut the window with considerable diff
Guilty, he found on table a note from his
wife: II have gone out; you will find the
door-key on one side OF the door step."
"A few days since one of the professors
perpetrated q practical joke upon himself
worthy 10 be cherished In the archives OF
the institution. He had occasion to visit
small closet, in which the janitor keeps
his tools, situated In the basement, near
the engine. Not wishing to be disturbed
while there he locked himself in and
slipped the key into his pocket During
his manipulations he forgot that he had
the key In his possession, and upon trying
TO get out imagined himself the victim Of
some malicious physicist. He waited
some time for his tormentor to repent, and
then became exasperated. He pounded
the door, kicked, wept and swore through
the key hole, but in vain. The janitor
had gone down town and there was none
to heed his cry. In the course of the after
noon he returned and accidentally discOv
cred the mighty fallen into sullen fit OF
distrust, and destitute Of all confidence in
humanity. When the professor sat down
to his newspaper after supper that evening,
and happening to put his hand into his
pocket, found the key to that closet, he
Immediately went into the backyard and
ran . wheelbarrow back and forth over
himself for half an hour.-CorneN Unicer-
s,ty Era.
A Ao,e, III oH1n oosno;1nnoo - ~o~1
" happened-is reported from Jersey
City. Two gentlemen Of that city ex.
changed overcoats by mistake the other
fident he could identify his property, as
he had piece Of Turkey rnubarb in one
pocket, q pair of kid gloves in still an
other. He met the other gentleman, Mr..
Fielder, several days after, in the Mer-
ter said: 1t is q little singular that I
can't find my Turkey rhubarb that l al.
ways carry. l have piece here, but 1t
isn't the one l bought out in Ohio several
weeks ago." Mr.. Martin asked to see it,
and then exclaimed: "Iy Jove, that's my
rhubarb; l can tell the way l nibbled it.
You are the man I've been looking for;"
and to the establishment Of every one,
they then and there snapped coats. rs
complete the singular coincidence Of the
affair, Mr.. Fielder also had pair of kid
and WOODEN gloves disposed in his pock-
cts as Mr.. Martins were, and both coats
were the same size, though not alike in
color or material. Mr.. Fielder remarked
that his gloves came up more than usual
over his sleeves, and he thought his arms
must have shrunk. Mr.. Martins gloves
we're larger than his.
1T is understood that the home Of
Washington, at Mount Vernon, is to be
put In thorough repair before the arrival
Of visitors to the Centennial, after plans
drawn by MIR. Van Camper Taylor, the
architect, of New York. Mr.. Taylor Wis
tied the homestead recently, and is now
engaged in drawing plans of the entire
building, so that in case of its destruction
by fire it may he rebuilt exactly as'it now
stands. Along the entire east side of the
house runs high piazza facing the river.
The length of this is ninety-fOur feet, and
the width fourteen. The balustrade
above the piazza is somewhat rotted and
requires to be rebuilt, and the same kind
of wood will be employed in the recon-
struction as was originally used. At the
south end of the house, and opening from
Washington's library, there is portico
about ten by sixh en- feet in size. This
was erected about the year 1880, when
Washington added two wings to the orig
inal house of Lawrence Washington.
This, too, is to be rebuilt, and the neces-
sary repairs will be made early in the
coming spring. On this piazza stands the
pillar and the bell with which Washing.
ton used to summon his horse, which
was kept saddled and btidled in readiness
for his call.-BaAsmore Gazette.
Some fraud has been doing a good
business during the last day or two swim
ding grocers on the South Side. His
naolus operandi was as follows: A num-
Der of women, who are confederates,
made the tour of the groceries few days
since, asking for Cassimonia' tea, and
refusing 10 take any other. None of the
grocers knew anything about this new
brand, and the women informed them that
it was the greatest thing out. By and by the
principal drove along and sold to each
grocer few packages of very fine tea at q
low rate. The article found ready pur-
chasers, and where it did not 60 off expe-
ditiously enough the same females called
and bought the grocers out. The princi-
pal swindler then came along with full
load and found no difficulty in disposing
of it. In q very short time the grocers
who had been taken in were overrun with
irate women who wanted to know why
they had been swindled, and an examina-
tlon OF the second invoice disclosed the
fact that it was composed of trash Of every
imaginable description. Of course the
grocers saw it at once, but none Of them
had taken the precaution to examine the
stuff while the swindler was present, and
80 far as known he is now enjoying the
fruits of his rascality. One grocer in
Allegheny was taken in yesterday, but he
is very feticent. If that tea peddler is
caught it will be made warm for him.
Pittsburgh Poa.
THE Governor of Warsaw, Count Kot
zebue, has just issued three DEGREES. Thu
first forbids Roman Catholic priests tx
baptize the children of mixed marriages
between Catholics and United Greeks
who have joined the Orthodox Church, o.
to exercise any ecclesiastical jurisdiction
over United Greeks, whether they have q
Joined or not. The second forbids pill
grimages to neighboring shrines with flag
and emblems, The third directs priest!