The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Hessian fly has attacked wheat in
Missouri. ) Il
The bicycle furore is on the increase
again in England.
Caught in the snare-a drum. But
the drums that are base are Dever so
caught.
Dallas, Tex, is so infested by gam.
blers that the respectable people begin 10
talk hemp.
Men will frequently give assent to
| phianthropic views, but not a cent to
carry them out.
"A parrot that hangs over New York
apple-stand mas been taught to shrek
"SluH yourself"
The door between US and heaven
cannot be opened if that between us and
| our fellow men is shut.
Some people are too communicates
pecialIy in generosity, kindliness, char
| ity, truth and such things.
-Mustang horses are selling at from
eighteen to twenty dollars each at auction
in San Saba County, Tex.
| "A New York court, with rare judg.
Ment, decides that man has no business
to keep dog that barks at night.
Why is the absence of the letter m
like the presence OF hand-organ! Be-
cause, of course, it makes u-sic of music!
NC Dewitt, County Treasurer of Ed &c.
field County, s. g., has fed the State,
carrying off with him 500, 900 of the peo-
PIES money.
What is the difference between one
who walks and one who looks up a flight
| OF stairs? One steps upstairs, and The
other stares up steps.
One Of the convicts of the Virginia
Penitcntiary is serving out a sentence of
two years tor stealing an orange. The
theft was his second offense
-" My DEAR" said John Henry to bis
scornful wife, Providence has spared
You the Necessity OF making any cxer-
tons Of your own 10 turn up your nose?"
PHI. osophically observes the Detroit
| Free Press I: - Seventeen hours per day of
hard work, mingled with liquid courtesy
anu limpid gent.lity, are seldom welded
| together"
Saith the muse Of the New York Even-
ing Nail::
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air,
In thunder lightning. or in rain;
"A Holland Conn., woman accompa.
MES her husband 1T his labors daily, and
does the very same sort OF work. She
was seen the other day hclpin, him run
Gro scut saw. She has niue children,
too.
-" Amt you ashamel Of yourself. YOU
nau yhty, selfish boy, to go and take the
whooping- cough from your little sister?"
~ d-1-didn't take it, she g-gave it t., me.
She s-s SAID she had m-mOrc than she
wanted.''
There is little difference between the
costumes of penitentiary convict and an
Imitation swell OF the period, for their
plaids are of the same size and color,
and tlcy all walk with a shuttle, as II
balls and chains were attached to their
legs.
The war of the Buffalo elevator own
ers continues. They have not only got
down to clevating grain for nothing, but
last week at George J. Whitney's elevator
they were paying 81 thousand bushels
for the privilege Of clevating tn. Y.
Times.
In England a railroad is not permit
ted to cross a thoroughfare on level,
except by special permit by Parlia-
ment, and then q gate-keeper must al
ways be on duty. Generally it is cheap
er to build bridge than to pay steady
wages.
The new Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children has established
active branches in most Of the large cit
les of the United States In Oakland, CAL,
|. a four your old child used in circus feats
has been rescued and another in Wash.
ington. 49,
The situation in Dallas, Tex, is thus
summed up in the Commercial: "The
gentle snap of the frolicsome revolver is
becoming quite spromiscuous, and the
gentle buzz Of the bullet rivals the bee
that bummeth and the mosquito that
hummeth."
The Boston Globe announces the rule
that " a beautiful female foot should be
one-seventh the wcarer's height" If the
"wearer" is five feet four inches high,
then the foot should be nine inches high;
and it should, of course, be three times
as long as high, which would give 1t q
length of twenty-seven inches. But this
is in Boson-which makes all the diff
ference.-N. Y. Graphic.
"A Brooklyn girl having been visited
for some months by an exceedingly bash.
full gentleman, brought on the wished-for
climax by the following ruse. He made
an afternoon call and after few minutes
waiting she rushed into the parlor
equipped for the street, and said, hastily:
ment with lady friend, and if you came
for the purpose of proposing marriage
you must be quick about it, Wedding
early in The fall. .' w..
We heard of little two-year old bow
that was being severely reprimanded BY
his mother for not obeying her. :. If YOU
do not obey better, my son, shall be
obliged TO get whip and whip you,'
said the Gliding parent. The little fellow
was ~ attentive listener, and looking M
artlessly5 and good.naturedIys into Lis
mothers face, he replied with. INFINITE il.
difference % to the whipping, ~ Yes,
mamma, and when you are not using the
whip, won't you let me have it to play
with ~ Wtsc0zsstn State Journal. -
The Sioux Indians name their pap
pOoses after events transpiring at the time
Of their birth. As illustrative Of this
peculiar trait, He'd Cloud is known to
have taken that name from the fact that
the Western ky was overspread with red
clouds at the moment of his birth, while
the bringing of 9 captive horse with q
spotted tail gave the now great chief the
slngu ar cogn0men OF Spotted Tail. Sit
ting Bull received this name because .
buffalo bull was, by 9lucky shot, thrown
upon its launches, In plain sight Of his
mothers tepee ct the time of his birth,
while the coverings Of fractions pony
furnished name for the redoubtable
Crazy Horse.
IT is stated, upon good authority, that
Lieut.. Cameron contemplates . second
journey into Equatorial Africa at NO dis
tant period.
lin spite Of the hard times, the wages
Of sin are still up to the old standard.