The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The chief Turkish city-Atro-city.
That elf that most people admire
self.
Mature is being measured for her Au-
tumn robe.
If the Indians must have whisky,
"give it to 'em" Crooked.
Raw silk is $3.50 per pound. Raw
beef is a good deal cheaper.
They have a Sunday school named
"Old Bourbon" in Marlborough, s. G.
The peanut is a symbol of American
independence quite as much as is the
eagle.
California fruit is achieving world
wide renown for beauty, size and tasteless-
ness.
Much has been said about the Mil
waukee car. Reference is probably made
to its beer.
Something for nothing-paying in
terest on money that has been borrowed
and expended.
One effect of cutting down the trees in
Canada has been to deplete the streams of
speckled trout.
The chief demand for explosives now
comes from mining; formerly railroads
were the largest consumers.
One way to clear land is to set fire to
brush heaps. 1t also helps to clear land
belonging to other agriculturists.
The sublimity of moral heroism is
voluntarily to pick out the poorest car of
corn in the dish.-Danbury Neacs.
The potato-bu has appeared on sew
eral islands off the New England coast
without perceptible means Of ferriage
from the main land.
Ibid he offer to bride you?" asked
the Judge ooh, no, sir,' replied the
witness, che only conferred upon me q
slight offering of gratitude for my serv-
ices!'
An ear of green corn, nicely roasted
and we'll buttered, Is good enough for
any king. The same corn, a month later,
is good for hogs. Nature is curious
worker.
The watchmen in the city watch
towers of New York are not allowed to
read or occupy themselves in any way
while on duty. They are relieved every
six hours.
1T is said of Saratoga that although all
tAAC FlSlGO1o CAlC1C N11uh GAV "dtClo, AIuC-
tenths of them do 50 because it is fashion
able, and are there for recreation and ex-
element rather than health.
"A Virginia lady, whose husband died
two weeks ago, has since that time with
the aid of her six daughters, successfully
cultivated farm of over 200 acres, with
out man around.-Chscago Journal.
Nobody can tell what the fashion is
in these hard times, for no two persons,
male or female, are dressed alike, and all
classes of people seem to be engaged in
wearing out their old clothes --Beston
Herald.
Tho Sioux arc said to have got their
name from All old duc-bill for ten dollars
given by one of their chiefs to a man named
Smith, whose name was abbreviated to s.
The due bill thus read s., I. o. U. X
Exchange.
"A printers devil propounds the fol-
lowing: ''What is the difference between
a thirty -dollar-a position at the
case and the chief of the Sioux!'' Ans.
"Onc is bully sit, and the other is a
Sitting Bull"
Singular death notice from the Waco
dence of Maj. w. w. Downs, on Third
street, Monday, Aug. !, at 1880. O'Clock
p. M, Capt. o. J. Downs, of voluntary
abstinence from strong drink
Two New York editors are wrangling
over the problem of kissing-that is, when
to kiss, how to kiss, and whom to kiss.
that there may be dynamite in the most
nal.
"A writer in medical journal advises
those who have to take a long railway
| tourney to use an air cushion as foot
stool. He says the effect is agreeable and
highly beneficial to health, as the trem-
bling motion of the cars greatly fatigues
the limbs.
Some traveller of high, artistic mind,
evidently a foreigner, is led to observe
mo one can walk along the platform of
q railroad depot and glance in at the car
windows, without noticing the total alb
sence of beauty that characterizes the av-
erage American nose."'
The window of an Olive street photo.
| graphic establishment contains a placard
stating that " until" a certain time, etc.
The superfluous !" - on that placard was
what lost the photographer sitting from
a college professors family yesterday,
eleven persons in all.-St. Louis Republi-
| can.
They had an "apple-dumpling party
at Reading, Pa, one recent evening, IN
describing which reporter Of the EagA
says :: =" The champion Of the night put
away fifteen dumplings, and, as the last
one disappeared down her throat, she roll
ed her eyes upward, smiled and had just
enough breath left to wish she had more
capacity"
| "A Burlington school boy views the
near advent of school days without q
tremor, because, he says, he is panied to
an OF. that his father lbs. him without 81
nearly every day, worse than ever his
teacher did, nor is he the only unhappy
boy in town. He says he knows cwt. the
return Of school days with eager impa'
tience.-Ha,ok- Eye. ......rs.,
The first seeds of matrimonial discord
are usually sown Immediately after going
to housekeeping. 1t is not because thu
tender wave of harmony no longer pull
safes from soul to soul. 1t is because she
insists on his doing the marketing i'm
mediately after breakfast, on full stom
ach, when he doesn't care whether he has
canvas back duck or boiled dish-ral
for the next meal.--St. Louis Republican.
u 1t is proposed to have . pigeon rac'
from Pottsville, Pa, to Philadelphia OF
Thanksgiving Day, and the birds are nov
; in training. For . month or more tn
birds have been sent from the latter city
to Pottsville, where they are liberated, AM
whence they return with unerring fnstinc
, to their nests at home. When released
they ascend, circle around for minute O
two for their bearings, and are off swift q
:, an arrow.