The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-06
TRUTHS AND TRIFLES.


PARSLEY is said to have come from
Egypt, and mythology tells us it was
used to adOrn the head of Hercules.
IT is our prerogative to command our
selves, not events; not contend With the
inevitable, while we neglect the possible.
"THE deceased closed her eyes on this
life while her husband was driving hogs
out of the garden" says Virginia
paper.
CALIFORNIA has upwards of 46,OO0-,
600 acres of unsurveyed land-15, ,000, 900
of which could scarcely be sold for $1.20
per acre.
IT is a curious fact that while the
names of all our animals are of Saxon
origin, Norman names are given to the
flesh they yield.
CATER all, what is life?" as Penn
sylvania farmer remarked when his son
absconded from divinity school and
ran off with a red-headed circus woman.
"SALLY, keep away from me, or you'll
set me on fire." said fellow to girl
who had red hair !" No danger of that
you are too green to burn" replied the
girl.
"WHAT is life ?" asks Pennsylvania
paper. AS near as we can make out, it's
struggle to come out sufficiently ahead
to pay for a respectable funeral, and
most people die before they get there.
LEANDER TO THE SEA.
The bold Leander, struggling with the tide,
Swan for dear life and love-for Hero burning;
The billows beat him back-the poor wretch cried
Help me in going, let me drown returning"
-New York Erening Post.
MANY persons have brought on seri.
Gus sickness while holding OH to the knob
of the front door while standing in
draft, and speaking "last words" to
friends or visitors.-Dr. W. w Hall.
A YoNKERs girl who refused to marry
respectable young man because he was
mechanic is now the wife of janitOr
in New York, and cleans out eight
offices after four o'clock in the after
noon.
The mysterious music" at North
Chill, New York, has been found to pro-
ceed from saw-mill ten miles of, and
several of the villagers who swore they
had seen the fitting angels as plain rs
day, feel mortified.
TOLEDO Blade: They are selling Bes-
sic Turner whisky" in saloon on Sum-
nit street. The man who gets thor
oughly drunk upon it can be carried up
six flights of stairs, and put into four
teen strange beds without his waking up.
WHEN Mr.. Tennyson went out walk
ing with pretty girl and stopped to
scratch his back against gate post, she
softly whispered: 81 would that my
tongue could utter the thoughts that
arise in me ;" but he only said, "Oh, for
the touch of vanished hand"
A PLAN for heating cars with red-hot
shot is announced. A large number OF
trains and cities have been warmed by
the use of such shot; and there is no
reason for supposing that they would fail
to make cars as hot as themselves, and
as the cities and towns aforesaid were
made.
THE HindoO Bible forbids woman to
see dancing, hear music, wear jewels,
blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty food,
sit at window, or view herself in a
mirror during the absence of her hus-
band and it allows him to divorce her
if she has no sons, Injuries his property,
scolds him, quarrels with another woman,
or presumes to eat before he has finished
his meal.
CHICAGO Tribune: A prudent mother
of wealth and respectability, residing on
Michigan avenue, has brought up her
accomplished and beautiful daughters to
do washing and ironing. When ques-
toned as to the cause of this somewhat
unusual proceeding, the prudent matron
replied: "Oh, it is always well to be
prepared for any contingency. Perhaps
some of the poor children may marry an
Italian count"