Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-22
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off in decanter. 's-
A sANDHILL CRANE in North Caro-.
lima flew at and smashed the headlight
OF locomotive, and the engineer
would not proceed till daylight.
IT is claimed that Georgia negress,
fifteen years old, is the mother of five
children, having first had triplets, and
eleven months afterward twins.
HE ex.Sultan Murad is haunted by
Authorizations, believing himself pur-
sued by vampires and other monsters
He is almost imbec;le.
WARM silk, not boiled, is used in In.
Ola for cases Of illness accompanied by
collie, and it is specifically valuable for
cases of scarlet fever.
The genius who invented wooden
toothpicks for hotel use has made over
$4,000 out of the patent, and is still
cking cup" money.
AN American spiritualist lately, be-
ing asked for information concerning
Bucephalus obtained a communication
from the spirit world to the effect that
she still took great interest in literary
pursuits, particularly in connection
with education"
THE following is given as poor
mans breakfast near Cotton, San Ber-
nardo Valley, CAL: Tea, sweetened
with pure, white, strained honey, thick
cream and bread, milk, eggs, Hubbard
squash, ham, pomegranate, black Ham
burg grapes, Flamme de Tokay grapes,
green figs and peaches. Cost of break
fast for man and wife, Is cents.
SHE wouldn't stand to have tooth
pulled for one million two hundred
thousand dollars, she said, and yet she
walked Canal street all day in tiny
CATERS, two sizes too small for her, and
thought nothing of it; but then nobody
saw that tooth, and several saw the
CATERS.
PROF. LOOMS concludes, after COM
pairing 500 cases, that storms move at
the rate of twenty-six miles an hour on
land in this country, and little over
nineteen miles over the ocean. An
express train or 6rst-class steamshi .
could easily keep ahead of a common
storm.
Mrs. SITTING BULL got possession OF
fashion magazine, the other day,and
was SO delighted with the latest modes,
that she cut out all the colored plates
Iand pasted them on various parts of
her body. She says they are a "heap
nice," and she wants her husbandor
subscribe for a year, to eaable her to
wear the latest styles every month.
The Pope received the Spanish pill
grinls at St. Peters on the 10Th. He
was addressed in the name Of the pill
grims by the archbishop Of Grananda,
who conveyed the homage and devo-
ton of entire Spain. The Pope re-
piled in scarcely audible harangue,
and was carried in his chair through
a dense and enthusiastic crowd back to
his apartments. He was observed to
look rather fatigued.
A CLERGYMAN in the East, who heard
by some mistake that a certain firmly
established minister in one of the larg-
est congregations Of this city had re.
signed, wrote to another clergyman of
his denomination asking him if he
thought there were any chances Of his
getting the place, and closed by enquir-
ing, els the congregation fat one?'
Evidently there is some little banker
ing after toe flesh pots Of Egypt. The
applicant will PROBABLY be lean before
he gets into that congregation.
AN agent for the sale of some house.
hold article attempted to mount the
steps Of house recently, but a dog
came around the corner and took half
a yard OF cloth from the back of his
coat. The man was sliding out when
the owner of the house came and
asked: "Did doze dog bide you ~
she didn't bite me, but he ruined my
coat was the reply. "My goot friend,
excuse doze dog if he didn't bide you.
He ish young now, but by and by he
shall take holt of some agents and eat
der bones ride oud Of them. He bides
a coat now, but he shall soon DO pet
ter |"
JOHN AXE, of Cole creek, was in the
woods horse hunting, and had forgotten
his gun, but his bowie and his dogs were
along and he felt at home. The dogs