The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

MAN is an animal that cannot long be
left in safety without occupation; the
growth of his fallow nature is apt to run
into weeds.
A DETROIT restaurant keeper hangs
out sign of free chops" and when the
old loafers come around he shows them
an AK and a woodpile.
MENTAL pleasures never cloy; unlike
those of the body, they are increased by
repetition, approved of by reflection,
and strengthened by enjoyment.
LITTLE drop OF water,
Little grains Of corn,
Make the mighty Jersey lightning,
And the morning horn.
THE Herald p. ]. man says, "Let your
children eat all the salt they want"
Bless your soul, nobody hinders EN-. but
it isn't salt they want, the young beg
gars; it's sugar.
DANBURY News: A mother died in
New York with babe frozen at her
breast on that very night lady at
Delmonico's spent half an hour in feast
ing on new kind of French salad.
AN ADDRESS TO THE GRAND DUKE.
Son OF halmuck from over .hs so",
We want, all of us, starters to welcome Of he,
Alexisl
Welcome him, sidewalks enrusted with sieet
slip up the Antarctic overshoed feet
Snow -plows and sbovels his coming shall greet
Alexis
What II the girl you are coming to see'
Shall tol de rol teedle um tumity dee,
Alexis
Nevertheless, when thy coming shall come
Ont of the riddety rOl de dunn dum,
Ever the tural II ural j rum,
burlington Hawk-Eye.
AN organ was some time ago intro
duced in parish church in the north OF
Scotland, and some Of the members TOOK
offense and left. One of these soon alter
met another member and inquired moo
the organ was gettin' On?' go, fine"
was the answer; "jist blawin' ava the
chaff an keepin' the corn"
WHEN you 20 into an eating house
and hear man call for a gallon bowl OF
mush and milk, loaf of black bread.
dish of boiled rice, and lemon on the
half she'll, it is not necessary to ask the
waiter if the individual is Dio Lewis:
In ninety nine cases out Of a hundred
it is.
GooD resolution miuce pies are the
latest novelty among our restauranteurs.
A small piece of beef, raisin, and
prune, are placed in pie crust, and the
remainder of the space is filled with
whisky. They are usually eaten through
a straw, and are immensely popular with
those who swore off upon the first OF the
year.
THERE is something refreshing III the
absolute astOnishment that visitors to a
printing Office sometimes display at the
commonest things. "What is that black
looking thing standing up in that cor
ner?' is sometimes asked by an unso-
phisticated observer, and the nearest
typo answers: "That is the towel. We
always stand it up in that corner"
A Chinese Shower Of GrasshOppcrs.
IChina Oorrespondcnces San Francisco Chronicle.I
[ saw a sight the other day that put
me in mind of that fair state, Minnesota,
viz: a fight of grasshoppers or rather
lOcusts, only they look far more like the
former than the latter, as we see them al
home. They began to rise about ten
miles of, and resembled dense column
of smoke. Gradually they deployed
into line and started for "green fields
and pastures new," which by the way,
we're the sickest specimens of agriculture
inside of twenty-four hours l ever saw
in my life. When On the line OF flight
an observation was made by the Harbor
Master, who reported the column a.
eight miles long and one mile wide: Nc
other observation is necessary, if yor
please. They darkened the heavens like
a dense clond, and in the surrounding
country it was impossible to avoic
crushing them under foot by the dozens
II would make your heartsick to hear o
the terrible privation and sui
fering caused by these terrible pests
Indeed, China had bad year OF 1t al
together. Long droughts made scant.
crops, and these the locusts have con
sumed: and now the winter has come
and. though "Johnp is always repre-
sented with an umbrella and a fan, it !
bitterly cold all the same, the thermom
etor falling below zero. -
A French Joker Done For.