The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Items or Interest.


duci Of honey il worth nearly Sa. GOO. 600.
The Michigan salt wells have produced
/ | ,fG2. 7e9 barrels, or 1919. .64a lHlahela
being an increase of 1904 $40 haahela.
or $780, barrels. over lhst years pro-
ductiona.
| According to the London army aud
May Gaseftr recruiting has been so
brisk, owing 40 general depression iii all
trades, that n0 fewer Than $4,000 young
men enlisted Last year.
A thrifty young woman I'm Boston rot
up handsome subscription for ihe letter
carrier m the route, a1tl then married
him, and naed the fund ~ aefray che e.
penses Of q wedding tour.
Paris dandy /" You always tell ma.
madam, that nm dull. pray inform me
what il the difference between dull and
bright I" Answer /" The difference IA
the same ~ between smell and per-
fume."
There il an unusual interest manifest
ed in kitchen maids by the young men
III Memphis, NO., caused by d statement
in a local paper that n Young lady, heir
10 SIC. 600, II working III q domestic In q
family there.
Ira Ia Ibbitson, formerly n. general in
the Brazilian army. and subsequently A
major general during tie civil war, ap-
piled at the Ottawa fCanada) police aln.
ton tile other night for shelter and
food Drink
A bin has been introduced I'll the IL
lin0is Legislature 10 require all owners
Of stations kept for breeding purposes
60 pay Hn annual license Df $50, the
object being, Of coune, t0 raise The
grade 0f equine stock.
A few years aeo Australia imported d
cargo of rabbits for file purpose of free
ing the pastures from n0KionA weeds and
frightening mischieFOus animals from
che grain fields. It is now importing
vessels for the destruction a the rab-
bite
This spell of political weather recalls
a saying III Fisher Ames "A monarchy,
lie said, iH a merahantEnan that sails well
until ID strikes some rock and goes to
the bottom; u republic IL q raft that
never sinks" bat your feet are always
in the water.
In Scotland X Las foF long time been
uaual o. blag0n 0n mans tombstone the
symbols ~ his trade. Al sugar cone in
dieates the grave of grocer an ax and
Saw, with hammer ard nmilR, occurs on
the grave 0i carpenter an Gwl and
hammer on that 0f d shoemaker.
The official returns nos completed
make il manifest illat from all parties
the Conservatives have carried on tile
vssasmm Il kRm #.sesa 81 a. e..
Reiehatag. The parties hostile 10 the
empire represent 1873 votes, while it, de-
Tenders and supporters ere i94
The Yankee facility far getting the
best uf circumstances resolves an apt ILL.,
lusttntiou in the lact that tile captain IL
schooner which was solidly frozen i'm
the Mystic river, lib Massachusetts,. II
nov loading her with the ice taken out
I'D making d channel, and will sell il at
good profit ID Florida.
SAY. Pas, suppose satan Was "a come
along now, and see both 0f ns here,
which 10 you suppose be- would take
gou oF me ~ Ob, faith. yer honor
he'd take me. " How 80 II +" Wen.
sir. " said Pat. he'd take me now, be-
canse be wouldn't be sure OF me when
LIE came apain; but he'd be snre "a you
at any time, and c0aid anord 10 wait
The outlook for the shoe and leather
trade during the current year III unusual.
ly encouraging. III Massachusetts,, last
wear. this industry was larger than ever
before in tie history IF tie trade, tie
shipments fnQm Boston exceeding those
Tor 1876 by over 10000 cases, and those
u 1874 by I50, 900 cases. The total re-
ported shipments far 1876 ARE !. .52l ,205
cases.
The points in Saratoga county ~.
Y. love story hre tlat Prank vas dis
oarded by LaGa in obeiiebce 10 tie diving
injunction ~ her notaerf tllat they part
ed At the gate of tile cemetery; that n lie
gradually pincd until aa tie point 0f
death: that she sent fo1 Frank. but he
was On his death bed with fever; and
that they died on the same day. and
their bodies were simultaneously carried
through the cemeteFE gate where they
lad parted.
The farmsrs, who usually complain
that their class IL denied adequate rep
resentati0n in Legislative bodies ami that
the lawyers nonDpoliEe eli power and
honor, have no eause for such complaint
in Maine at least A majority III the
members are farmers. merchants and
There ARE uliy two
lawyers in the Senate and nine in the
House. Seven senators out of the thirty
one and seventeen representatives ont Of
Isl are college graduates.
Some sheep hel5nging 10 a farmer
named Reed having been stolen ia the
ol colherT village lin
lMrham, England. while tile thief WIS
till undiscovered, local preacher,
having n collection q make, thought he
wonld turn tie event to good account
20 lie said: 4 We have q collection 10
make this morning. and for the glory of
Ciod, whichever Ut you stole MFR. Reeds
sheep don't put anything on the plaie II
Of course everybody joined In the col
lection.
Apples being ~ abundant this season,
The sheep may be treated 81 a feed once
! week. There are nana of our domestic
animals who feel the change from green
'0od 40 dry 30 sensihly ns the sheep, and
.hey need feed of turnips. apples, cab
page or something of that kind quite
lften. This prevents costivcness or
NAA AAAkANA& E@1aN3tAu kG rAEER
n this country but unknown in Great
Britain, where turnips are fed daily.
Salting sheep il quite H. important i'm the
Sinter season a. In any other. Indeed,
ia animals should have access TO salt
tally.
When the earl 81 Carlisle, then Lord
Ior,eth. was i'm 1874 travelling in TINS
,ountry, he called one day upon Mrs.
Abbott Lawrence. wife of Che later min
ster 60 England Mrs. Lawrence.
omewhat moved bv So aristocratic
'isitation. summoned her two sons Bige-
ow Lawrence and Abbott Lawrence,
r., in orier 10 present them 10 her
isitor . Your lortlship, she said,
allow me 20 present 10 you my sons,
Abclow and Bigot then conscious that
omething was wrong, she added, hasti-
y: II beg your pardon, Bigot and
Abelow |"
Mr.. Thnrlow Weed gives IN the remi-
iscences OF Vanderbilt the following:
)n one occasion gentleman called on
he commodore 20 propose for one of his
aughters, and commenced, by the most
ager and vehement protestations, TO as
ert that he was not actuated by any de-
ire to obtain her fortune, but was ami
lated by the sineerest and purest affec-
ion, and inspired by admiration for her
ersonal and mental beauty, and when,
D emphasize these prutestatons, he was