Richland beacon., 1877-08-11
A LITTLE SPICE.

From under the head of "Chats by the
Way,n in the New Orleans Democrat of the
4,h, we appropriate the following bon "'ots:
To feed tramp is to give loafer bread.
1t was very ungallant for those men to strike
at Elmira.
"The laborer is worthy of his hire" if he
behaves himself.
The natural scenery on the Fort Wayne
and Pittsburg Railroad is striking.
The prodigal son was tramp and striker.
lie spent his substance in riotous living.
The purp-uation has been greatly decreas-
ed in towns where the dog laws are enforced.
The railroad men at Hornelsville appear to
have been Erie.tated without sufficient cause.
Ann Eliza Young has joined the Methodist
Church There is room enough for all.
Sitting Joseph will laugh when he reads
the congratulatory order Of Gen. Howard to
his troops.
1t is reported tina, BeknaF is after a consul.
ship Send him to Turkey where the suffers
are ihicaest.
Pittsburg merchants speak Of the great
strike as "the late unpleasantness between
labor and capital"
Jesse Root Grant telegraphs from Glasgow
TO his brother, Col. Fred, at Chicago, Let no
guilty man get away"
One advantage of the water way from
New York to Boston is that by the Sound line
passengers get sound sleep.
Jennie June says one of the advantages of
having had grandmothe, is the possession Of
heirlooms in the shape of rare old china and
delicate bits of glass.
Joseph's band is getting away from the
ARM by the way of Biz Hole. Such ,atics
make Joseph bad man to surround. The
red warrior generally finds a big hole by
which he can crawl out of tight place.
In imitation of Gen. Howard the comman.
der of the Philadelphia militia will Issue a
congratulatory general order to his troops
He will congratulate himself and his men
that they were not overtaken when flying
from the enemy.
The Rome Sentinel says: "Five we'll.
sharpened timothy seeds down the back Of .
perspiring farmers boy, who is moving away
hay under the ridge-pole of the Larn, will
bother him more than any question touching
Louisiana or the future Of the SOUL"
Sitting Joseph is reported as enuenched On
the Lola, which is doubtful. as digging trenches
is too much like work % suit the red man
But what is more serious is the fact that this
meek and Lola warrior threatens to wlip
Howard. Joseph is reckless. He will keep
on fooing with the Government agents ugtl
he provokes the President 10 send the Penn
sylvania militia after him.
The cry for'"more troops" come. even from
Sitka. The chief Of the Kolosh tribe swears
that he owns the country and means to have
it, and the few white people who are there
are earnestly calling for troops TO protect them.
1t is suggested that the best way to avoid war
in Alas "a would be to send vessel and
bring the whites away; and then to cede the
whole country to the Koloshes, or to any one
who will take il.
tits supposed there is no better place than
Heaven for man to 70 to after death but
the hymn writer has not increased its attrac.
lions by describing it as place where "con-
gregations er break up and Sabbaths never
end That idea Of eternity in high backed
pew under constant preaching so impressed a
little boy that he asked his mother ii he
would not once in while be allowed to go
down to the other place and have some fun
with the little devils.