The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-15
GENERAL NOTES.

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A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges,
who limped in his walk, was some years
after ~accosted by a well known politi-
clan, who asked him if he was not the
chaplain of the college at such a time,
naming the year. The doctor replied
that he was. The interrogation observ-
ed" Ik knew you by your limp. ~ SWELL"
said the doctor, sit seems my limping
made a deeper impression than my
preaching" "Ah doctor" was the re-
ply, with ready wit, sit is the highest
compliment we can pay a minister, to
say that he is known byhis walk rather
than his conversation"
A man named Jean de Falasie was
hanged in the sixteenth century for a
series of murders. To all questions he
replied with q song, and on the scaffold
and in the presence of 5000 persons he
asked and obtained permission to say a
few words. Then he begged the throng
to join in the chorus of n popular ditty,
There were four asses in a field, nip
ping the tender grass" which consisted
of limitations of braying. Then said
Jean: 81 die happy because at my last
moment 1 have heard 6000 asses braying
at once, and / have no desire to live
with such fellow-creatures."
An English hardware agent who has
been trying to drum up trade in Canada,
sends to The Manchester Guardian
doleful lines which may please Ameri-
cans in the trade: 81 have returned
from a trip through the lower provin-
ces, and find the country is overrun by
American travellers soliciting orders for
their manufactures at almost any price
to secure a sale. j feel sure in my own
mind that a very large portion of the
hardware trade is altogether lost to
England. For instance, of Birming-
ham and Northampton ware they
have secured many of the leading lines
namely, door locks, mortise locks,
chest and till locks, cupboard locks,
butts and hinges, carriage bolts, gas
and boiler tubes, scales, and toa great
extenthollow wares. Fromal l l canlearn
they are in a position to retain the hold
they have got"
The Woosong railway in China was
reopened Dec. l. On the following day
there was a riot at one of the stations,
and the railway was temporarily closed.
When the train approached the station,
the natives piled up stones across the
track and attempted to take up some
of the rails. Hundreds of them rushed
across the fields, carrying flags, bamboos,
and gongs, and threatened to smash the
train and attack the passengers. The
engine driver made a dash at the OBJ
struction and the train went over it in
safety. The r%ingleader stood near the
train, and the conductor seized him
and drew him into a car before he could
call for help. The dispute arose from
the jealousy of two rival gangs of coolies
who were employed on the road, and
not from hostility to the company.
Two women and a man are under ar
rest in Philadelphia. They comprise
the Charity Relief Association. They
hired a house, put out a sign, collected
money from benevolent persons, ant
pocketed the proceeds. They are said
to have operated in the same manneri In
other cities. The man processes to be {
clergyman, and looks like one. Thu
women are glib, pretty,an accomplish
cd in the trick of getting subscription
sdt of susceptible men.