New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-29
GEYER4L NOTES.

Weather notes for landscape gardeners; Dan
del,ons in bloom on Boston Common Christmas Day.
large and agile grasshopper in the grass in the noble
old Commonwealth Of Massachusetts. The Hon simon
Cameron called 10 the front by the Oldest nhahaht OF
Al Clrlsia, dinner In thaj city. be ate peaches that
had been pucked that morning nom Tree IL INC '"'A
yard.
Charity has been covering multitude OF
rats i'm "A London howell An old woman, who has been
receiving aid from benevolent association, has starved
herself aud kept about twenty cats in excellent conu
lion One day an agent Of the society knocked az the
door and was asked TO wait a moment. lie peeped
through the window and saw that Inc cIohG vas luts
a number OF eats out OF sight some were DellS uhctI'
moniousy chucke out upon the Tiles wue 9thes VIZ
stufod into drawer The itself when he entered
II was most filthy condition. and by tie SIDE OF me
shaking az with palsy. lie was informed that ere
bought two quarts Of milk every morning 70 ieeu Aei
cats.
After the curtain fell at the Opera House in
syracuse on Christmas night, Lawrence Barrett was H.
formed that lady wished 10 sec him. An interview was
arranged and lady Of excellent social position was al
itted she told the actor that she wished to place her
two daughters the stage, and asked h II ne c.ui'
help her TIE tt, dears who were eleven and thirteen
wears old then brought into the ROOM and AlT Lar
rftt kindly gave each and. "Why they Ousht I" DC
OUT on the sidewalk truudlns hoops" ne eXc'Almeu'
Think Wen before You allow them 70 90 on lhe SUE
They are mere children TOO young yet ioI an
with the serious side OF e' But the inolhtf was lt
sstrnt and begged 20 know what steps 70 Iake 70 ''I
lcr daughters how 10 Doe actresses He then toG heI IT
was her dcte ruluatl0u, SIZE SlpuN Ii'ic
them regular theatre ~ some ETIt gig "iel'
could begin Their career 40 The very lowest Touh ol t
ladder. The actor was right The amateur actress
should wear her crown OF thorns DcioFe Aei nan co"''
out
Peeping Tom, of Coventry, has rival in
fashionable quarter OF London. young married couple
took small house in pleasant street, and after they
had been there short time, they noticed spos IN the
ceiling o.: their room. Tt, husband having practical
kuoaelrcol building, flt that there was something
Al irrs. a~otf Il t.f
tn p9rtltou baweEa his house and the next had been
cut away sufficiently TO allow man to pass from one 10
tho ether He asce-taued also That AOles hai hetn
drilled with sharp Instrument through tnt .,.eli
which enahed any the roof 10 look INTO the room
below and hc discovered also mans POCKET nan .e--
chef He watched ni-ht aiter 9iEh. III Tue Io'l' Ivy
DO one came. one day he found ms WE ~ St'.+
o; great alarm. steps had been Near. oNSlh-'l' ara
~ her husbands absence Sit Ldu SLY 40,
even then was watching in the roOf. few iclGNi e
after her husband aiflFgd IHe4 Aetu ii, a.. Il
eY or I've eoJ hlu, lue husoi,H" 4g g. .'-
found two men wrestling for very nie 70 6FD4- wa,
the intruder tiat be MANAGED 10 stt a"al rom me-
hands But they had recognized him, aud IN ms waist
had pierced the ceiling lie Was tne son oil u..t l'At
door uecbbor. The young scapecrace was sent on. a.
the country 10 another, where strict watch VIII ue Aep
upon his dolugs.
Commodore Vanderbilt's comments on the
proceedings going On in court over his las will and
testament are gwen IN the present. issue Of The Banner
or LigbL The spirit message, as translated by the
special medium. runs thus: "There seems 20 De feel
Ing among professional lawyers and judges that
man who has the slightest faith in spirituam, IN mes
fperism in magnetism should lie considered an insane
man! That Is If be does lot believe IN ali the I'd fanles
OF the past and embrace all the doctrines winch Calvin
ism brings 10 him. and does not submit 10 the tT len
OF the regular fraterny-then he may be called insane
and whatever testament, whatever provision he may
make for his future and for the future OF hs heirs and
children may De set aside ana qcalt Mllu 9 nt3 l .'
because he has in one. two or three instances consulted
something outside of the medical fraternity want 10
conouncc III one breath the FORM OF oFtI-eh ",Iga
saws man shall have certain physician aud shall nave
certain treatment and shall admit rtain persons ~ i-
room whether acceptable not. or else he shall t con
gidered an insane mani appeal TO tue liberal tou-Lt
OF the people Of the United States, and ask them o. o
over t busiucs. career OF life and whether
acted ike an or like sane one jEe c. E
nodorc has evidently changed his versitiOu f'y e
since the DAYS OF the SraoCa fvepont euchre Par