The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

! The campaign has been very eonfasin
to rooster.
: A Maryland jury declared that a ma
had come to his death "by an unknow
wagon
Guessing is more modest aud just a
cunning as prophecying.
A young lady who took to tight 1acins
some years ago, says she IS gradually waist
ing away,
A man has been arrested for taking
things as they come.
Mrs. Partington is credited with saying
that few persons nowadays suffer from
suggestions Of the brain.
The girls who have been hunting for
titled husbands abroad say that honest
counts are as scarce there as here.
A little boys first pair of troasers always
ft II the pockets are dc ep enough.
4 traveller, fond Of narrating wonders,
declared he knew Of a cane a mile long :
Pray what kind ola cane was il r asked a
bystander. 1T was hurricane
4 delicate boy, fifteen years Of age, at
traeted a great deal Of attention from the
passengers on the morning train from Bos
ton to New York, lately. He got on q
Palmer, Mass. and was on his way to Join
some exhibition. He oaly weighed 476
pounds,
An Oregon boy, who got to school the
other day few minutes before the master
and his fellows, declared vacancy, and
cast the whole vote of the school in favor
of a holiday. ...=.@
Two brothers by the name Of Heart were
arrested in St. Louis the other day, for
beating q rumseller. A fair case Of 1.-TWO
Hearts that beat as one
Ike has had an irri tating skin disease,
Mrs. Partington says "The Charlotte Russo
broke out all over him, and il he hadn't
wore the Injun beads as an omelet it would
doubtless have illuminated fatally"
Farewell, susan-you have driven me
o the grave I" wrote John Lareh of Ala
'ama, four years ago, and left the note on
he river bank. He was arrested the othe
ay IN Cincinnati, living with another wo-
aan.
4 lady who had married an inveterate
noker was asked if she had no prejudice.
gainst tobacco, to which she replied tha
he had undergone the smoking process SO
ong that her prejudice has been perfectly
cured.
There is a new sect Ia Russia called the
,uritiers, belonging to the Greek Church
'heir=lea1ling aas1tainess .tts tllat al must
larry on becoming Of age, that the hus- !
and must be subordinate to the wife, and
her as the head of the family,
nd that once a week he must confess
is sins to his wife.
Lately at an English railway station
aek=and tan dog chased a rat upon the ia
ae, and the train coming upon him too at at
pidIy to allow Of his getting out Of the to
ay he lay down close to the road bed, al
wing the cars to pass over him. and es 1
ped uninjured. A cunning dog that.
A band performing Indians from Mon
ma are now in England, and several peo- .
:, after attendin g the entertainment, have i
andoned proposed trip to New York,
'ston and Philadelphia.
SNhat did the Puritans. come to this
untry for ?o asked Massachusetts teach 3e
Of a class in American history. :sTo
rship in their own way, and make other
ople do the same, was the reply. q
]. Springfield butcher was invited the
Ter night to attend a minstrel show, but
sftiYely declined, even when free tick
was offered him. When pressed for
son, he replied, III should 60, I should
so many people who owe me for meat
It itNould spoil all my fun. q
! gi1lin Atlanta says she would rather
black bombazine band on her lovers
than live without him. We're she the
.-band and he the husband would that BI
the bonds Of love we hear so much oil j? 5
They were married about six weeks
srWard, and now she hasn't been kissed
SO long that she couldn't tell kiss
m bite, and she carries her head all
time, 50 as to watch him and the hired
The ease with which juries find ground
recommending atrocious criminals to
reg Is we'll known but a Belgian jury | i
outdone all its predecessors in that LII
J. After finding man guilty of mur-
Ing his first and second wife, the jury
ommended him to mercy because he had
OGDEN leg, singularly enough, the
e acted On the recommendation, and ~
the convict hard labor for life instead