Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-20
0LEANINos.

e LAWYERS have feeced the Erie rail.
e way out of $400, ,OO0 since 1875.
! SEPARATE young calves or yearlings
t from the herd of cattle, and give them
: an extra feed from this to grass.
The Chinaman's weak spot is white
sugar. He'll pass over jewelry to steal
cut-lOaf. a
ADRIAN VI, of Utrecht, made pope
in 1922, was the last foreign, or not
Italian pope. S q
A New YORK policeman is on trial for
kissing woman three times and then
clubbing her over the head.
i SENATOR JONES. of Nevada, has in
his house at Washington silver and
plate glass model of palace car
In Boston bold thief stole letter
carriers key and uniform and went over
the usual route, emptying all the boxes
GERMANY makes one-half of the phos-
phorus consumed in the world, or over
25O tons annually.
AT the sale of bankrupt stock at
Anstruther, Scotland, recently, the price
realized was 252a per cent. of the
assignees estimate.
LET not the prudent housewife cast
away the discarded red clay jars Of her
artistic daughters. They win come in
handy next picking season.-Puck.
| A HAIR from the mad dog is said to
cure the bite, and the Worcester Prcss
says that solitary tress from the hash
will cure passion for waiter girl.
A TURKISH soldier having on fur
cap is supposed to be comfortably clad.
no matter If he have no coat or vest.
"Keep the ears warm and you warm the
whole body" is a Turkish maxim.
A CHICAGO lover confidingly told in
a letter to his sweetheart, all about
forgery he had committed. Lately he
Tilted her, and, in revenge, she gave the
letter to the police.
IT is said that lineal descendant of
the Dutch statesman, ambassador and
poet, Jacob Cats, who lived two centuries
ago, now dwells in Pittsburg.
GEN. BURGoYNE's mess kettle, cap
tured at "Old IT," is in possession Of
A. p. Childs, of Bennington. It is
owned by Mr.. Langdon, Of Castleton,
and is generous in its dimensions, weigh
ing several hundred pounds
| THE new Mormon temple, now bein
built of granite, will be an imposing
structure, and will cost, according to
estimates, $5,O00,OOO. The tabernacle
will be used for public service. This
temple is for the rites Of the church.
GRACE GREENWOOD. discloees the In
teresting and creditable fact that Gen.
Butler has shown much kindness to the
wife and daughter of Mumford, the
New Orleans man whom he had executed
for pulling down the United States Gag.
THERE is at least one man in Worces-
ter who hasn't forgotten his New Years
resolutions. He was observed at late
hour holding an earnest argument with
tobacconist's sign, and was heard to
close the discussion with the reply:
tell yous sno use; swore off smOk'n and
drink'n lash New Yearsh. p Worcester
Press
DEFINITIONS artful aid "What is
q junction, nursef" asked q 7-year-Old
fairy, the other day, of an elderly lady,
who stood by her side on railway plat
form. "A junction, my DEAR" answer
ed the nurse, with the air of very su-
perior person indeed, why, it's place
where two roads separates. p Fxnn,
Folks.
/ In Hartford, Conn.,, women receive
twenty-five cents per dozen for making
corsets; and the cotton thread, which
must be bought of the corset manufac-
turer, is deducted from this sum. There
are thirteen stitches to the inch, and i've
thousand stitches In one corset. An cx-
perienced needle-woman can complete
half dozen in a day, and thus earn
twelve and half cents,
"SHE is not handsome" says George
Eliot's latest photographer. Her face
is long, pale. with sensitive mouth.
Her eyes are vivid, warm, blue-gray,
full of depth, now keenly preceptive,
now dreamingly interpretive, always
full Of sadness. Her hair, worn low,
sss. TSRSeH sSfeseaHS efls sl = Ge aAis sIPas P
sion is that Of weary sensitiveneaA"
THE tipping over Of cartload Of hot
cinders into snow bank at the Pine iron
| works in Montgomery county, Pa, re-
Gently, resulted in q fearful explosion,
the shock of which is said to have shaken
houses 100 Yards away, and persons
standing near by were severely burned
and cut by the flying cinders. The ex-
PLANTATION Of this explosion will b m in
teresting question tor scientific people.
WHILE out hunting during hte
bewlldered bufialoeA numbering ono hum
dred grown ones and about fDFty calves
The snow lay upon the grOalnd to the
depth of foot. He was alono, hnt
after several days hard work - secured
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