River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-23
Miscellaneous Items.

Lime JS g0od manure Tor clayey soils
and plaster for sandy ones, because the
former retains and the latter attracts
moisture.
Great effort from great motives is the
best definition Ct a happy life. The easiest
labor Is burden 10 him who has no mo-
tive for performing it.
Men think il no shame to give hand
some obseqnies TO those dead whom liy
ing they had suffered 10 sterye unnoticed;
but the struggle ofsinking poverty passes
unseen Ia its corner
II cannot be too deeply Impressed upon
the mind that application is tile price to
be paid for mental acquisitions, and that
II is is absurd 10 expect il without it as
TO look fof d harvest without seeds
The heaviest snorer we have heard of
is the man up town whose wife woke him
up, during a tempest, saying She did wish
be would stop snoring, for she wanted TO
here the thunder. = Unknoaon Erchanse.
1t must have been Western school
where the mistress told one OF her big
girls to s'decline love-" The big girl sim
peringly replied decline, love, Miss
Jones2 Not me; I'd as soon think of de-
Ginning marriageT"
A little four year-old boy sat alone In
the parlor when a new doctor came to see
his sick mother The doctor naturally
wished to make his acquaintance, and
said, How old are you, my son2a I'm
not old; I'm new, y said the boy
The muther-in-law has been attacked
| in the New Jersy courts, where man has
had the courage to sue her for thirteen
hundred-dollar board bill. 1t was con-
| tracted during one of the short visits to
| see how Maria was getting along.
Some one has discovered that there is
actually law in force which permits
money to be carried as baggage. Since
this is the case we may travel consider
ably this year. 1t was the supposed ab-
sence of such law that kept us at home SC
much.
No. George; the article now going the
newspaper rounds entitled Tweed as {
Fireman. does not refer to his present
occupation; though his early knowledge
of the duties ola fireman may prWe d
some advantage to him in his present
/ home.
A boy beggar of Gotham is placarded
81 have been blind for forty years. n-Er
We have little girl in Philadelphia who
placards herself II ann blind, and the fu
Their of five children She wears it whey
the old man is sick, or out at his countr
place. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Anexchange has an article telling "How
matches are made We supposed every
body knew it was by taking young mar
and young woman, equal parts, and let then
sit up together about six months, telling
them few times in this interval tina
they should never have each other. Still
there may be other ways we haven't hearC
of.
A man who has been much interested
in the cremation system said TO his wife
my dear, wish you to remember tina
when the Lord calls me to my reward
desire to be cremated, if a suitable fur
mace is accessible" Eyes, love- replied
his spouse, "but when the Lord calls 20,
| think he will provide for your burn
ing!"
Il say boy, whose horse is that YOU'RE
riding?" "Why, daddy's." "Who is you
daddy2n Don't you knowl Why, Uncl
Pete Jones'" "So-you are the son o
your Uncle?" "Why, yes, calculate
am. You see dad got to be widower
and married mothers sister, so | reckon
he's my uncle" "Boy, you are not far re
moved from foolr' "Well, as we ain
mere nor three feet apart, | think it's jus
as you say"
A touching case is mentioned in al
English exchange of fox, followed b,
hounds seeking safety in the midst of
flock of sheep passing along the road. |
/ measured its pace with the animal
whose protection it had sought in its ex
tremity. and travelled with them SOM
distance, but was finally driven out from
them, in order that the hunters on it
track might not be deprived OF the spor
of running 4. down.
Jones was always complaining of hi
wile's memory. ''Shc never can remem
Der anything" said poor Jones; "it's aw
full" ''My wife was Just as bad" SAT-
Brown, still found out capital recipe.
"What is it," said Jones, eagerly. "Wny,
said Brown, whenever there's anythin!
particular l want the missus TO remembe
I write it down on slip of paper ant
gum it on the looking glass. Seer Jone
is now q contented man.
Only few days ago saw in bool
by Protestant clergyman an accountof
miraculous cure. A young girl suffere'
from toothache, and she prayed to Jesus
"If were Thou, and Thou me, and Tho
hadst such q toothache as [ have now,
would long ago have cured Thee" Th
toothache, so writes the clergyman
ceased Immediately. could not but
member hymn of the Ria Veda, wher
an old poet says, "If were Indra, ant
thou vert my worshipper, / would loni
ago have granted thy petition
When Fischer, the celebrated oboe
player, who was remarkable for the oddit
of his manner, played concertos at tn
grand concerts given fifty years ago at tb
| Rotunda in Dublin, noble lord, who ha'
been enraptured with the rare talent b
displayed, came up to him, and atte
having complimented him, gave him
pressing invitation to sup with him til
following evening, adding" You'll brinl
| your oboe with you
Fischer, who was little nettled a
that sort of invitation, hastily replied
| "Ny lord, my oboe never sups."