The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-05-15
Items Of Interest.
Edison is worth $3.50, 600.
All q feeting show-A circus.

, ALI de6t1D& EnoW-A cifcus.
Cartmen's slang Hire haul
The early bud catches the frost.
a cutting remark - Chop the hash.
Mr.. VIII Ustck does business IN La
4 Crosse, Wis. ~
I Woman tempted man 10 eat but he
took to drink himself. ~ 81 g
There are /, ,679 prisoners confined In
Sing Sing (N. 7. prison.
What is that from which-if you take
the whole some yet VIII remain 7 Whole-
some. z
4. Melancholy reflections The sluggard
! is sbiddm to- 20 to the ant but alas !
how often he goes to his uncle. 81
Edwin Alonzo sends us poem on " A
\ Broken Link. y Too late. Sausage sea-
4 son went out with the cold weather.
There are 472 theaters, music balls,
4 concert. rooms, g harmonic meetings 9
etc., in London, amusing nightly 302,-I
4 600 people. ~
Ants avoid Light, and as to colcrs they
prefer red and show 9 marked aversion
| to blue or violet. They live sometimesj
| Eve years. s. ss ~ ss
uov oon Ava naraons divide Ave aors.
% % tI.at sanh ~ mon ahaII rece;ye ona: sI,d
st;l1 1' one ran,a;n IN The dial, Z One takes
49, IT, d;st, @ nth tba aoo. " B:
The average population % each phy-
sician is. in the United States, 600 !;
England, 1872 France, 1874 !; Austria
I'M m:,.s. - Ms,,;osrs... baua n,ro,fasaaa
,sL ola .e;a..J tha I prasi,vtsys;s,. isit,s;
tenelGn slI A. !o III ~ NJ Mo,;ca ( nmm.:
cnurca I'LL ~ 1n1 u.. :. Laaa haa,, ha,,ES
per OF h'tie AleAie''a0 - 'o 1'1.
1ised. =. q -. Z; ;..,,as:
a iaSMon ieem ss ,sL;sb sl;s s.ss aaaesna,Jys s.a
are ISL SILL very dRSap,iahed Ropa.hdl 'nlan If % oett;n1l
4 ons anotha. o aaason's wea1 ont az t2as old
1.u.a nnosn 80 sesSol - - "a
ilnen s"l4.'1 uuo'eA' '1e' =, 4 ~.
/: A woman IN fomIfet, =, nAs 9 nus ~ 9
band and cnildren 70 80 cals =, a.s9
performs most OF tne SolA " m elao .s.n.s ...,s
her huspana ooLg nos LILY t;-sd = = .''y q
OUT OF neaian' Du' WAC eo1n ~ s..s
els there danger o. me g, Supply =
fuel becoming exhausted asSsa :
scientific writer. u ne hyes IN 9 Gloss
neighborhood, and don't Keep nus ceaa 81,
mousse lockeo' We snoeiu - 'alin s.s -, -
The discovery mas peen maze snas sne
world does not revoiVe WIN .sne Ssfne
motion that 1t dld q tnousand years aeo,
but it still swings around last enough %.
satisfy the man with q heavy note COM
ling due. =. 5 49, &
A few wears 400. in Comanche county,
Te1as a number Of domestic chickens,
desarted bv their owner. took TO the,
brnsh. and the woods are full OF wild
chickens; Ihey are numDesea M .sas ~ sas
thousand' ny IKE iiawAS ana = = 80
as game.
4 young lady, says the Elizabeth
! Herald, astonished q party the other
day by asking for the s.loan Of diminu-
tive areenteous truncated cone, convex
on,its summit and semi perforated WITH
symmetrical indentations, or IN other
words q thimble. =.
An affable gentleman entered the
Bank of Jacksonville, Fla, recently and
engaged the cashier in conversation,
Iondly bewailinR the sad state OF the
conntrv. Meanwhile confederate
slipped in, stolen 81, 500 from the safe.
and escaped. = 4.
A w;,t En,,,ond, fishing boat landed
a. na onnd;t;o1ed halibnt. WEIGHING 1877
.annds' nv measuring six feet eight inches
r Iangth and about the same in girth.
~ ~ @ orey;no Tho f;ah ;ts stomach wasfound3
~ o1nta;n a f,ne salmon in yery good
condit;on and which weighed 20 pounds.
The fisherman remarked that it was no
wonder the halibut looked so well, see-
ing the sort of dinners ne lndngeo IN.
| Tho Hn,,le,,e savs there is a cat in
p1rI;n lii oto,, thst has lost ita voice. This
a".Ia;ns sorna things There is q cat In
Mla;u4s,o enplat4s Do 4Ha4 hoe fonnd tba BnrIinp-
~ uittI"a fa1;un,s vo;ca. v And from the uproar
sIa a [ craotes when she sits on the back
shed che at m;oht and conyerses with some
fr;en5s % IN The other aide of the river. q
~ -; I;stort ~ we ;ndoa that she has found
i io S ~.hD. iost 9o;ceo =. Morristo,pn
11seaad Waa, o'''oA -''' '
Ho~S @ 900 ,o,,o. =, ,,,o,,o+onv. The
ile astasio @s",tse. tao io,~ soN. thot there are
Honuon ua nGGosI, ;,;os - 1n5;s sn5 IN Damascns
mhn i,ts1m have ,a Worked cd At The same work day
by day for 1000 years, peasant families
who have not only titled the sameields,
bnt have gone into them and left them
az the same hour. according to the
eeeaon from a period of over 1,800
vaars They have no wish for change,
M ambition to do better, no inclination
to roam. no sense Of failure because they
ora aa their forefathers were and as
tbe;r son's will he.
NJ ~ ~, po,a vho lives in the lower
Mr. soIn II; 10 W." oountn % had two
Part VI n9npAm coun, o.;-.i,. 49,, 80 th-ao
httie cnh9Ien, m1 .Seu iespeu oaaeced - @ 4he;r
ana BIZ. iney ~eis e.. enS 9aHs aon - swb;ia %
cueeomsry Play nuo,; 10" u mSa NJ oIdast
me notner aas o.Sa. az sne 9tn v;,i neyer [ ha
t"a @ 1 ,,;nLa5 m q sbarn hatchet and
kho~n, pSAo ie",;s.. a.
elooH s.o o1 mic ob;1d
aAo aae;~ s Mhaf ha bod 5one ran and told
b;s ~ ~pootber wbo was drawing. up q
h-oLot ~ watar Of the time. = This 80
frightened her that she let go oi tne
wlnalass, ana tne reyoisArs oiSnA in ISaaL ssa a
tne Doy on the heaa .,a.' anu i9..J :J.ls.st1- i
90 nls Drains out, Killing ni.u
,;abthonso. o No .Ieenars M On the Atlantic coast
10 woman Katblean Andre Moore, of
R,ack Rock lighthouse. near Bridge