Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-12

What makes poor Mary have NE chills
And shake % avfll badf
Why don't ,ae take gross of pills
-& Losis Tssses.Sbs,~sl
cuRIosrrx SHOP.
A sNOw-wHITE crow IL exhibited ct
Boston's bird show.
TIE best known time made BY
skater 10 mile in l.56.
MANY men whistle from want Of
thought, but few from thought of want.
A KANSAS school house was heated
with burning corn four days last week.
TwKNTY-sEvEN corpses wers cremated
in Milan last year, ct . cost Of about rs
cents each.
"SINa = Song of 6ixpence" dates
from the sixteenth century, and "Three
Blind Mice" is in . music book dated
1909.
A NOVEL Coed TemplarI lodge has
Just been organized ct Boston, with .
membership of 65 women. It Il the
only lodge Of the body in the country
which excludes men.
IT il noticeable result of prevail
ing fashion that, for the funeral Of the
the other day in Phila-
1t was requested that no flowers
be sent.
ALMOST everything IL sold By weight
in San Francisco. Beer retails ct 5 cents
per pound.
TEE hub of cartwheel was left at
shop in West Chester. Pa, the other day,
which the owner informed him had bean
in use ~ yeara
A BUcKsKIS pony, which, It y said,
Gen. Cushing rode in Mexico and
brought back with him to Newbury.
port, il now owned BY residsut Of
Ipswich, Mass. He il represented 10 b
foTty-four years old and still ready to do
his share OF work when called upon.
MATRIMoSY and love-making through
the columns of newspapers are On the
rise in Germany and Austria. Vienna
and Berlin newspapers have agencies for
such purposes, and the busine9, reported
to be profitable, is carried out on ; cash
basis.
An Ir.shman remarked to his com.
panion, on observing q lady pas: Pat,
did you ever see 90 thin woman q that
beforef" "Thinl" replied the other.
" Botherasheni I've seen 4 woman %
thin a. two Of her put together, % I
have"
A NUGGET Of pure gold weighing
thirteen ounces, or over . pound, troy
weight, has recently been dug up in
Cabarrus county, N. G. It ID . we'll
known fact that the largest lump Of
gold ever found in the United States
was picked up in Cabarrus county many
years ago.
IRA Cook, laborer, 81 years old, at-
70 scale > high fence in North
Mass, but his foot caught BE-
tween the pickets and he hung there till
he died. The fence was battered with
the heelmarks Of the other foot, and the
snow was paved away - far - his hands
could reach.
A FEW days ago George Carroll, .
colored man Of Red Bank, N. II, climbed
. tree for the purpose Of trimming It.
Seating himself on . limb he deliber.
aSoiy s"wcu ~ Vn' 4u "
limb reached the groud ecgesnel. ~
reared the man - iateiiy inJuioo. Ane
limb was mot damaged.
The latest novelty II . !" "barometer.
handkerchief" The design printed on
It represents . man with IN umbrella.
In fine weather the umbrella is blue. In
weather gray, and in rainy
weather white. The secret iies Y PRINT
ing TINS den9n In cnlofloc OF copeis 9us
the hrst waning removes tnis sennave
chemical and destroys tho oarometric
properties
A NEW YORK bridegroom recently
vent pair of diamond earrings TO his
bride, inclosing the box containing them
in . Jewel cAsket, fourteen By s1xteen
inches, and nineteen inches high. The
hides Of the box were o. solid selected
Marechal Neil buds, bound y . nm g
eea rosso1os tne ooveI ~. , q ~ 49,
.nite rooeOuds, = T e vO
me iid-ii,teE: Ane innoe ol sae uoA -
lined with wnise sasin.
IT iAdimcult to ny what consdtutes
tho beauty Of . woman. 1he Sandwich
IslandeS estimate women ~ their
height Tho Chinese require tnen @
have deforpeed feet and black teeth. 4
kirl must Be tatooed sky blue and wear
! nose ring to sAtiafy Goath 6ee Ialand-
er's taste. African princes require thear
brides to have their teeth hIed Hke the
q ssw !. ASo .n9 .aus .ne Sss sns .csS .sc.,s.s ~
cIise.cn = 's.,s..s =. Ousy ,.y4aIs 49,
% lAu'ooe go ~ ,s.'