The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-07


faro chips, and euchre deck; and some
how or other the professor took no more
stock In that Freshman's eloquence than
IL he had been . craven image.-Acta
C0lsmbiaRa.
PITHY PARTICLES.
PEACH trees are In bloom at Alexan.
dria, Ky.
A WOMAN at Tarboro, N. O., moulded
the bullet with which her lover murdered
her husband.
"WHAT shall take, doctorf" asked q
still bibb, racked with blues. "Care,"
answered the doctor calmly.-7M Wasp
AN association for the suppression Of
adulteration In food, clothing, wall pa.
pers, and other articles of daily use has
been formed in Chicago.
TIE most novel Joint stock company
yet formed Is at Chester, Pa, where
fifteen stockholders own an animal said
to be the best coon dog In the country.
ISAAC MILLS, Of Pottersville, N. Y,
owns camp cup, made of q cocoanut.
bound with iron, which James II. drop,
ped from his carriage at the battle of the
Boyne.in 1890, when one of Mr.. Mills
ancestors picked 1t up. .......
SOME weeks ago little girl In Des
Moines swallowed small piece of tin.
Since then the tin has worked up under
her ear, descended to her Jaw and the
other day was taken out from under her
tongue. The little one has suffered In.
| Aauaalu huk IL y.nvv al ptokt
VILLAGE doctor Ito the grave digger,
who Is given to whisky)-Ah, Johnl Pm
sorry to see you In this pitiable condition
again. Grave Digger-Toots, sirl can ye
mo- let a'e little fault o'mioe gae by? It's
mony q muckle ane O. yours haze hap.
pit owre, an said naething ABBOTT!
TIE season of the year has come
around when q young man may 60 TO
social gathering to exchange sentiments
with q pretty young woman and over
coats with the young man unfortunate
enough to use the most prominent peg
In the hall.-Twner's Falls Reporter.
"MY boy" said a solemn.visaged
evangelist to boy who had Just emerged
from q hair. pulling match with another
boy, "do you expect to rove hereafter
In q land of pure delight" "No," said
the lad; "Pve bursted another button
ofi'n my trousers, and ] expect to get
licked for it."
The fremont house, Boston's Oldest
hotel, has just celebrated its semi-centen.
NAL, having been first opened to the
public>in 1929. The corner stone was
laid July 4, 1928, with much ceremony,
and, though new considered rather old
fashioned and gloomy, such an elegant
hotel the country had not then seen.
When first opened for inspection twenty
thousand persons thronged its parlors for
three days
A CURIOUS affair has happened at
Stoneham, Mass, whereby skunk lost
its life, and all through curiosity. 1t
seems that 1t was providing about the
premises of Nathaniel Lord, and in try
ing TO find out what a tin can contained
got its head in so far that 1t could not
extricate itself. In this manner it wan
dered round and round until it came to
a reservoir about the premises, and get
ting too near the top fellin and drowned.
A LIVE frog was found in the center
of solid stone, quarried out at the state
prison last week, in Carson. He was
n little round cavity three
inches In diameter. he was a good
sized frog, and was little
lighter than the usual color. When his
cell was broken into no blinked and
shut his eyes, lying fat on his belly, as
If stunned. Afterwards he reused up
and jumped about little, but died in a
few minutes.
SEVEN whales have been caught of
Spur Heath, Canada. Two men, while
walking along the shore, noticed large
number of huge fish foundering In
shallow water, and 1t was found that
three of them had been disabled or Ill.
ed with guns. The men speedily armed
themselves, and of the four other whales
one was killed with crowbar and the
remainder with q large knife. After
some difficulty the monsters were got on
board vessel and taken to Hull, where
they are being exhibited.
PROBABLY at no time since the war
has there been q greater demand in this
city for skilled labor than at present
House carpenters, painters, brick masons,
cistern.makers, skaters, and, indeed,
competent workmen in all the trades
are In demand. In every portion of the
city new buildings are being erected.
In every district the work of repairing
is: going on with an energy and activity
which recalls the preparations of ante
bellum days for our fall trade,-Nep
Orleans Democrat.
A CoUNTRYMAN was once providing
around railroad station to see what he
could discover to satisfy the cravings OF
an inquiring mind. he stepped into q
baggage car which contained an exceed
ingly stalwart Limburger cheese, and a
musket box, the latter having strong
resemblance to the ordinary rough pine
c. fin case. Shifting the pervasive odor
OF the place for moment, he stepped
ver the side of the musket box, and
j, ked his shoulder, remarked with a
sagacious wink: "He amt 10 trance"
i In giving his experience the other
night an old California '49er frankly
admitted that his life had been failure,
Ssid he: "When I left IndeanHy to
come to Californy my whole ambition
was to dig enough gold 30 that could
90 back and buy tumblin' shaft thresh'
In machine and 20 about the country
every fall doin' custom work and Twin
on roast chickens. Now, here am, and
nary threshin' machine, yet, an even ct
I had the machine my appetite for
chicken il gone. / tell you, boys, my
life has bin failur'."
THE Irish harp was about four feet
high. It was without pedals, and was
slung to the back. That of King Brian
Boru, killed In the battle of Clontarf,
In 1914, still exists In the museum OF
Trinity College, Dublin. 1t Is black
with age and polished, but now worm
eaten, and is adorned with silver
ornaments. 1t was taken by his son
league, to Rome, after the battle, and
presented to the pope with the crown
and regalia. A succeeding pope present
ed the harp to Henry VIII, with the
title of Defender of the Faith, and
Henry gave 1t to the first Earl of Clsnri
carde, In whose family 1t was held unit
the beginning of the eighteenth century
; II then passed through several hands
until 1855, when the college became 1T
owner.
A NEW YORK correspondent says Of
the sights to be sometimes seen from the
elevated read: "In room whose win
: dows were flung wide apart to catch the
, cool breath from without, woman hat
laid down to die. The engine was turn
s. ing curve with US, and We went at
pace 90 slow that we could see the terri
Bile tableau of that death scene, ant
almost hear the sobs Of the living. Thu