River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-22
Siftings.

II a lady meet lady
Coming down the street,
Need lady tell lady
That she looks so sweet?'
For well she knows before she gets
Fairly out of sight,
She'll turn around and say aloud,
a what horrid fright"
A hen with clipped wing has defect
i've flew.
Two Georgians have married each 9th
er's daughters.
An Idaho town, having but one girl, is
called Onegirlia. How for is this from
Boise City!
The pea-nut-growers of Eastern North
Carolina have just held convention. Who
next?
Chicago has particularly wicked big
amist He discarded his wife and married
his step-daughter.
A Maryland horse is accused of killing
and eating sheep, in spite of frequent beat
ings when caught in the act.
The Toledo Ohio Commercial says
that more real estate in that city changed
hands for cash last month than for a year
previous.
A negro boy in Ella, Ga, disliked to
4 Jake care vi ltlc Ills lHOtHcI ISII IL
with him, however, although he declared
that he would kill it, and when she re-
turned he had beaten it to death.
A woman started to carry her twin ba-
bies five miles through the woods, in
Sand Hill, s. c., but lost her way, and
was found almost dead at the end of ten
days, with the infants lying lifeless be-
side her.
The Cincinnati Times remembers that
at first it was "Plke's Peak or bust" and
afterwards it was pixies Peak and bust
| So it will be with Leadville. AS it is hard
| to get there, and much harder to get
away, the better policy is to stay at home
Mr. Ragsdale, treasurer of Jefferson
county, Ind, broke his engagement with
a poor girl to marry rich widow, and
jury compelled him to pay 5000 damages.
| "Well, " he said, as he handed over the
money, 81 am still about 100000 ahead
by the change"
A lady once said to Sheridan: "The
weather has cleared up now, and will
go and walk with YOU He vas a bit
puzzled, but soon replied: MADAM, the
weather has cleared enough for one; but
not enough for two," and went out for a
stroll by himself.
Slang is bad enough when uttered by
a man; but when it proceeds from the
rosy lips of gentle women, it is unbear-
able We heard young lady at the
table the other day say-and she said it
without blushing, too ooh, that is too
freshr' Horrible! horrible! She referred
to the butter.
The Chestert on (Md.) Transcript states
that, from careful estimates, the fact is
established that the number of peach
trees now growing on the peninsula is
less by about one-third than it was three
years ago, and that old orchards are an
nually being exterminated in greater
proportion than young ones are planted.
A school-board inspector asked a small
pupil of what the surface of the earth con-
sists, and was promptly answered, "Land
and water" He varied the question
slightly, that the fact might be impressed
on the boys mind, and asked What,
then, do land and water make2" To
which came the immediate answer:
Mud"
Bicycle riding by women promises to
become fashionable in Detroit. The ex-
dulDlC WIS Stl Nv IL wealthy anu IGSIbtCl-
able young lady, who at first rode in Sc
cluded places, but afterward took to the |
suburban roads. She uses the Ordinary
two wheeled machine, and sits astride,
wearing very loose trousers, and is freqent-
ly accompanied by half dozen female |
companions.
A wooden watch, said to be an excel |
lent timekeeper, is the property of n. De |
volt, of Bristol, Tenn. 1t weighs but |
half an ounce. The dial plate is made |
fiom the horn of buffalo killed by loco |
motive on the Texas Pacific Railroad. |
The outside is of olive wood from Jerusa-
lum. The works, except few of the |
most important, are of lockwood Even
the stem and bow are of wood.
The firm of Carter Il Gavin, sugar rein
ers in Osceola, KY, was dissolved by mu-
tual consent. the partners had disagreed |
in consequence of Carriers wife quitting
him and marrying Gavin, and the work of
settling up their accounts was accomplish
ed with difficulty. as everything salts
factCry!o Gavin asked, when the books
had been closed. "Yes, all that relates to
the business" Carter answered: ''but
there is an account still to be balanced.
You've got my wife, and II take your lie
in payment" and he shot Carter dead.
When young Hyson, who is a commits
sion merchant and an importer. came
home to dinner one evening last week,
he found Mrs. Hyson just parting with a
caller and describing some 'lovely"
Chinese lanterns she had bought at
Veneer's on Washington street Hysons
face grew dark as the narrative proceeded,
and when the door closed upon the visitor,
he turned to Mrs. Fl. with lowering brow,
and asked: What have you been fooling
money away on at Vaneer's2' Don't be
such bear, Harry, SAID Mrs. H.. Il only
bought a dozen of those lovely lanterns,
nice for ornaments and pretty To use in the
next summer, and they were only
81 EACH did you ever see any like them
Ieforel" 'See 'em, groaDcd Hyson, g.
it; they sent me 1000 of EN- in the Man
DARN, and / have only sold one lot, and
that was 100 to Veneer for So" Tears and
tableau.