The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-06-06
ODDS Ash ENDS.


A Hartford religious enthusiast un-
dertook to fast forty days and bccaDe
maniac at the end Of the fifth day
In Kentucky there is a gAtDe iaw
which prohibits the shooting Of judges
between May 10th and the Inidd.i, OF
June. .,at b. t.4a
1t is not always possible to keep
from having mud thrown at You bat
you can always keep from thrOwiu; at
others. " .
A girl in an Iowa seminary cnisall
the hair from the head of her 'sleepims
room mate in revenge for a slight, ,.and
has been expelled by the faculty,
Just four hundred years ago the grt
Of printing was discovered, and yet
there are men trying to sell goods : I,.'
seem to have never heard OF printers
ink. ''...' .4Ha4sss ss,f j., &. .f.,,-.
The match peddler who called himself
lumber merchant reminds us of a. .crF-
tain class Of cheeky individuals who
pass free to the theatre and imagine
themselves newspaper men.
Little boys. are anxiously counting
the days till Summer, when their heads
will be sand papered and the brush ami
comb becomes of as little practicable
use as the Oregon law against gam
bling.
A saloon keeper advertises in the
Boise City Statesman, "Snake river
dust taken at twenty cents per ounce"
We suppose it is 50 valuable on ACCOUNT
of the rarity of such thing as " river
dust. ...
Many of our fruitgrowershave adopt
ed the plan of burning straw in their
cherry orchards as protection against
frost-1ring up about daylight. They
/ find their experiment a success.-7NGpa
hepoTteT. .i.4 ,s i...... u.-3 ,....
A newspaper reporter narrowly es-
capped being tarred and feathered by
Dorcas society, for publishing to the
world that in spelling match acertain
highly proper old maid 50 sat. Down on
pantaloons." Is s-. -.,st s.s,s- isii.
First class paragraphers never laugh
at their own jokes. Then We
must be first class paragrapher, for
we not only do not laugh at our own
Jokes ourself, but can't bribe anybody
else to either. stl,- ...s. q -s.i. ..5
HAMBURG FIGS. Abrams s Carroll, ,-..
An elephant died recently. in Calcut-
ia which is said to have been ridden by
Warren Hastings when Gover4i6rs Gen
eral of India, one hundred years ago.
He may probably have been 50lyears
old at the time. T.. n-.. -.s. ga
= A rumor has reached. Portland by
telephone from Oregon City thatatrout
has been seen in the northern part of
Chckamas county, and that a strong
expedition will be organized to capture
1t or wear out the creek in the effort.
The coroner who put out in a small
boat and chased body five miles do En
the Mississippi river only to find it was
Paul Boynton, says ssuehsnonsenss ought
to be stopped. He thinks Boynton has
no right to fool with the best interests
of the country.
eBnt you know, pa,"', said the farm
'ers daughter, when he spoke to her
about the addresses OF his neighbor's
son-'you know that ma wants me to
marry man of culture" So do 1, my
dear, so do l.; andqthere's, no better
culture in the country than. agricul-
ture. i...-. ,e,..sl .=..4 s-.
A poor woman, who was for nine
months an impatient, in st. Johns
hospital for diseases of the skin, in
Lendon, suffering from leprosyy. in its
most horid form, died on the 29th of
March. This case, the hospital author
tiles state, shows that leprosy is by no
means extinct in Europe, sndi it forci-
bly, illustrates the necessity for the es-
Establishment Of leper wards