Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-09

81 was accidentiy discharged, the bulle
entering the young mans side, inflictin!
a serious wound. We have said grea
many harsh things about these youn!
j. men whose revolvers contain more thai
their heads, bpt we retract everything
, now. At last revolver has been foun(
that knows, which man to shoot. MAY
J his tribe increase Burlington Haykeye.
A Methodist parsor, called to preacl
, at an out-of: 1he-way town in California
, was informed before entering the pulpi
that he must be careful, as many of the
assembled congregation were "roush!,'
and would not hesitate to disturb hin, il
his remarks; didn't suit. The holy mar
made no reply, but having reached the
desk he took from his pocket two revolv
ers, and placing one on each side of tine
Bible gave a sharp glance around the
room. and said, Gle: us pray" A more
orderly strvice was never conducted.
The Montreal papers report that the
mysterious lights which have been motto.
ed On the lower St. Lawrence River and
on the Gulf for century have been I'M
usually brilliant this year. Blue and
yellow flames are seen about midnight, a.
of ship on fire, but, as they are ap.
preached, they fit farther away, and dis
appear in the morning mist. Old sailors
have observed that their unusual brillian
cy always betokens heavy fall and winter
gales, and October has certainly confirmed
their expectations, whatever winter may
DO.
A young man drove into Xenia, Ohio
the other day with some friends, to meet
a train. Arriving at the depot, freight
train was standing on the side track, and
the countryman, not seeing any convent
ent place to tie up, deliberately hitched
his horse to the rear car Of the freight
and proceeded to promenade the walks
around The depot while waiting for his
train. What was his surprise when he
saw his hitchine post pull out for Cinsin-
natl, with his horse and wagon bringing
up the rear in not the best Of order. 1t
wculd not be proper to record the re-
marks OF the young man Oh the subje ct
DIR. Thomson, taken for his text LII ok
not upon the wine when it is red in the
cup" enlarged upon evil effects of drink
ing upon the head, heart, and purse. As
the congregation departed, two old GRO
MES, given to taking more than a wee
Arap, talked over the sermon.
"Did you hear yon, JohDie?' quoth one
| odd I heart? VIVA didna hear'ts I
ne'er winked an e'e"
"a weel, an what thought ye o't?'
'Adced, Davie, think he has been a
lad in his day, or he couldna ha ken'd 80
weel about it; he's been sly hand, the
ministerr'
When boy falls and peels the. skin of
his nose, the first thing he does is too get
up and howl. When a girl tumbles and
hurts herself badly, her first movement is
to arise with more has'e than grace, look
searchingly at her dress and savagely at
some innocent young man standing on
an opposite corner, and, as she shoots off
home mutter something about "the horrid
loafers;" wholly unconscious that her hat
is screwed around over her left ear, and
that two inches Of fingers pro1rrde
through her soiled kids. Not until she
reaches her dear mamma does she sob
like baby with wind collie.
A well-to-do New Hampshire farmer is
possessed with such wonderful good tenn
Per that he was never known t. give
way to tit of anger. A short time since
two rogulsh lads resolved ''to get the old
man mad" Accordingly they took lit
tie dog and followed him into the pasture
where he was going for his horse. The
boys concealed themselves; and every
time the old man was near enough to the
horse to bride him, they set on the dog,
and frightened him away. The process
was continued until the old man was ex.
Aausted, when he sat down on stone,
and poured forth his wrath in the follow
ing words: "W-e-e-l, wish that little
dog would go away"
| The Transcript tells story of Boston
minister, one who presides over large
and hourishing church at the South End,
and ''lends hand" in all good enter pris-
es. He was to preach in Providence,
spent the night before with friend in a
village some miles distant, and walked to
Providence on Sunday morning. On his
house by the wayside, rang the bell, and
asked the mo:herly-looking woman who
came to the door ii he could have a glass
of milk and slice of bread. "We]|," she
answered, II suppose you can, but it does
seem as though a big.itrong man like you
might earn his living by work, An not
beg for it," He has been very consider
ate Of tramps ever since.
A pleasant little snecdote of the Crown
Prince of Germany is told by Mrs. Hop
per. It was at the beginning of the
Franco Prussian war that the King and
Prince passed through Hamburg on thei1
way to the field. A young American girl
staying with her parents at one OF the
| 1or
her balcony, aud as the royal couple
passed waved an enthusiastic handker-
chief. The King and his son looked ur
and bowed, and like the courteous gen
tleman he is, the Prince summoned an
Aide de-camp and gave an order which
was passed down the line-an order fol-
each regiment as 1t went by to salute the
Stars and Stripes. 49, ''.. .:
l am writing this, says a correspond
ent, from the beautiful seaside town OF
Ventnor, Isle Of Wight. Last evening, ir
arranging my programme for to-day,
asked the proprietor of our hotel if he
was we'll acquainted with the island. 81
am, sir; know every. house and tree or
it, was his prompt reply. then asked
him the distance to and the best mean
of reaching the residence of Tennyson
He looked puzzled and asked me to re-
peat my question, which I did, adding
that meant Alfred Tennyson, the poe
laureate of England. at this his face lii
up little as be exclaimed: sport Laurit
All, you mean Newport. That, sir is the
capital Of the island, and very nice towr
it isl" I then asked him solemnly
if ne did not know that Alfred Tenny son
the poet, lived on this island, and hac
for many years. He answered that ht
was obliged to admit thai he had never
so much as heard the name.
Not The Goose For Her Set.
was riding with Charles Dickens one
day when he suddenly woke the echoes