St. Landry democrat., 1880-09-18
ALL SORTS.
Halt Scotland is owned by 70 per-

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Halt Scotland is owned by 70 per-
sons.
There is nothing in the four quarters
of the globe more unreliable tnan tne
hindquarters of a mule.
On its death bed the Cory Daily
Press exclaimed: "You might as we'll
try to drive railroad spike with tack
| hammer as to run a nonpareil newspaper
in a plea town.
-Fifty-one ears of hot corn made a
meal for Elias Druckerbrote, at Union
town, Ohio, on q wager: The last ear
was eaten, cob and all, and washed
down with pint of whiskey.
-CorToN AND IRoN.-It will require
about $4,000 miles of hoop iron to to
up the cotton crop, and the cost will be
about S3,00O,000. Thus a large cotton
crop helps the iron trade both directly
and iEdirectly.-[Boston Post.
-" Shon,' said a Dutchman, "you
may say what you please 'pout' pau
neighbors; | have had to worst neigh
uolS DIS never NdS. MlDt DlSS dIu ihi.o
hens come home NIT dere ears splC,
missing.
Gen. Bob Toombs was asked by a
friend a few days ago whether MIR. AL
exander Stephens would be returned, to
Congress. Retained !" said Toombs
"why, d-me, his district will keep him
in Congress as long as he lives, and
when he dies they'll run his executor"
Lewis Hiltz, who killed Joseph
Melody at Independence, Mo-, two years
ago, but was cleared on the ground OF
insanity, has beer struck dead by sun
stroke, on same day of the month, at
the same hour Of the day and on the
same spot where lie committed the
crime.
The New York World says: Pro
tessor Reed, of London, has figured out
the exact age of the world, which he
sets at 0,000 900, but as he neglects to
give the day of the month at which
it started, there is very little encour-
agement to try to get up centennial
AT Madrid, a ,,risoner recently sen
fenced by court snartial to be shot for
participation in the attack on train by
brigands, before his execution made
revelations inculpating several families
OF high position He accused them of
not only. protecting brigandage, but OF
sharing i'll the proceeds.
--Styrlan WOodcutters jn the forests
OF DromminS discovered human skele-
ton in a half decaged oak tree. A watch,
on which was engraved "I. Won Krack-
owitz, 1872 lay by his SHE. 1t is sup
posed that the alan climbed the tree
and accidentally dropped into the hol-
low trunk, from which there was no
escape.
10 A COMPLAINING SUBSCRIBER -
we are sorry you don't like the paper.
We publish it simply to please you.
we should ask yen to come down to the
office and edit it.. only that if you did,
some idiot miight5write to tell You how
much better he could do it himself, and
that would annoy nervous person like
you.-[Ex.
Like the stunps Of q primitive for
est, which decay with the dry rot, so the
typical stump speaker passes away.
The prestige of power has vanished.
The newspaper wiped him up. And, to
tell the truth, Independent thought is
giving the newspaper an "evil eyer
The American eagle is developing dig
nlty: He wears specs, and takes his
local paper.-[Ex.
-" When ! was once in danger from
a tiger said an East Indian veteran.
g. tried sitting down and staring at
him, as | had no weapon" "How did
it work 2" asked a bystander. "Per-
ftectly; the tiger didn't even offer to
touch me- Strange, very strange!
How did yon account for it?" "Well,
sometimes pve thought that it was be.
cause | sat on such high limb.n
is your. programme full, Miss Bee
tlecrusher?" asked young man of a
western damsel ,who had just struggled
out OF the refreshment room with dis
appointment in lfer eye and an "order
of dances " in her hand. Programme
full 2" said the daughter of the Setting
Sun; Waal guess not! i haint had
nothing but piece of cake and an ice
cream, an they don't go far towards
llllng my programme, can tell yOu.',
a DUrIFuIl DAuGHrER.-"Look
here Matilda" said q Galveston lady to
the colored cook" you sleep right close
to the chicken house, and you must
have heard those thieves stealing the
chickens" Yes ma'am; l heard de-
chickens holler, and heard de voices oh
de men," Why didn't you 90 ont;
then 2" cease, ma'am (bursting into
tears,) case. l knowned my old fadder
was out dar, and | wouldn't hab him
Know Use los confidence in him fur all
de chickens mel IN &c world. If I had gone
broke his ole heart, and he wonli hab
made me tote de chickens fur him he
sides. He done tole me de day before
dat he's gwine to pull dem Chickens
dat nisht."-[Galveston News.
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