Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-02-05
Dawdling
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A single property in California is half
the size of Rhode Island.
The highest priced stamp in the United
States post office department costs $50.
Do not be astonished at anything.
This is q freak country He Gregor
NeacS ~ Ek
Why is part of our anatomy called
the ascending /: /? cal, isn't itP-Keckttk
Constitution. i4Ha
To give state dinner in st. Peters
burg a United States minister must pay
from S25 to $50 plate. and even more
The milk of human kindness wells up
| from the heart, but cows milk comes
from the udder place.-Syraeuse Sunday
Times.
No matter how finely dentists par
lor is furnished, no one cares to take
seat in his drawing-room. : Lockport
Union. 4}s7 Z saeNa1
Travellers have frequently noticed that
they get the poorest dinners Mt railroad
stations where the dinner-gong sounds
loudest. Fgerss r
Everything at Niagara Falls has been
fenced in, with the exception Of the
roar of the falls and the hackmen.-
PtcGyl1lse. E
Howard +. Smith, Boston negro,
finds himself rewarded by n bequest of
S27, 900 from Baltimore man. whose
sons he once saved from drowning.
How long should girls be courted ?"
is the heading offs current articles. It
somewhat depends. We prefer them
not over six foot three. ~ Rock land
Courier. 6H
After thirteen years of ind1vidual
study a French naturalist has discovered
| that fox in its native state sleeps but
| tifty-six minutes in twenty-foal hours.
and that tame geese do not sleep atFall
Life is put together considerably like
set of harness There are traces of
care, lines Of trouble, bits Of good for
tune. breaches of good manners, bridled
tongues. and everybody has tug to pull
through. vnat1u go
The first iron works in America we're
erected in 1e19, at place called Falling
Greek, a branch of the James river, not
tar from jamestown, the first settlement
Of the Virginia colony, thirty-tWo miles
from the sea. lsflS& Saf
Well, here we are among the TIT It
t t t.-ROrne Sentinel. If you keep on
that way, young man, you'll never live
to see the t It tt t t tt.-Lockp0rt Union.
Why do you wish t t US that way p
SeaS6tnUille Herald.
josh Billings (Henry w. Shawl is
sixty-three years old, and in early life
had varied fortunes, from those Of q
school teacher to those of an auctioneer.
He has made from his writings some
thing like 100000.
If the theorist who AYERS that animals
can resist temptation will experiment
by poking his neighbours big bulldog
in the ribs, he'll find that his theory,
together with his trousers will be torn
in shred Huckeu 'dct r. pu5lieass.
Mrs. Robert johnson, of Baltimore
(7ee Harriet Lare) who, when her uncle,
Buchanan, was President. did the honors
of the White House, has purchased
Wheatland, his birthplace. in Pennsyl-
varia, and will erect monumental his
memory there.
The orange erlp of Southern Califor-
mia is assuming large proportions One
Of the most successful growers in that
State is Mr.. Briswalter, who sold his
last years crop of fruit at the rateof SIS
per tree, aggregating go, 500. His crop
Of grapes he sold for 50 600.
Rash, sinful man. said, upbraid-
ingly, the chaplain to the prisoner,
suppose you were to die now, what
sort Of a conscience would you die with,
eh?n "Oh my conscience is ms good as
new; I never used it bit," said the
prisoner proudly.-PdriS Paper
Straight where she strayed, with stride he
strobe, r
Sad sighed he on the sod and said;
fsSay, see sigh and sue you so''--
She had no heed, but hid her head
Maud's mood the mud oi mead made mai,
Nor answer knew sne now but No"
Eugene Field. :
Ifthere is any one thing that injures,v,
Young lady's chances in floating wit
the matrimonial current, it is her i'm,
auisitive young brother, who know,I
| lust enough to be at home every tin
her lover calls, and plies his questio
with that promptitude and vigor q
would win great credit for lawyeJ
= cross examination. = Ddgie iS0Russte
| s. nitilcl.
The estimated numbers Of religious
denominations among the English speak
ing communities throughout the world
are: Episcopalians, 5000, 000; Methn-
dists. lfi.000. 600; Roman Catholics, 49,
| 500. Geo; Presbyterians, 10, ,250, COO; Bap-
fists. 5000, coo; Congregationalisfs
| 6,000 600: Unitarianss A. .O00, 600; minor
religious sccts, 500 0g0. nd particular
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