The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-10-07
BREVlIIES.

BREVlTIES.
Co1oRADo has many men Of many
mines
10 DROP an acquaintance it is not nee
essary to knock him down.
HE Library Of the University of st.
Petersburg contains 132, 1894 volumes.
q sHoRT-TAMED dog is unable to ex-
press nus feelings without greatexertion. :
"DEE7s r. gentleman" you say? Well, yes, think
He's rs gentle - woman, and as manly as a man.
ALL the railroads leading into Texas
are carrying we'll filled coaches of emil
grants. 4.
HE rice crop of Louisiana this year
was one Of the largest and best ever
grown there. MA
IT is believed that the Egyptian cotton
crop will be $500, 900 pounds less than
. that of 1873. II
a WIDOW in Macon sells annually $500
worth Of vegetables from half an acre of
ground. # e.
THERE is q rumor that Mr.. Emerson
will visit England next year, chiefly to
see Mr.. Carlyle.
CANADA's surplus of oats is about =
100000 bushels and they are not wild
oats, either. =. - -. .,'A''
The American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science voted to meet in
Cincinnati in 1881.
CAN man, asks the Elmira Adve,-
tiser, who follows good example, lead
bad life? a.u
A ROCHESTER, boy played butcher. He
procured Ratchet and hacked off a
playmate's toe.
TIE Duke of Norfolk is the ranking
Duke in all England, excepting only
royal Dukes.
THE registry Of Boston, for poll-tax,
IS 50, BIT voters, and in Baltimore the
census of voters is 5000. $3.50 .,..,..
IT is estimated that $75, O0O, 900 worth
of oystersiwill be sold in the United
States during the next eight months
PETER KENDR1cK committed suicide
at Boston because he had dreamed that
Christ accused him of numbering two
men. f... -. 1
The habit of being always employed
is great safeguard through life, as well
as'essential to the culture of every true
; virtue. 49, %.sa.s. {. -. a. o.....5
IT is not the number of promises man
makes, but the number he keeps, which
gives him a position among respectable
people. a Ill $. ,@sg +
The Cincinnati Gazette is guilty Of
this SANDER "a Chicago girl chewed
phosphorus to make herself good
match" g. Esg LIE g., {
Two SISTERS, while waltzing on the
deck Of canalboat opposite Cornwall,
n. Y, stumbled on coil of rope, fell
overheard, and were drowned.
THE Philadelphia 5000" buys worn
out'horses to feed carnivorous animals.
It takes four horses week, and is found
to be much cheaper than to use beef.
Mrs. EAG11N. of Carroll county, KY. ,
recently walked two miles to circus,
her liking for diversion of that kind
having lasted until she is in her goth
year. ..,E
A WISCONSIN woman has been married
ffty-eight years and has never missed
building her kitchen fire. Her hus-
band is probably the oldest fire.
on record.
s FFTY-oNE ears of hot corn made a
meal for Elias Druckerbrote, at Union
town, Ohio, on a wager. The last ear
! was eaten. cob and all, and washed down
with pint of whisky. 80 .'. s5-Ts
The fountain Of true politeness is a
good and generous heart. It consists
less in exterior manners than in the
spirit developed in conducting the true
intercourse of society. ~ 3D.
In the Southern States the price of
labor ranges from 1925 to 1872 per
month. The average cost of subsist-
ing laborer in 1880 is $7.17 q month,
against 81. IA in 1876. .'''ss
IT is said if you sit down when as
sailed by a ferocious dog the beast will
not touch you. But the judicious man
will select as high a seat as possible eat
the top Of a high tree, for example.
A sK11nFU1 Bridgeport (Ct.) garden
er has succeeded SO we'll in the cultiva-
ton Of tropical fruits that his bananas
have already become ripe enough to
pick and pine-apples are rapidly ripen-
ing. 49, 49,, -. ~
IRON is fast becoming one of the i'm
portant products Of the South. Georgia
now produces 100, 900 tons of pig iron
per annum, and it is asserted that the
ores Of Tennessee and Alabama can be
worked at a greater profit than the Brit
ish ores Of Cleveland. The development
Of the iron industry in Virginia has re-
ceived a great impetus during the past
year, and in various portions Of the
South the hidden wealth in iron is un-
doubtedly enormous. '-
A Penitent Dog.
Dog stories have been so common and