The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-07-17


night on the stairs at ball, with no
clothes on above her waist worth speak
ing of, would faint away dead if the same
fellow were to meet her on the stairs
muffied from head to foot in three night
! gowns.
;, Steam is a great thing remarked
french traveller i'll a railway carriay, to
his cts-n-ris
80 1t is, was the reply ~ owe my
"No." ''''i''i's
An engineer, perhapsY'
NO; nave lost a number of relatives
by railroad accidents"
The French mode of KILN. poli.r,
causing instant death, and perfect bleed
ing without Disagreement, is acconl-
| pllshed by opening the beak of the fowl,
and with sharp pointed and narrow
bladed knife, making an incision at the
back Of the roof Of the mouth, which
will divide the vertebrf and cause i'm
mediate death, after which the fowls
are hung up by the legs till bled. They
ere then picked while warm, and, if
desired, without scalding. In this way
the skin presents more natural appear.
ance than when Scalde0.
The Duke of Bedforti on one ocea-
sion asked the Marquis Sligo to dine with
aim at Woburn Abbey, and being par
ticularly anxious that his guest should
taste some of his choice mutton, of which
he was proud, ordered his shepherd to sill.
gle out one ofthe finest sheep for the COM
ing repast. The time came and both the
Marquis and Duke were seen to turn up
their noses and evidently net relish the
flavor. The fact was that the shepherd H.
! his innocence had singled ont a very fine
ram, for which the Duke had paid the
large sum Of e300, making sure that that
/ particular beast was the choicest in every
way owing to the large price paid.
-"Dcn't tell me nothing of the kinds
said size, vigorously, to her husband. wno
! was reading the account Of a recent
cremation service to her; "it is only
vile device Tor getting an unfortunate
wife away secretly to a lonely spot and
killing her, and burning up the remains,
so that her husband can frisk off and
marry some one else, and no one ever
know nothing about the murder. |
know all about it; besides, 'tisn't possi-
Ole to get furnace as hot as they say il
was" But, my love- said her husband,
here il is III the papers, that the furnace
Vas heated to Il heat Of |. 400 degrees"
Fourteen hundred idiots" said she CON-
temptuously and any child with a nose
II mean, with an eye on its face-colld
have told you, by just looking at the
thermometer, that it can't be any hotter
than 2l2 degreesw
A rough-looking, bronzed-faced fel-
! low rode into ST. Joe, Mo-, recently. and
hitehed his horse ina vacant lot. lie Was
! n suspicious. hard looking customer, and
Tie police shadowed him. He went
around town with no apparent business
and finally sauntered back to his nag.
stradaea it, and was about riding off,
when Harry Wrinkle said, What's your
business in st. Joseph?" "Wall,' re-
piled the stranger i am agent for the
deyil-l'm hunting location for h-ll,
and I'm dogonned glad have found q
place where it won't be necessary TO
remove the present inhabitantG'
Little Annie is too cunning for any.
| thing, and, like most little folks, she says
queer things. A few nights ago her
mother had prepared her for bed, and
kneeling by her mothers side she re-
peated the Lords prayer as usual. She
had no sooner concluded it than she re-
peated it again rapidly. "Annie, said
.er mother, why do you say your prayer
twice." Then the little innocent looked
up and remarked: well, mamma, ! feel
Just like praying tonight, and to-mor-
row night may not
.--Durinc the last rehearsal Of 4 new
piece at a London thcater, the manager
asked if all the properties We're ready.
l"Eyerything have on my list replied
the property-man with some hesitation,
rs ready, bnt l have jus, heard Mr.. \.
ask about tn. acoustic properties OF the
house, and ! have not heard word
about those" Let them be got at once,
and hang the expense exclaimed the
energetic manager.
a New York doctor has daughter
who is now - years old-a perfectly
formed woman, with the exception of
her head which is that of a pigs. Her
mother died in giving her birth. She
speaks half a dozen languages perfectly.
She is thoroughly educated. Being de-
barred from all human association by
her misfortune, she has sought and
fo1nd partial alleyiation IN the cultiya-
tion ot art in all its forms. She has
one of tie purest, highest and truc-t
so1lls. She il very igious-nalurally
50. She goes out in close carriage anu
with her head closely mufiled, and Sd.
sn,aks without any difficulty; but o~in4
10 the peculiar formation OF her throat
mouth and nasal organs, the sound OF
her voice resembles Very closely tns
squeaking Of i PIC.
A story is told in the hs.4e Mtd'ea'f
dr. Lit Of q patient who lost his life by
deceiyislg his doctor. The saan was suf-
fa,inc ncs., kad-poiscning. The Ply
sioi.n, oddly named Prof Forget, pre-:
scribel .Aryrhnia pills which produced
ID atin.t Tie dose was increased snc-