The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-10
NOTES. NEWS AND NOTIONS.

NOTES, NEWS AND NOTIONS.
Res ad5udfoata" saved kellogg from
being bounced out, and ''atisrIsdee sue
succeeded in bouncing Hayes in.
Whenever the will of the people is to
be disregarded il takes big Latin word
TO do it.
No, Sambo, it is not true that the
refugees in Kansas are living on dried
grasshoppers. The hoppers are stripped
of their legs and wings and dried over
slow fires in spider" they are said
to be fine when eaten with salt. Oh
no. no grasshoppers. The refugees
live in marble palaces with golden stairs,
and feast on milk and honey. The good
Northern white women have given each
of the ladies silk dress. Gro to Kansas,
young man.
By invitation of the Grand Jury, the
livery stables in Columbus are closed on
Sunday, and the boys mourneth for
their Sunday evening buggy rides.
There are two varieties of locusts
one appears every thirteen years, and
the other every seventeen. BY coin
cidence they both appear in different
parts of the country this year. They
are not distinguishable except by natu-
ralists, both make humming noise and
both have w on their wings.
The seventeen year locusts will appear
about the first of June in Wisconsin,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, part of North
Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland and
the District of Columbia.
About the middle of May the thirteen
year Iocusts will appear in Southern
Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, Indian
Territory, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Alabama, part of North Carroll
IA, Georgia and South Carolina. DUNG
the month of June the woods will be
full of them, so to speak. They will
disappear about the 4th of July
We have frequently seen in marriage
notices the following: "by Rev. DR.. [.
Tiemstrong, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Love
knott, etc." and wondered what an
assistant does upon such occasions.
VIII some matrimonial jenkins please
inform us
And now comes the Sedalia mo
Democrat, and deposeth, saying
Bruce is not favorite with the carpet
baggers." We would like to know
where the Democrat got that idea
Why, Bruce is himself one of the c.. BIS,
and when he was elected there was a
tripGrtite agreement among the fraterni-
ty as follows 1st Pease, white car
pet-bagger, was to have the short
Senatorial term, vice Ames resigned
I'd. Bruce. colored carpet-bagger, was
to have the long term, succeeding
Pease; Sd. Ames, white carpet Dagger,
was to succeed AIcorn, home Republi-
can. At that time the c. B. s ran the
machine. Home Republicans had taken
back seats, and even native darkeys
were looked upon with distrust.
The New Orleans States thinks if
Grant can't live upon his 81 900 year
income, in addition to the 500, 900 with |
which he was recently presented by
New York todies, then it is in order ''tO |
buy him a hand-organ and a monkey"
This monkey business is not at all neces-
sary, arrangements have been perfected
to make him Grand High Keeper of the
Egyptian Obelisk with the rank, pay
and duties of a retired General of the
Army; S17 800 per annum.
1t is proposed to write EMERITUS after
Grants name; from the attitude in
which his friends have placed him RES
AUGUSTA DoMI would be more appropri-
ate.
out" on March T. are Hannibal Hamlin, who |
entered Congress in 1913, and Allan G. /
Thurman who took his seat in the House
in 1S45.-Exchange.
The former is a Republican and the
latter a Democrat. We take it for
Granted that no bill will be introduced
to pension either of them, as neither
has distinguished himself in the way of
rebels.
Joseph Roswell Hawley, of Connecticut,
is the only man thus far, who enlisted in
the army as private, that has been elected
to the United States Senate.-Chicago
Journal.
Not so. Senator James L. George,
of this State, enlisted and served as
private during the Mexican war in the
1st Mississippi Rifles, Col. JEFF. Davis
He was ''musket toater"
at Monterey and Buena Vista.
The U. s. Circuit Judgship-Judges
Simral and Chandler.
Says the Aberdeen Examiner touch